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Российские мультсериалы начнут показывать в кинотеатрах - 1 views

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Этой весной российские кинотеатры начнут показывать мультсериалы. Об этом с киносетями договорились детский канал «Мульт» и компания «Центральное телевидение»
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Это будут короткие сеансы по 45 минут из нескольких серий мультфильмов. Сборники будут обновляться два раза в месяц,
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Первыми будут показаны «Маша и Медведь», «Фиксики», «Белка и Стрелка», «Паровозов», «Летающие звери»
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Производитель мультсериала получит лишь около 30% собранной кинотеатрами кассы, остальное распределяется между самими кинотеатрами и прокатчиком. Привлечь зрителей в кинотеатры на мультфильмы, которые показывают на общедоступных каналах и в интернете, будет сложно. Но проект необходим с точки зрения продвижения бренда».
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Using ToyTalk Technology, New Hello Barbie Will Have Real Conversations With Kids | Fas... - 1 views

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I've posted earlier about this ToyTalk company, they are founded by the guy who worked at Pixar for 20 years. The company develops the speech recognition technology, signed their first deal with a big toy company - Mattel. They are going to develop Barbie doll that will be able to sustain meaningful conversations with kids

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I've posted earlier about this ToyTalk company, they are founded by the guy who worked at Pixar for 20 years. The company develops the speech recognition technology, signed their first deal with a big toy company - Mattel. They are going to develop Barbie doll that will be able to sustain meaningful conversations with kids</div>

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Dawn of the iCar? Apple said to be secretly working on design for an electric people-ca... - 0 views

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Hundreds of people at Apple are said to be secretly working on a design for an electric people-carrier which has been given the code name “Titan”. So far, the technology firm has declined to comment on the project
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The Titan project was reportedly signed off almost a year ago by Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook, who has assigned vice president of product design, Steve Zadesky, to lead the group
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Futures of text - 0 views

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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

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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</div>

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

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Maria Gurova on 02 Oct 14

The new technology that may transform all that real estate Theaters owns into the arcades of the future.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The new technology that may transform all that real estate Theaters owns into the arcades of the future. </div>

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Become Your Favorite Super Hero with 3DPlusMe | News | Marvel.com - 0 views

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The SUPER AWESOME ME experience begins when the fan visits an in-store scanning station where a 3D face scanner captures their likeness to create a 3D model.
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At launch, fans can visit one of 10 Walmart or two Sam’s Club stores to create a personalized 12” action figure. The SUPER AWESOME ME figure features a traditional 12” articulated plastic action figure body and a full color 3D printed head. Recommended for fans ages 4 years and older and available for an approximate retail price of $45, the SUPER AWESOME ME figure will be available for pick up at Walmart locations or ship to Sam’s Club customers in four weeks.
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Pixar Vets Reinvent Speech Recognition So It Works for Kids | WIRED - 0 views

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Though characters like Woody and Buzz Lightyear are wonderfully realistic and lovable, the relationship that kids have with them is largely one-sided. Kids can hear these characters talk—not only through movies, but games, toys, and other movie merchandise—but they can’t engage them.
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It was this idea that inspired Jacob to team up with his former Pixar colleague, Martin Reddy, and launch a new company, ToyTalk. The San Francisco-based outfit develops mobile games that let kids have conversations with animated characters—dialogues that can last for hours
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Known as PullString, it’s equal parts speech recognition engine and script writing tool, and it’s quite a departure from other speech rec tools developed by the likes of Microsoft, Google, and Apple. It’s tailored specifically to kids, whose sentence structure, pitch, and vocal tone have posed challenges for traditional tools.
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“The way kids talk and communicate is very different from how adults do, both in terms of how they use language and the fundamental frequencies that come out of their throats,
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But as he points out, the way today’s children use technology will likely dictate the tech landscape for decades to come. If you can get kids hooked on speech technology young, they’ll stay with it forever.
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Kids don’t want to ask a monkey character in a game what the weather will be on Tuesday. They want to sing him a song or ask him about life in the zoo.
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While ToyTalk uses existing third party technology for its raw speech recognition, it works with those partners to develop better recognition models using ToyTalk’s own data. Now, ToyTalk has a trove of some 20 million children’s utterances, which Jacob believes is the largest database of kids conversation in the world
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“Virtual assistants are awesome when they can answer every question. In our case, it’s the opposite,” Jacob says. “I have to know a lot of things that I’m not able to answer, and redirect the conversation to something that is within character.”
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And Jacob says some toy companies are already testing PullString to power apps based on existing characters.
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this technology could give kids a whole new way to play that falls somewhere in between the playground and the imaginary friend. “I think at some deep level if we succeed, we’ll inspire the imagination of kids to talk about things they might not otherwise talk about,”
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Maria Gurova on 26 Sep 14

