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Oleg Batluk

Save Yourself From the Digital Zombie Apocalypse and Get Outdoors | TakePart - 0 views

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digital zombie American Academy of Pediatrics Social CIS new normal

shared by Oleg Batluk on 18 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • my attention monopolized at that moment by an electronic screen.
  • offers endlessly updating possibilities.
  • for many children growing up today, digital reality is the only reality.
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  • It is addictive
  • children grow up not caring about the natural world.
  • The list of physical and social maladies associated with sedentary behavior—an almost inevitable corollary of time spent on electronic devices
  • American Academy of Pediatrics used to recommend that parents limit screen time to less than two hours a day for children over the age of two
  • digital reality as the new normal
  • Make shutting down the devices a family thing.
  • Oleg Batluk on 18 Dec 15
     
    Self-limitation from digtal monopoly to save kids from mental and physical deasess should become a family thing
  • Oleg Batluk on 18 Dec 15
     
    Self-limitation from digtal monopoly to save kids from mental and physical deasess should become a family thing
anna_nelidova

Head tracker knows what you're doing and helps you multitask | New Scientist - 1 views

www.newscientist.com/...-doing-and-helps-you-multitask

Technology Wearables ADD AI Multitasking

shared by anna_nelidova on 27 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • wearable system that tracks human movements to understand what task you’re doing, how difficult it is, and when you switch to something else. His goal is to help us control our multitasking lives
  • Gathering patterns of data that describe humans doing different tasks has more potential than just helping us work more efficiently.
  • the device could turn your phone to silent or deliver only emergency notifications. It could also tell you when you need to take a break
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  • Epps’s team has made a device which straps to a baseball cap that can work out the intensity of a task and when a person switches to another task – just from their head movements.
  • o use the data from wearables to train artificial intelligences.
  • Epps’s team is building a new prototype made from cheap components that can be worn on glasses, which tracks eye movement and speech as well as head motion.
  • anna_nelidova on 27 Nov 15
     
    A wearable system that tracks head movements could help people to multitask and handle distractions. The data generated by wearables on millions of humans can be useful for learning purposes of robots and AI. 
al_semenchenko

There Are Some Super Shady Things in Oculus Rift's Terms of Service - 1 views

gizmodo.com/-oculus-rifts-terms-1768678169

Technology Social economy entertainment VR concerns VR Oculus digital economy

shared by al_semenchenko on 02 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • If you create something with the Rift, the Terms of Service say that you surrender all rights to that work and that Oculus can use it whenever it wants
  • Oculus can collect data from you while you’re using the device
  • Furthermore, the information that they collect can be used to directly market products to you
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  • What’s most worrisome here is that the emergence of VR technology opens up an new type of data for companies to mine en masse which can be collected efficiently. The fact that Oculus, the clear leader in the new VR marketplace, is setting this precedent could be dangerous for the future of the technology.
  • the Oculus Rift is a device that is always on (much like Microsoft’s Xbox One Kinect feature) which leads to further concerns about when the information will be collected.
  • al_semenchenko on 02 Apr 16
     
    Oculus already gathering much more personal data than were possible before, and owns any UGC created with the help of Oculus.
zolotarev

What Does the Gaming Landscape Look Like for Marketers? - 0 views

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entertainment gaming

shared by zolotarev on 17 Apr 19 - No Cached
  • zolotarev on 17 Apr 19
     
    Gaming has gone mainstream, with 86% of internet users worldwide noting that they have gamed on at least one device within the past month. That figure climbed to 92% among those ages 16 to 24 Boosted by global smartphone ownership, mobile has become the most popular channel for gaming
Olga Bykova

Roam And Wander's TuTu Turns iPhones And iPod Touches Into Cuddly Children's Toys | Tec... - 0 views

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ipod toys

shared by Olga Bykova on 01 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • The TuTu app and toy set was designed by Roam & Wander founder Jason Warren to give children growing up in the digital age a more engaging and tactile way of interacting with mobile devices.
Maria Gurova

AMC Could Allow Moviegoers to Use Cellphones Inside Theaters to Appeal to Millennials - 2 views

