Entertainment

After lighting up its 580,000-sq-ft LED-packed exterior for the first time back in July, Las Vegas' newest entertainment venue officially opened for business this weekend with the first of a string of Achtung Baby live concerts by rock band U2.

Looking like a huge high-tech snow globe, the Sphere is the world's largest spherical structure and hosts the world's largest LED display on its exterior. This has now been officially illuminated for the first time with a Hello World message.

Folks wanting to watch a movie at camp, listen to music at a picnic or play board games at the beach will likely have to haul a bunch of different gadgets. LG proposes an all-in-one solution with a smart display in a briefcase called the StanbyME Go.

Meteor showers are beautiful astronomical phenomena, but they can be fickle. Now a Japanese company is planning to put on artificial shooting star shows on demand with the Sky Canvas project. And there might be some scientific benefits to it as well.

Even if it eventually becomes available, a vacation to the Moon is going to be financially out of reach for many. However, a $5 billion architecture proposal aims to offer visitors a tiny taste of lunar life right here on Earth.

With Netflix losing subscribers for the first time in a decade we now move to phase 2 of the streaming wars, and dozens of services clamoring for your attention. But curiously, the future of television is starting to look a lot like old-fashioned broadcast TV.

With the announcement of an upcoming smartphone game/TV series crossover project Netflix is continuing its unexpected pivot into the gaming space. This follows moves to add games and experimental interactive content to its streaming TV and film platform.

Audi has revealed that the holoride tech for back-seat passengers demonstrated at CES 2019 will roll out to select vehicles from June. The platform adapts content to the car's movement, transforming a boring commute into a rolling VR theme park.

Aquatic Architects Design Studio and Innovative Marine Ventures have recently launched the AP EX 1, a floating lounge that's fully self-sufficient and boasts an expandable design and modular use of space for entertaining on the Dubai waterways.

The Korean entertainment industry is already renowned for its insane production values, but hold onto your seats, Kweebs; CJ ENM is about to get hold of a Mandalorian-style virtual set, so the next wave of k-pop videos will be absolutely next-level.

Augmented reality has previously allowed us to place furniture in a room before buying, bring photos to life and go gaming on the streets. Now you can have a life-like avatar perform an upbeat version of a Beethoven classic in your front room.

A study, conducted over the past few months in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, has found fans of apocalyptic and horror films are reporting less distress and greater resilience during this time compared to those who don’t like such genres.