the voice rec technology developed by ex-Pixar guy that is targeted to kids. It considers all nuances of kids speech behavior and analyses millions of kids conversations to make interaction with favorite characters within all possible media truly engaging

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">the voice rec technology developed by ex-Pixar guy that is targeted to kids. It considers all nuances of kids speech behavior and analyses millions of kids conversations to make interaction with favorite characters within all possible media truly engaging</div>

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Жизнь с детьми: «Я так от всего этого устал»: за что дети не любят школу - Лю... - 0 views

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today's school kids who are not very bright at school discuss the changes they think should be made within existing educational system and how school marks to mean a thing

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">today's school kids who are not very bright at school discuss the changes they think should be made within existing educational system and how school marks to mean a thing </div>

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Russia to Introduce 'Multipass' in 2015 | Society | RIA Novosti - 0 views

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This Self-Cleaning Cashmere Never Needs To Go To The Dry Cleaner | Co.Exist | ideas + i... - 1 views

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If the fabric is placed in light for 24 hours, any dirt, bacteria, or stain--even coffee or red wine--automatically goes away, thanks to a chemical reaction triggered by the light.
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So far, preliminary tests have shown that the material is safe. Tests have also shown that the coating is durable
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We are currently working toward transfer of the technology to the industry." A self-cleaning sweater might only cost 1% more than usual.
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Maria Gurova on 02 Sep 14

the self-cleaning cashmere can significantly decrease CO2 immersions, produced by laundry and often toxic dry cleaning

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">the self-cleaning cashmere can significantly decrease CO2 immersions, produced by laundry and often toxic dry cleaning </div>

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ВЕДОМОСТИ - ВГТРК и «Ростелеком» объединяют свои неэфирные телеканалы - 0 views

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ВГТРК владеет 13 неэфирными каналами, которые входят в пакет ЦВТ, хотя бы раз в месяц их смотрит почти 39 млн человек, или более половины российских зрителей. У «Ростелекома» таких каналов пять, их смотрит 21,4 млн человек. Совокупная выручка этих каналов в прошлом году — около 1,4 млрд руб.
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По оценке TNS, хотя бы раз в день тематические каналы смотрит 24 млн человек (данные за июль по зрителям старше четырех лет городов с населением более 100 000 человек).
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Данных о совокупных доходах неэфирных каналов нет, известен только размер платежей абонентов платного ТВ. По оценке iKS-Consulting, в прошлом году они заплатили операторам 52 млрд руб. На рекламе в прошлом году неэфирные каналы заработали 4 млрд руб., а эфирные — 156,2 млрд руб. (данные Ассоциации коммуникационных агентств России).
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К концу года у ВГТРК будет почти 20 каналов на самый разный возраст и вкус
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The World in 2038 by JaySimons on deviantART - 0 views

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не очень научно скорее всего, но любопытно

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">не очень научно скорее всего, но любопытно </div>

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Minecraft firm Mojang bought by Microsoft for $2.5bn - Business News - Business - The I... - 0 views

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microsoft buying Minecraft with the hope to sell more of their devices to game fans

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">microsoft buying Minecraft with the hope to sell more of their devices to game fans</div>

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