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Theatrical devices second screen In-Theatre Experience Millennials My Smartphone My Precious AMC Theatres

shared by Maria Gurova on 02 Jun 16 - No Cached
  • AMC Theaters issued a statement on Twitter saying that due to the negative response, it will not proceed with the plan to allow cellphones inside its theaters: "With your advice in hand, there will be NO TEXTING ALLOWED in any of the auditoriums at AMC Theaters. Not today, not tomorrow and not in the foreseeable future."
  • "When you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone, don't ruin the movie, they hear 'please cut off your left arm above the elbow,'" Aron told Variety. "You can't tell a 22-year-old to turn off their cellphone. That's not how they live their life ...
  • and one way would be taking "specific auditoriums and make them more texting friendly." 
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  • "Given that so many of today's moviegoers are passionate about preserving the purity of watching movies undisturbed in our theatres, there is no specific timeframe as to when we might introduce such a test, if ever,"
  • Maria Gurova on 02 Jun 16
     
    in the attempt to satisfy Millennial consumer AMC tried to allow texting and using the smartphones during shows. Twitter reaction was outrageous and they have changed their mind, but say that they might reconsider this policy in the future or maybe not
Maria Gurova

How To Get More People Into Movie Theaters (Without Higher Ticket Prices) - 3 views

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CIS Technology entertainment Theatrical Immersive Experience Market Economy

shared by Maria Gurova on 02 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Its newest toy is called Barco Escape and right now it’s essentially three theater screens in one space — the main screen and then additional screens on the left and right walls. The effect is a 270-degree image that makes viewers feel like they are in the middle of the action.
  • It’s the kind of premium experience that most people would expect to pay extra for but Schilowitz says part of the point of Escape is to give viewers a more theme-park like experience without charging any more for a ticket.
  • One of the biggest trends right now is people watching other people play video games.
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  • Schilowitz hopes to engage brands to make 270-degree short films to show before the actual movie. Think Red Bull's Red Bull's many extreme sports videos. Now picture them in an immersive experience.  The money coming from brands could help offset the costs of the Escape screen.
  • Schilowitz believes you could take that experience into the theater. Have two people playing a virtual reality game while strapped into Oculus Rift-type devices and people would pay to watch the game on the big screen if top- ranked players were competing.
  • Escape will also be used to show things like concerts which can be better experienced with a wider screen. A Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett show will debut in Escape theaters in 2015.
  • Maria Gurova on 02 Oct 14
     
    The new technology that may transform all that real estate Theaters owns into the arcades of the future.  
Maria Gurova

HBO NOW Pushing the Cord-Cutting Trend - App Annie Blog - 3 views

blog.appannie.com/pushing-the-cord-cutting-trend

Technology entertainment KE VOD cable TV TV Networks Entertainment as Service Theatrical Cord-cutting HBO Netflix Hulu Video Streaming Copyright Storytelling adjustable entertainment Market Digital Consumption Digital vs Physical

shared by Maria Gurova on 12 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • In 2007, Netflix changed the landscape by introducing streaming on PC, allowing customers to instantly watch shows. By 2010, Netflix video streaming became available on additional platforms, including iOS devices. Today, video streaming services Netflix and Hulu have a strong hold among combined iOS and Android Top US Apps.
  • These convenient apps have set the stage for a preferred entertainment delivery. A whole generation of consumers have grown up with video streaming, rather than (or in addition to) paying for cable television: cord cutters and cord nevers. Major premium cable networks, HBO and Showtime, are now after a piece of the pie Netflix and Hulu have carved out
  • Both HBO NOW and Showtime are taking different approaches to standalone streaming partnerships. HBO NOW has gotten more traction in part to a heavy promotion from Apple, resulting in positive metrics. Showtime’s success is less clear, being married into Hulu’s already strong performance
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  • Netflix isn’t being left in the dust completely, kicking off their original film initiative with “Beasts of No Nation”, which will launch both in theaters and streaming video on October 16th. HBO, Showtime, Netflix and Hulu will still need to compete with each other to retain users in a new “entertainment as a service” landscape where retention is not a given, but an earned currency.
  • Cable provider Comcast hasn’t felt the heat from the cord-cutting trend, having its second best Q2 in nine years. Comcast is also in an advantageous place as a broadband provider, with 22.3 million total customers in Q2. Good quality video streaming relies on broadband internet, meaning cable providers that offer bundled internet service will still be valuable
  • Maria Gurova on 12 Aug 15
     
    the rise of streaming services and how cable networks are competing with video streaming services on their battle field 
Maria Gurova

