Proteus is all about exploration. The 3D wilderness is peppered with 2D elements, and as you wander the world nature dances in tempo to spacey, psychedelic music. There’s a beta version currently available for Windows, with OSX and Linux versions coming soon. We got in touch with Ed Key, the game’s developer, to learn a bit more.
... The idea started out as a survival RPG (which I will almost certainly make one day) but morphed into becoming all about the audio, atmosphere and exploration. I sent an early build out to some people and was almost surprised how satisfying it was for other people, and in fact adding goals seemed to cheapen the experience somehow, so we kept it minimal. ...
Game On: What sets Proteus apart from other games? And is there anything you wish you could have done differently?
Ed Key: Two main things: The total lack of external goals and the tight integration of the music with the environment give it a unique feel. I’m quite pleased with how the graphics turned out as they took many iterations and still seem to be quite distinctive. There’s nothing major that I’d change, but the codebase is fairly hacky and unoptimised, so I’m hoping to clean and polish it to get it as smooth as possible for release.
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A nationwide survey (2010) by the Gallup organization found that 95 percent of Americans believed music was a key component in a child's education; 80 percent agreed involvement in music programs made participants more intelligent and 88 percent believed music education helped teach children discipline. However, according to the same study, in the last five years, the number of children with access to music education programs in publicly funded schools has declined by 50 percent due to state and federal budget cuts. Recognizing the need to support these programs and ultimately the students, Sonic Emotion will donate $500 to one school's music education program if it gets 5000 'likes' on its Facebook page.
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Clyde De Souza, well-known regional stereoscopic 3D expert, partner at UAE-based Real Vision, and recent judge at the eighth Digital Studio Awards, has just published his first book on his area of expertise, 'Think in 3D.'
As 3D crosses over from Hollywood into mainstream TV, advertising, and even education, the book is designed to inspire a new kind of thinking in directors, cinematographers and film school graduates, to encourage further exploration and integration of Stereoscopic 3D into the process of visual storytelling.
“After reading the book, going to a 3D movie may never be the same again. If it now means that you walk away from the cinema realizing there was something amiss in a movie, and you now know there's so much more to the art, maybe, a change will come about in the way 3D movies are made henceforth.
"Stereoscopic 3D deserves "genre status". ...
The book is now available on Amazon and can be read in digital format on the Kindle, iPAD and iPhone with the free kindle app.
Buy the book at www.amazon.com/Think-in-3D-ebook/dp/B007DK92J0
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Liping Zhang and James Valenti in Puccini's Madam Butterfly, which was filmed live in 3D at the Royal Opera House.
If there is a queue around the block leading into the local cinema this month, it might not be for the next in a chain of blockbuster action sequels. Should the cinema be a smaller, independent venture, people may be lining up to watch an opera or a ballet.
The growth of live and recorded opera and ballet performance for cinema audiences is providing a bankable boost for many cinemas. This spring, there is an added attraction: more productions will be screened in 3D, bringing audiences even closer to the theatrical experiences at a fraction of the cost of tickets.
Tomorrow, the Royal Opera House will release its new feature film, Madam Butterfly 3D, and the team behind the production argue it is not just a cheaper option for opera fans, but also a good way to be introduced to the form. ...
Madam Butterfly will be the second collaboration between Covent Garden and RealD, following last year's Carmen in 3D, while Matthew Bourne will be bringing his hugely successful reworking of Swan Lake into cinemas in a new 3D format this month. ...
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... The first ever 3D cinema monthly is the novel thought of ‘Roopatara’ March issue of 100 pages that is headed by Managing Editor T Mohan Das Pai with T Satish U Pai as Editor, Publisher and Printer of Manipal Media Network Limited.
The March 2012 issue of ‘Roopatara’ coming out with 3D magazine is also a fitting tribute to the birth of talkie cinema on 3rd March 1934 – it is a fine coincidence. Change is the permanent thing aspired in this universe. That is what this leading MEMNL is following it.
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The March 2012 issue of ‘Roopatara’ is supplied with spectacles to get the feel of 3D effect while watching the magazine. At least 50 photographs of Ambarish, Ramesh Aravind, Radhika Pandit, S Narayan, Yash, Diganth, Harshika Poonacha, Pranitha, Yogish and others are found in the issue of March 2012.
The spectacles of 3D imported from China alone cost Rs.35 per piece and it is designed for the magazine viewing.
