Why Syncing The Second Screen Is Key
Thirty per cent of tablet use and 33 per cent of Internet use happens in front of the TV. And if not curated carefully, this could start to negatively impact TV’s influence.
Read the full story here.
Scientists think they’ve figured out the “uncanny valley” – why humanoid robots creep us out
Researchers from the university of California, San Diego, have discovered that a mismatch between movement and humanoid traits could be causing the uncanny valley effect, or the uneasiness we feel when we look at humanoid robots or CGI creations....The results suggests that the uneasiness we feel could be caused by a “perceptual mismatch between appearance and motion.” Basically, the brain seemed to negatively react like crazy when the robotic motions of the android didn’t match its human-like appearance. ...
Read the full post here:
Sign up for Supercool Cinema
The concept aims to combine films with an element of live performance and talks to give audiences something a bit extra.
...
Organisers are also hoping to provide some ‘live soundtracking’ at the event, where bands play along to around 15 to 20 minutes of big-screen visuals.
...
Mr Roberts said: “There's a market for it, without a doubt, but I doubt it’s something people will want to see week after week. But if it's done well, and spread out, I think people will come back again and again.”
...
Read the full story here
Is there going to be an Avatar of 3D games? [Sony’s Mick Hocking interview]
Q: It sounds like quite a lot to take in, like it's more than something you can dump in over an afternoon and then - bam - it's 3D.
MH: There's definitely knowledge that you need to acquire, but the good thing is that developers tend to be extremely good at learning new things and they can pick it up very, very quickly once we start training them.
In terms of the investment, it's actually a very low to put great 3D into your game. In the last twelve months we haven't seen a team go above 2% of their dev budget, and a lot of them are about half a percent.
It's important to get it right. It's a new creative medium - it's not just 'add depth' - and you have to implement it as a new creative medium and understand what you're doing. But doing that doesn't take that long.
Read the full interview here
Bjork launches 3D “app album” (3D graphics, not stereo 3D)
Billed as the world’s first “app album”, Biophilia will encompass a studio album due sometime this fall, mobile apps for each track on the record, a documentary feature, multimedia live shows featuring custom-made musical instruments and a series of educational workshops for kids.
Björk will spend the next three years performing six-week residencies in eight cities around the world. The tour kicked off at the Manchester International Festival in June and will head to the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, her hometown, in October.
See the full story here:
Manufacturers Turn to 3-D Printing
Growing interest in "additive manufacturing" is leading to new business models and new ways to think about designing products.
See the story here.