James Cameron is in the “Avatar” Business
May 14th, 2012
Tags: 3D Films, 3D Tech, Avatar, James Cameron
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If you’re one of those folks that loved 2010’s Avatar with a fiery passion, we have good news for you: James Cameron is ready to continue the film’s epic narrative. After completing work on his 3D port of Titanic, the director is ready to expand the Avatar storyline (and, undoubtedly, its profitability).
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Crazy Billionaire to Build Titanic Replica
May 7th, 2012
Tags: crazy billionaires, titanic, weird news
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100 years ago this month, the Titanic set sail on an epic voyage that would end in one of the most memorable nautical disasters of all time. So what’s the best way to commemorate the event (besides making a 3D movie about it)? Why, building a brand new Titanic, of course.
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NaturalFront Avatar Brings Innovation and Fun to Avatar Creation
April 30th, 2012
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Have you ever looked at the incredible CGI artwork created for movies and video games and wondered how it’s done? Well, the truth is that it takes teams of people months of work to create those effects. For instance, the digital robots in Real Steel, created by Digital Domain, took a team of over 200 people working in concert.
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Tupac Hologram Brings Down the House at Coachella
April 23rd, 2012
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We’ve seen Mariah Carey and the Queen in hologram form, but this is the first time a real-life, dead celebrity has returned from the grave to rock a crowd. During the closing moments of Coachella’s Sunday night concert, the one and only Tupac Shakur took the stage alongside Snoop Dogg and brought some serious West Coast rap to the screaming crowd.
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Facebook Buys Instagram for a Cool Billion
April 18th, 2012
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Mark Zuckerburg has officially announced that his social networking behemoth, Facebook, is ready to purchase the insanely popular Instagram photo service for an astonishing $1 billion.
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Titanic 3D Has an Edited Sky
Here’s just about the nerdiest thing you’re likely to read this week: James Cameron, director of Titanic, has made small edits to the 3D version of the film. What has he changed, you ask? Apparently, he got the stars wrong. No, not Leonardo and Kate—the actual stars.
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Microsoft’s Very Cool Hologram Games
April 6th, 2012
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Here comes another breakthrough in the way people communicate, thanks once again to the folks over at Microsoft. This time, they’ve developed a new technology they call the “Beamatron,“ which works with the Xbox’s Kinect device to create digital images. These images are then projected onto any physical surface. In theory, once the technology is perfected, it could be used as a method for holographic communication between groups and individuals.
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Sony Highlights 3D PS3 Successes
April 4th, 2012
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Speaking at this year’s 3D Storytelling Conference, Sony VP Mike Hocking had some interesting news for fans and developers of 3D Gaming. Primarily, that 3D gaming wasn’t what people were using their 3D-enabled consoles for most. While Sony did move 62 million PlayStation 3 units with 3D support, the company was surprised to discover that the great majority of users aren’t watching or playing media, they were creating it.
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3D Experts Demand More Innovative Uses
April 2nd, 2012
Tags: 3D Films, 3D movies, cinema
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3D films have been exploding at the box office, but the novelty is starting to wear off. In fact, many films were only able to effectively market 3D viewings because the technology is still relatively new—now that people are getting used to 3D in their movies, they’re being more judicious about which films they choose to see.
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More 3D Gear Coming to China
We talked a couple of weeks ago about China’s recent relaxing on western cinema, and it looks like the first steps necessary for bringing more big-budget Hollywood movies into the country have begun in earnest. Poly Film investment company has just announced that it is working with RealD, the company behind many of the 3D technologies currently in use at movie theatres across the globe, is bringing new tech to 100 cinemas in China.
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