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Today, YouTube is unveiling 360-degree virtual reality videos and a virtual movie theater for all YouTube videos, available to anyone with a Google Cardboard headset. The goal is to “democratize virtual reality” and “bring VR to everybody

social network is now seeing 8 billion daily video views. Facebook itself recently debuted 360 video. And the social networking giant owns Oculus,

But Facebook, its biggest competitor, is rapidly encroaching on YouTube’s turf.

The 12 year old used the internet to stop, rewind, and watch videos of the best dubstep music dancers in the world like Marquese Scott (youtube.com/user/WHZGUD2), something she admits a traditional dance class wouldn't allow her to do.

Adilyn Malcolm mastered dubstep dancing by just using YouTube as her teacher.

Google’s YouTube Kids app, which offers a walled garden of content aimed at the 5-and-under set, is the target of a coalition of consumer groups urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the service as a potential violation of rules about advertising to children

“Many of the video segments endorsing toys, candy and other products that appear to be ‘user-generated’ have undisclosed relationships with product manufacturers in v

iolation of the FTC’s guidelines concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising,

The financial magazine has published its first ever list of top earners on the video platform, with the irrepressible Felix Kjellberg (better known as PewDiePie) heading the charts with pretax earnings of $12 million,

most of these individuals’ income comes from advertising such as sponsored videos and previews, although four of those on the list also have book deals, while a few even offer their own product lines.

RoomAlive is a proof-of-concept prototype that transforms any room into an immersive, augmented entertainment experience

Users can touch, shoot, stomp, dodge and steer projected content that seamlessly co-exists with their existing physical environment

The service will let you play all manner of computer games streamed from Google‘s data centers to your devices running the Chrome browser or ChromeOS platform, or even your TV with a Chromecast Ultra plugged in. You won’t need any additional hardware to run Stadia, and you won’t need to install anything to play games. As Google VP Phil Harrison noted in an interview with Eurogamer, “Anywhere where YouTube runs well, Stadia can run.”

Rather than treat Stadia as an entirely standalone service, Google sees people using it from and with YouTube. That means your starting point with Stadia could be a game trailer on the video platform, or a live stream of a tournament; you could simply hit Play on either video stream and start playing – solo or with others – within a few seconds.

taking these technologies out of the lab and into people’s everyday lives.

we're able to program physical objects to be intelligent, adapt and interact with their surroundings, and to surprise people with what is possible.

a video game programmed for the real world, is the first step for us and demonstrates what’s possible with Anki technology.

Microsoft Hyperlapse is a new technology that creates smooth and stabilized time lapses from first-person videos.

you can time lapse those experiences, distilling them into easily consumable, enjoyable experiences.

By Obsessing Over the Present, Big Media has Forgotten its Past and Endangered its Future (But it’s Not Too Late)

When it comes to digital-era investments, Disney has certainly been the most active of the major media companies (though IP represents more than 80% of total outlays). Over the past decade, the House of Mouse has bought the largest YouTube Multi-Channel Network (Maker Studios), a mobile gaming company (Playdom), several multi-media storytelling platforms (Marvel, LucasArts, Pixar), become Vice’s largest outside shareholder, doubled down on technology-driven theme park experiences (MagicBand, VR), established an annual fan expo (D23), formed an accelerator program with TechStars (Disney Accelerator) and launched an ever-expanding sandbox video game at the cost of more than $125M (Disney Infinity)

For the past 20 years, television networks have reaped more than $1T inflation adjusted revenues and $300B in net cash flow thanks to what was sown throughout the 1980s and early 1990s (most cable networks took years to hit cumulative net profits, with several market leaders accumulating hundreds of millions in losses doing so). But the harvest is coming to an end. Crop rotation is not a waste; it’s an essential investment in forward productivity.

Amazon is launching its new Amazon Video Direct service today to let video creators share any content and receive a cut of the revenue.

Amazon is offering a variety of ways for creators to earn money, including royalties through streaming by Prime members, and revenue sharing through rentals, purchases, subscriptions, and ad impressions.

Amazon has a variety of launch partners, including How Stuff Works, Mattel, The Guardian, and independent titles from Samuel Goldwyn Films.

Российский премьер-министр Дмитрий Медведев предварительно одобрил идею введения налоговых льгот для российских компаний, которые создают мультфильмы

Мультипликационные компании очень похожи по своей сути на разработчиков программного обеспечения

По словам Попова, идея с налоговыми льготами для мультипликаторов в целом и с возможной пропиской в «Сколково» в частности предварительно обсуждалась на совещании в Минэкономразвития, чиновники которого идею поддержали

A generation gap is widening in the workplace. As baby boomers (ages 51 to 69 or so) express reluctance about retiring, so-called millennials (roughly ages 18 to 34) have become the single largest demographic in the American labor force. Because of this, more older workers have found themselves being hired and managed by people much younger than they are

Robert Goldfarb, 85, a working management consultant. “The moment I enter the office of a prospective client, there’s an elephant in the room,” he wrote. “My age.”

I doubt anyone will be surprised to hear that many readers emphasized staying current with technology. Many also pointed out that this is easier to do than ever: From instructional YouTube videos to courses at your local library, the resources are endless.

В 2015 г. продажи музыки выросли на 3,2% до $15 млрд, сообщила Международная федерация звукозаписывающей индустрии (IFPI)

Рост рынка обеспечен прежде всего тем, что продажа музыки в цифровом формате приносит теперь больше выручки, чем продажа треков на физических носителях – CD- и DVD-дисках.

На цифровые форматы теперь приходится 45% всех продаж, или $6,7 млрд. А в 19 странах мира они занимают уже больше половины рынка. За последние 10 лет онлайн-продажи музыки выросли в 6 раз, а в 2015 г. – на 10,2%.

Большинство представителей поколений Y и Z использует онлайн-видео как эффективное средство для снятия стресса или отличное снотворное.

Digital видео служит для большинства 13–24 летних молодых людей не развлечением или средством познания, как предполагают маркетологи, а антидепрессантом и средством побыстрее уснуть. Отличным способом для снятия стресса онлайн-видео назвали 61% представителей молодого поколения. Еще 44% молодых людей воспринимает видео как эффективное снотворное средство.

Defy Media также обнаружили, что подростки не возражают против рекламы. Более того, 63% молодых людей выразили готовность приобрести продукт, рекомендованный звездой на YouTube. А вот доверия к ТВ-звездам меньше – на нее откликнулись бы только 48% представителей поколения Z.

на «Дваче» появился тред, автор которого анонсировал новое шоу: слежку за людьми через веб-камеры их компьютеров, которые он взломал, в прямом эфире.

Шоу ведётся через Synchtube — сервис, совмещающий стрим с YouTube, чат и систему пожертвований. Параллельно трансляции обсуждаются на «Дваче»

DEAR CONGRESS: THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA) IS BROKEN AND NO LONGER WORKS FOR CREATORS

One of the biggest problems confronting songwriters and recording artists today is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. This law was written and passed in an era that is technologically out-of-date compared to the era in which we live. It has allowed major tech companies to grow and generate huge profits by creating ease of use for consumers to carry almost every recorded song in history in their pocket via a smartphone, while songwriters’ and artists’ earnings continue to diminish. Music consumption has skyrocketed, but the monies earned by individual writers and artists for that consumption has plummeted.

The DMCA simply doesn’t work.