The Movie Theater Of The Future Is All About Big Screens And Big Data - 2 views

www.ibtimes.com/t-big-screens-big-data-2347076

Theatrical Technology Economy infrastructure devices screen In-Theatre Experience big data Barco Escape IMAX premium format

shared by Maria Gurova on 01 Jun 16 - No Cached
  • With huge-flat screen TVs becoming more affordable — and more original TV content being produced — cinemas have to step up their game to keep pace in the arms race with home theaters. That’s why theater chains are coming out with better food, reclining chairs, and more supersized screens like Imax to take full advantage of the special effects in many tentpole blockbusters.
  • The theater, which opens to the public Friday night, now has a lobby that’s part of the show (and soon, a camera-based audience data gathering tool to go with it), and a cinema equipped with the showpiece Barco Escape, which combines three screens in a U-shaped pattern that gives the viewer almost a cockpit-type perspective of the action.
  • “The Maze Runner” and its sequel, “Maze Runner: Scorch Trials,” were the first — and only — two films with scenes optimized for Barco Escape, but with dozens of Imax films coming out every year, there needs to be a much broader pipeline of content to compete with other large format
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  • 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
Ekaterina Yanovskaya

The Next Sensor Will Be IN You : The Insideables | LinkedIn - 0 views

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science Technology

shared by Ekaterina Yanovskaya on 04 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Next up will be all kinds of 'devices' that will go in your body. This may be just under your skin, in your eye, swallowed or injected.
Irina Marchenko

Toddlers becoming addicted to devices - 3 views

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10008707/Toddlers-becoming-so-addicted-to-iPads-they-require-therapy.html

play kids

started by Irina Marchenko on 22 Jul 13 no follow-up yet
Vladimir Devyatkin

Новые проблемы «умных» домов - 0 views

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Technology security social smart devices

shared by Vladimir Devyatkin on 14 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Vladimir Devyatkin on 14 Nov 13
     
    эксперты по безопасности Дэвид Брайан (David Bryan) и Дэниэль Кроули (Daniel Crowley) из фирмы Trustwave Holdings весьма озабочены появлением такого удобного устройства. По их мнению, оно предоставляет компьютерно грамотным злоумышленникам прекрасные возможности для проникновения в чужие дома. Дело в том, что, испытывая с точки зрения безопасности различные устройства, позиционируемые как «smart», интеллектуальные системы освещения или смышлёную сантехнику, почти во всех обнаружили серьёзные недостатки с точки зрения безопасности…
Vladimir Devyatkin

Interacting With a Dynamic Shape Display - 0 views

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Technology devices

shared by Vladimir Devyatkin on 14 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Vladimir Devyatkin on 14 Nov 13
     
    Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically, so users can interact with digital information in a tangible way
Maria Gurova

Futures of text - 0 views

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Technology text market social AI predictive text human computer interaction VIVO communication

shared by Maria Gurova on 25 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • Maria Gurova on 25 Feb 15
     
    a good piece on how the text communication might transform in the near future and why texting might remain a more comfortable way to interact with the device then voice
Maria Gurova

Research Says Screen Time Can Be Good For Your Kids - Forbes - 0 views

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Technology connected world KE Social play patterns media game parenting indoor vs outdoor

