A team of animators has hacked Microsoft's Kinect sensor suite to create a motion-replication system that powers CGI characters. Remember Gollum in Lord of The Rings? Yup--kinda like that. (But way cheaper.)READ»
One thing you aren't likely to hear Sunday night from the Oscar-winning producer after accepting the trophy for Best Picture: "I'd like to thank my neuroscience partners who helped us enhance the film's script, characters, and scenes." It's not that far-fetched, though.READ»
Autodesk is known for its CAD software. Less well known are its Media & Entertainment tools, which have been used in every Visual Effects Oscar-winning movie for the last 15 years.READ»
If you watched "Jeopardy!" last night, you saw an IBM supercomputer named Watson cream two human champions -- at least until it made a few dumb mistakes late in the round and allowed Brad Rutter to tie things up. But you also saw ...READ»
Robot fanatics, listen up: The company is now shipping its $15,000, friendly faced QB. (Wireless roaming, two-way streaming video, and high-definition zoom included.)READ»
About 33% of box-office earnings are now generated from 3-D films, and in 2010 six of the top 10 highest-grossing movies were shot using the technology, with the top two, "Toy Story 3" and "Alice in Wonderland," banking more than a billion dollars each. That's where the trouble starts. READ»
With its new glasses-free 3-D technology, Toshiba is trying to show that 3-D is just a feature on your laptop, no different than having an HD screen, a DVD burner, or a Wi-Fi connection.READ»
Emmanuel Seuge, Director of Worldwide Sports and Entertainment Marketing at Coca-Cola, recounts his meeting with James Cameron and getting a look at early footage of "Avatar"--and the partnership that resulted.READ»
When you saw Avatar, I'm sure you remember the clunky, coke-framed 3-D shades you had to wear--you know, the ones with the RealD label that pinched your nose throughout James Cameron's three-and-a-half hour epic. RealD, the ...READ»
James Cameron, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, newspapers, professionals and probably your mom have proposed solutions to the Gulf crisis. Could this kind of group think really work?READ»
Schadenfreude wasn't translated into the Na'vi language for Avatar, but no doubt it was present in the Kodak Theatre when James Cameron's ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow took the best picture and directing Oscars for The Hurt Locker. Still, ...READ»
One of the reasons why Avatar has been such a success (besides the mind-numbingly beautiful scenery) is that it has a simple story. The David versus Goliath plot can--and has already been--applied to situations around the world by ...READ»
