March 31, 2003

Fahrenheit 911

Mother of all documentaries? Not quite but Michael Moore's new project, Bush-bin Laden film, sounds like it could be good for a few laughs and a shudder.

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March 26, 2003

Plug and play

Publiclife, the grooviest toilet (bar) in London, is hosting another PLUG AND PLAY on May 18. Sign-up to play or simply upload your content via the bluescreen. Very 2003.

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March 25, 2003

March 24, 2003

OpenEXR

ILM has released OpenEXR, an open source high dynamic-range image format, previously used internally on motion picture production work. The pixel format is also compatible with NVidia's CG format which suggests that there may be considerable hardware support for this in the future.

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Museums and the Web

The Museums and the Web 2003 conference has papers online, including one on the use of cinematic techniques in a multimedia museum guide.

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March 21, 2003

VJ festival in Milan

"ContactEurope is a series of VJ festivals held throughout europe. Our next event will be held in Milan, Italy from the 9th to the 11th May 2003.
The festival is being organised by a collection of multimedia artists across Europe aiming to bring the European scene a little closer together."

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March 19, 2003

Zombie head explosion

Stress getting to you? Apply to be a zombie extra and you may be "awarded with a loving photographed head explosion". Is this the job ad of the month? Spaced Out Forum -> Shaun of the Dead goes into Production

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Zombie head explosion

Stress getting to you? Apply to be a zombie extra and you may be "awarded with a living photographed head explosion". Is this the job ad of the month? Spaced Out Forum -> Shaun of the Dead goes into Production

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March 15, 2003

Click less

"The more you click your mouse, the greater the chance of suffering from pain, swelling and other repetitive strain injuries in the hand, neck and shoulder, two teams of Danish researchers told a scientific conference." Computer mouse key culprit in repetitive strain injuries.

Will MMORPGs soon require health warnings? Recent articles on Ultima Online economics (in WIRED Jan/03) and interviews with Everyquest veterans (PCPowerplay Jan 03 - share a link anyone?) highlight the unhealthy aspects to game play.

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March 11, 2003

Reputation

Dan Dixon has put up a user primer on online reputations, Reputation - what does it mean?, discussing his research at BBCi.

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March 10, 2003

Stelarc: The Prosthetic Head

Three more days to catch Stelarc: The Prosthetic Head at the ICA in London. The head is a 3D avatar, featuring a brain by alicebot, IBM text-to-speech, and text-to-animation by eyematic.

Free : with day membership

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March 07, 2003

Spielberg to sample films

Last month, Dreamworks signed a deal with Mike Myers to re-work existing movies with new characters and storylines. "Film sampling", says Dreamworks, will put a new spin on existing movies the way rap artists re-work old songs.

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March 06, 2003

Whacked on XBox Live

First contact with XBox Live and while it's early days for choice of games (about 5), the experience is revolutionary. No real set up difficulties, other than having to tediously enter credit card details via the XBox controller. I was soon in Whacked!, running around a giant sink trying to hit some kid from West Virginia over the head with a stapler. Wacky games, I dunno... What was the most amazing thing about XBox Live? Being able to talk to other players during the game, and use a "mask" to disguise your real voice. Role-playing gamers are going to love this. After trying several masks, Robot, Large Man, and Kid (yes, you heard right), it became obvious that you will never know who you are talking to through an XBox. Controversy awaits no doubt.


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