shared by Maria Gurova on 31 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Still, most parenting wisdom continues to portray television as an evil mind-rotting demon. The fear of ‘screen time’ is so deeply ingrained in our collective imagination that an irrational opposition between outdoor play and media consumption is taken for granted. Many parents believe the choice is either/or: indoors or out.
  • most storytelling is interactive. We consume most of our media through internet connected devices. And technology is so adept at providing ‘adaptive feedback’ that it proves to be an exceptionally effective teaching tool. In fact, a recent SRI study shows that game based learning can boost cognitive learning for students sitting on the median by 12%.
  • Joint media engagement refers to spontaneous and designed experiences of people using media together, and can happen anywhere and at any time when there are multiple people interacting together with digital and traditional media.
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  • describes the rules and restrictions we put on screen time. Some of these restrictions limit time, other restrictions filter content.
  • Restrictive Mediation
  • Unlimited access to media becomes one of the markers of adulthood.
  • Instructive Mediation describes what happens when we talk to our kids while watching a movie or playing a video game with them. Make it a teaching opportunity
  • Instructive mediation is key for raising kids that are critical thinkers and intelligent adults in a media saturated world–kids who know how to THINK about the media they consume.
  • Social Coviewing is when you watch something with your kids but don’t necessarily talk about it. This is what happens in a movie theater.
  • This is what happens when I watch Phineas and Ferb with my kids.
  • Parallel play is kind of like multitasking. I can be typing on my Chromebook next to my son while he’s playing minecraft. We engage in peripheral conversations, some tangential, and some directly related to the game he is playing.
  • Asymmetrical joint media engagement
  • While interacting with me online, I hope they learn good web etiquette. I’m teaching them lessons about propriety and social media. They see the kinds of things I write in emails and chats.
Maria Gurova

I quantified my baby and wish I could get the time back - 1 views

mashable.com/...uantified-baby-infant-tracking

Technology parenting culture connected parenting infant tracking tracking devices big data health tracking wearables connected world tracking hell quantified baby

shared by Maria Gurova on 15 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • It’s part of an experiment to see if technology can help with the daunting and seemingly Sisyphean tasks of a first time parent, to find out why a growing number of people are turning to gadgets to help with one of life's toughest jobs.
  • Attempting to simplify parenthood with gizmos and apps has perversely made it a lot more complicated. And as for peace of mind, forget it.
  • The concept of the “quantified baby” has been around for some time now, and there’s a large and growing market for smart infant products from anxious or diligent or curious new parents.
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  • But does it all help you to be a better father, or mother, or is it all a massive distraction from the serious business of parenting?
  • While tracking proved useful as a reminder of feedings, and gave an objective insight into longer term sleep patterns, there wasn’t much she could do with the info.
  • It's the same problem quantified self devotees have: what to do with all that data. Unless you're a math or data viz wizard and prepared to take it all incredibly seriously, the numbers that consumer gadgets and apps spew out can be pretty meaningless — even more so when you're dealing with an unpredictable baby.
  • The Mimo and the Owlet are just the tip of the emerging infant tracking iceberg.
  • Maria Gurova on 15 Oct 15
     
    does using all the tech can offer to monitor your infant health make you a better parent or ease the toughest job in the world. Based on the article - not really 
Anna Dubinina

This Mini, Portable Wind Turbine Could Charge Your Phone Or Power Your House - 2 views

www.fastcoexist.com/...your-phone-or-power-your-house

Technology CIS power portable energy wind alternative energy sustainability

shared by Anna Dubinina on 27 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • The largest size (2500 watt) could provide enough power for a small house (though would obviously need backing up). The 1000 is good for RVs and boat owners, the Agustssons say, while the smallest 50 watt one is right for USB devices and laptops. The turbines can also back up electric cars when the grid isn't available.
  • Anna Dubinina on 27 Oct 15
     
    Mini, Portable Wind Turbine Could Charge Your Phone Or Power Your House
anna_nelidova

AirConsole Is A Browser-Based Gaming Platform Where Your Smartphone Is The Controller |... - 0 views

techcrunch.com/...airconsole

Technology gaming smartphone controller interfaces accessibility entertainment simplification

shared by anna_nelidova on 23 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • AirConsole is a recently launched browser-based games platform that repurposes players’ smartphones as controllers
  • For a local multiplayer gaming session AirConsole is super simple to use
  • your phone becomes the touch pad to control the goings-on on the other screen
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  • it’s cross platform and cross device — so you don’t need specific hardware to get a gaming session up and running
  • You won’t be able to play the newest AAA games with it, but that’s also not really what we’re all about. AirConsole is to play a few quick games with friends while having a beer.
  • anna_nelidova on 23 Oct 15
     
    Your smartphone can easily become a controller if you go to AirConsole.com on your computer and phone and enter the link code. It's target audience is not pro gamers community, but the casual social gaming crowd.
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