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The exciting thing this year is that we're reaching a critical mass of technology adoption for a wealth of new video and audio media experiences - media that responds dynamically to the consumer's attention, engagement and context: Responsive Media.

"How might writing, reading and the idea of the book itself change when we use technology to design stories, rather than just present them?"

Technology for real-time sharing of 2D/3D data

"Dynamically Inserted Ads In recent years, ad technology has allowed for ads to be targeted and dynamically inserted at the time of file request. The ad server determines the best ad to serve to the listener at the time of request. In a podcast consumed online, ads may be inserted into a file that is being progressively downloaded at designated ad breaks . Some publishers may count this dynamic ad serve as an "impression" without confirming ad delivery. T he metrics in this document focus on confirming that the ad was delivered. S erver log s can confirm that the enti r e ad file was downloaded , but the process for counting a served ad can only determine that ad file was sent ."

Video Indexer is a cloud service that enables you to extract the following insights from your videos using artificial intelligence technologies:

"Richard Ramchurn's The Moment lets you play film director, using just your brainwaves."

"ITV, the UK's biggest commercial broadcaster, today announced a new partnership with Sorenson Media, a leader in addressable advertising solutions for linear television. ITV will use Sorenson Media's unique technology to execute addressable advertising campaigns across ITV's range of linear broadcast channels starting early next year."

"Storytelling techniques within traditional broadcast media have not made major advances in recent years due to the linear and relatively rigid approach to narrative despite advances in the technology that delivers the content. This research proposes the concept of 'perceptive media' in which the content creators have at their disposal different tools and sensors to allow for the subtle adaption of the narrative without any direct interactions from the audience members. The concept is demonstrated through the creation of a 'perceptive radio' that is able to play specially designed content that adapts to the physical and social context in which the radio resides."

Karen is a life coach and she's happy to help you work through a few things in your life. You interact with Karen through an app. When you begin, she asks you some questions about your outlook on the world to get an understanding of you. In fact, her questions are drawn from psychological profiling questionnaires. She - and the software - are profiling you and she gives you advice based on your answers.

Eulerian Video Magnification for Revealing Subtle Changes in the World

@erinvollick: Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age (finally) comes to life: #PerceptiveMedia http://t.co/XRbb0AIv http://twitter.com/erinvollick/status/167290700059262977

Google Glass app being designed to read emotions - SFGate

The book that lets you feel your protagonist's pain

MIT's Open Documentary Lab and IDFA's DocLab have joined together to put the long story of documentary innovation into perspective, and to speculate about its future.