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Deep Learning and Lumière Brothers Footage: 1896 and Hand-Cranked Cameras vs. AI and 4K, Everybody Wins
A neural network was utilized to create a 4K version of The Lumière Brothers' film "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat.”
Research and Development
Production
“Kórsafn:” Developing Björk’s Generative, AI-Powered Environment
“an architectural structure downtown manhattan offered me the hand in an AI tango and i accepted the call, i am alert with curiosity waiting...
Research and Development
How AI Helps Unlock the Secrets of Old Master and Modernist Paintings (Ars Technica)
Here are two ways that machine learning and artificial intelligence have been used in the world of art history and restoration.
Augmented and Virtual Reality
TIME’s New AR App Is a Devastating Look at the Deforestation of the Amazon
The app follows a team of journalists as they meet the indigenous people of the Amazon fighting the illegal logging and severe threats to...
Research
“Internet of Senses” To Compete With Screen-Based Experiences by 2030
The survey of 46 million early technology adopters from 15 cities around the world predicted that over the next decade, screen-based experiences will compete...
News Articles
Video: Deepfakes — Believe at Your Own Risk (The New York Times)
“Watch — very closely — as an ambitious group of A.I. engineers and machine-learning specialists try to mimic reality with such accuracy that you...
Expertise
Augmented Reality Enters the Mainstream
A new report from Nielsen's SuperData examines the role of augmented reality over the past few years, and how it has gone from the...
Consumption
New Report Predicts Augmented and Virtual Reality Will Be as Common as Smartphones in the Workplace
New data suggests that tech-savvy consumers inside the workplace, not corporate IT managers, hold the keys to accelerating enterprise adoption of major technologies like...
Need to Know
Need to Know: Artificial Intelligence
AI is fueled by data, which can come in many different forms for many different uses. On its own, that data may not seem...
Research and Development
Disney Combines VR, Physical Interaction
Dude catches real ball in unreal world.
Consumption
Highlighting Space Exploration VR Experiences with Buzz Aldrin and NASA
"I've always been interested in the future, and virtual reality lets me bring my vision to life in a way that can inspire future...
Consumption
Scientists Use VR Simulation to Measure Human Capacity for Altruism
In the simulation, subjects are escaping a burning building, depleting their own energy and life force, when they suddenly come upon a stranger stuck...
Research and Development
Netflix’s New Encoding Method Uses A.I. for Scene-Specific Compression
Netflix will soon roll out Dynamic Optimizer, a video encoding method that uses A.I. to compress video based on the specifics of a given scene....
Production
Short Animated Film ‘Dear Angelica’ Ushers in New Era of VR Beauty
"When I say 'Dear Angelica' may be the most beautiful VR I’ve ever seen, that's hardly hyperbole."
Research and Development
BBC Earth Announces Plans to Experiment with Haptic VR
BBC Earth has announced that it will experiment with haptic VR experiences and deeper AR experiences. “We think it will be big. The platforms...
Research and Development
OSU’s Mixed Reality Lab Provides Cutting-Edge Tech to Students
Campus Technology speaks to Oklahoma State University professor Dr. Tilanka Chandrasekera about the recent expansion of OSU’s Mixed Reality Lab, which only opened in 2015....
Research and Development
Google Prepares to Launch Its Daydream VR Headset
Google’s new Daydream VR headset, set to launch next month, is a next step up from their ubiquitous and accessible Cardboard. The $79 headset is...
Research and Development
BBC Experiments with Holographic Content
"The new technologies on the horizon have the potential to completely change the way that audiences experience media content in the future."
Research and Development
MIT Technology Lets You Manipulate Objects in Static Videos
Interactive Dynamic Video is a technique that allows for objects within videos to be manipulated as if they were in the physical world.
Research and Development
Technicolor Experience Center to Tackle VR, AR
The new facility will develop high-concept content, platforms and technology for virtual reality, augmented reality and other immersive media applications.
Research and Development
MetaWorld is 10,000 Square Feet of a Serene, Campground-Themed VR Environment
"Users will be able to pitch their own tents, sow seeds and harvest, go on fishing expeditions and explore a new world together, which...
