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t’s much more entertaining to watch a sport like this where you don’t have to know what the rules are

We’re starting some VR projects around Ark

Cinemas probably aren’t going to die out any time soon, but they may well host different kinds of films than laptops and phones in the near future.

Netflix’s chief content officer is open about this, saying that watching a movie online is like seeing a sports game broadcast on TV rather than being at the stadium

When you watch it, you realise that this software blurs the boundary between films and games: although, strictly speaking, you are not playing anything; you are participating in the experience.

A distinctive form of film is also emerging on phones: 360-degree movies were developed by Google

The technology gets really interesting when it comes to documentaries. Director Chris Milk has used virtual reality to make films about a refugee camp in Jordan and a mass protest in New York.

Fundamentally, this is taking out the middle man in that process, and making you feel as if you were actually there.

Call it fly-off-the-wall film-making

traditionally it is the director’s job to tell the audience what to look at, in this approach directors don’t exist, only “creators”

This is how things get interesting for the RealiSM project: the prototype works as an integrated video recording, editing, and playback system – all working hand in hand to generate what they call reality substitution. A custom-built camera rig, consisting of 18 high-definition cameras which are pointed in all directions, seamlessly shoots a 360-degree spherical imagery that is stitched together in all three dimensions of space. These 18 high-def cameras are paired with 4 omnidirectional microphones, able to pick up sound from all directions relative to the prototype. The 3D spherical video capture is then processed and is rendered by a custom-built HMD that also features a front camera to orient the user’s presence in both the virtual and outside environments.

Aside from the usage focus of the prototype in the medical field, it is also seen as a potential tool for bringing immersive, real-time teleconferencing – bridging the gap caused by time zone issues between the two ends of the communication medium; and also to enhance entertainment experiences – particularly in games – by introducing extremely immersive and true-to-life visuals and audio experiences.

can enable augmented reality experiences where virtual objects interact with the physical environment (e.g. furniture)

can augment and distort the physical environment (e.g making a living room look like a cartoon)

We think virtual reality and augmented reality are the next big things—but we also know they won’t succeed without a good way to interac

That’s one reason why the Hour of Code tutorial, which is available to anyone online, focuses on the film’s prominent female characters, instead of, say Han Solo or Luke Skywalker.

vast swaths of the population will be illiterate

interact with it via virtual realit

With this technology, your children will be able to interact with their favorite fuzzy friends by inviting them into the living room to dance around

we'll be able to meet up with friends and family around the world thanks to hologram technology

But analysts anticipate a further shift as more financial services and greater interactivity are added, which is when mobile payments will become mobile banking.

In the UK, for example, just 1 per cent

the mobile phone is taking on extra roles as a place to keep money safe and move it around, as well as to acquire other financial services from trusted providers.

services are quickly expanding to include loan disbursement, bill payment and micro insurance.

In the next few years mobile banking apps will become the predominant means to access all routine banking services, from applying for a loan or overdraft increase to letting the bank know you are moving house

So while we are working closely with digital giants such as Apple, Samsung and Google to roll out their payment services, we’re also working with the banks to create their own payment functionality embedded within their existing hugely popular banking apps

The question asked now for these high-level eSports players is the same as any athlete: what’s next

With eSports, you practice as a team, you have to spend just as many hours as a professional athlete.

ou have to play on a big stage in front of a lot of people. It’s really stressful

VOD—with access to 85 million homes—doesn’t have the same drastic theatrical drop-offs from week to week.

Still, a two-week theatrical exclusive is an extremely short window, especially since Snowpiercer opened in only eight theaters and is currently showing at a mere 356 locations

“This is completely uncharted territory but it’s 100 percent within the consumer’s control how you want to see this film,”

Hoddick said he wants to develop three additional films this year, then eight in 2017 and then 12 a year after that

The Barco Escape costs exhibitors $100,000 with an additional fee per movie.

there are currently 21 Barco Escape theaters in the world — 16 in the United States, two each in Europe and China, and one in Mexico.

the plan is to have more than 100 by the end of this year, and 1,000 within three to five years. Oh, and they want an additional 1,000 just in China, soon to be the world’s biggest movie market — and one where Imax is in the process of opening hundreds of its own screens

Hoddick said while Barco Escape is only for 2D films at this point, he imagines it’s only a matter of time before 3D comes to the platform

it’s currently about 4 percent more expensive to produce a movie for Barco Escape, because the work has to happen in post-production, Hoddick said new cameras from manufacturers including Sony that can film in the 7:1 aspect ratio necessary for the medium will slash costs significantly

the theater will soon install a camera-based surveillance system to analyze demographics and customize which “lobby dominations” go live — think superhero trailers going up when a crew of high school kids walks in

The results of the other experiments came to the controversial conclusion that those with wealthier backgrounds were more likely to cut off other drivers, lie in negotiating, or cheat.