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The lightning-fast growth of technology over the past decade has irrevocably altered how pornography is produced, distributed and consumed. The interwebs certainly put a stake in the heart of dead-tree porn periodicals, but now there’s a new twist: a dirty mag for your iPad.
Launching this month, Adult magazine is the brainchild of 3D-porn director/producer Dominic Ford, who serves as editor-in-chief of the new venture. ...
Beyond the porn content, though, Ford says monthly issues will also include erotic fiction, horoscopes, advice columns and other lifestyle content. He intends for the magazine to pay for itself with advertising. (For now, its free and available only on the iPad.) ...
The first issue includes an interview with French porn god Francois Sagat (above) but Ford is clear that Adult is more than just a skin mag. “We’ll be interviewing RuPaul’s Drag Race contestants and talking about music and other topics that appeal to any gay man,” he says. ...
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A visit to a 3D feature film provides young children with a "free eye test", Ireland's leading eye treatment experts have claimed.
Far from damaging the vision of young children, as has been claimed in some controversial reports, Irish optometrists say that 3D films can actually identify a range of hidden visual issues in children such as squints and lazy eye, once parents know what to look for in their children's reactions.
Optometrists now consider 3D technology to be a far more sensitive tool for discovering issues than the traditional eye charts, which have been used for 150 years.
"Binocular vision -- the ability of two eyes to focus on the same spot -- is necessary to perceive depth in a 3D film," says Peter Coleman, chief executive of the Association of Optometrists Ireland. "If they're getting headaches...
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3D International makes the Chromatic Light Deflector, a patent-pending optical element that dramatically improves the brightness, clarity, and transitioned viewing angle of displaying 3D images – glasses free. Chromatic Light Deflector enables consistent high quality images over an extended time, as it is able to absorb heat without changing its optical properties – unlike some competing plastic lenses. It’s now available for the first time in a detachable filter, called Visuz, so that the user can switch between 2D and 3D by simply lifting the filter that is secured to the LCD/LED screen with a magnet. 3D International is based in Singapore.
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Tapit is a global Near Field Communications company that wants to simplify the way people access information on their mobile phone. The company is based in Australia.
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Wildfire has developed InfluencerForce, an service that identifies and engages social influencers, alerts them to conversations, and recognizes their contributions through virtual badges. The platform continuously scans for relevant conversations and matches them with the most passionate respondents in real-time, people who genuinely care about a subject or brand, and have something to say. The company is based in Singapore.
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There's something about Capcom's increasingly-popular survival horror franchise that sticks to Nintendo formats. The Wii had a fair share of zombie hunting projects, albeit some questionable spin-offs, and the 3DS has gotten back in bed with the "classic" horror formula inRevelations.
The success of both games with fans and a solid step into a difficult market has gotten Capcom producer Masachika Kawata thinking. Speaking to IGN this week, Kawata was rather chuffed that fans have enjoyed the games and it's given him "motivation to make another 3DS RE title". ...
Whilst another Resident Evil game for 3DS hasn't been confirmed, there is a strong possibility for more 3D horror action in the future.
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Samsung Electronics this week announced that it has signed a patent license agreement with 3D image processing specialist Sensio Technologies over the latter’s S2D Switch technology. The deal will allow the Korean TV manufacturer to implement Sensio’s patented S2D Switch innovation – which among other things includes 3D-to-2D conversion – on its 3D-capable HDTV displays. Both companies chose not to disclose the financial details of the reached agreement.
A Samsung official said that the company has the greatest respect for the intellectual property rights of Sensio Technologies, and that it values the mutually beneficial relationship they are building. The Seoul-based conglomerate also confirmed that users around the world will be able to benefit from the continued use of the Sensio S2D Switch technology in its 3D-enabled televisions. ...
Routhier advised that the signing of this agreement is expected to make a huge difference in the negotiations that are currently ongoing with other 3DTV manufacturers that have been considering whether or not to fit the S2D Switch in their extra-dimensional offerings.
The proprietary S2D Switch from Sensio allows users to switch between different 3-dimensional viewing modes, or convert a 3D feed to a 2D picture. Protected by both international and US patents, the technology is compatible with the most widely-used 3D formats supported under HDMI 1.4a, such as side-by-side (SbS), top-and-bottom (TaB) and checkerboard.
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