Distribution
Facebook’s Maiden Voyage of Internet-Beaming Drone Is a Success
Facebook has successfully completed the maiden flight of its drone Aquila, which is designed to beam Internet connectivity to remote parts of the globe.
Consumption
‘Ghostbusters: Dimension’ Proves VR Potential Beyond Home Entertainment
Players are equipped with a visor, haptic suit, and "proton pack" and given free reign to walk two floors of a specially designed space...
Consumption
Australian Production Company Launches Two-Year Viral Experiment
"We set out to better understand exactly how to create short-form, highly shareable, snackable content, that is capable of reaching worldwide mass audiences."
Research and Development
A New Spot Explores the Wondrous Possibilities of Google’s Tilt Brush
This new spot for Google’s Tilt Brush VR app, which comes bundled with the HTC Vive headset, showcases the capabilities of the acclaimed painting...
Distribution
2016 NAB Show Preview: The Future Is Now
These are the emerging technologies that will impact our industry.
Research and Development
Google Reveals Its Goal to Build a Virtual Reality Platform
In disclosing its financial results for 2015, Alphabet’s (Google’s parent company) CFO Ruth Porat revealed that Google is interested in building out virtual reality as...
Research and Development
NYU Research Program Looks at the Future of VR “When It’s Boring”
Students at New York University’s computer science department are looking beyond the immediate future of virtual reality, to the possibilities of a world where...
Research and Development
“VR for Everyone” Era Draws Closer
Virtual reality’s ultimate success is in the hands of mass adoption. And in that regard, Google and Oculus Rift are leading the pack, according to...
Research and Development
Syfy Orders Hybrid VR/Linear Scripted Series
Syfy has ordered the first hybrid virtual reality, digital, and linear television series. Halycon takes places in 2058 and is about a murder investigation that...
Research and Development
Google Reportedly Developing New VR Headset
With the success of its entry-level Cardboard virtual reality headset, Google is reported to be working on a more sophisticated successor. Writes listdaily, “FT.com...
Research and Development
Researchers Developing Touchable Holograms
A group of researchers at the University of Tokyo’s Department of Complexity Science and Engineering have been working on a prototype of holograms that...
Research and Development
BBC Enlists Analytics Firm Parrot for “Demand Rating”
The system works by gathering data across a myriad of social media sites and forums.
Distribution
Get Your Streaming Infrastructure Set Up for 2016
Audiences want to access live video content anywhere, anytime. In a world where an increasing number of video streams are vying for consumers’ attention,...
Research and Development
How Businesses Will Use Augmented Reality
TechCrunch’s Todd Chusid explains the future of augmented reality and how businesses can and should leverage this emerging, immersive technology. He writes, “Within the...
Distribution
YouTube Red Plans for Original Content
To attract viewers to its $9.99/month service, YouTube Red has announced plans to release at least 10 original films and series starting next year....
Research and Development
A Guide to Cloud Storage in the Media Industry
Sponsored by Quantum SAN JOSE, CALIF—The storage and compute cloud have moved past the hype stage and are now serious contenders for media workflow...
Distribution
The Evolution of Video in a Post-YouTube World
The below infographic from Switcher Studio looks at the evolution of video from 2005-2015–in other words, the ten years that YouTube has existed. Some...
Distribution
The Technology of Multiscreen OTT Delivery
As OTT multiscreen consumption rises, so does the the need for better delivery workflows. CED Magazine’s Jacques Le Mancq writes, “To launch an OTT...
Consumption
How Will VR Impact Higher Education?
A lot has been written about how virtual reality will impact the world of entertainment, but eCampus News delves into how it might be...
Research and Development
Can Virtual Reality Preserve Historical Artifacts?
The Economist gathers a panel of experts to talk about the genesis of Project Mosul, which seeks to virtually recreate ancient artifacts and sites...
Production
Inside Twentieth Century Fox’s Innovation Lab
Fast Company’s Daniel Terdiman takes an inside look at The Bunker–Twentieth Century Fox’s Innovation Lab dedicated to creating bold new virtual reality content. “What’s...