Movies
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Following the success of its eye-pleasing Full HD portable and compact projectors, California-based startup Nomvdic has added a 4K living-room projector called the P1000 to its lineup that's designed for movie lovers and gamers.
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The unique perspective just a few astronauts have ever seen of Earth from outer space, and the way in which it impacts them, is known as the Overview Effect. Now, specially built theaters and a new film will bring the same experience to the masses.
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A new study has found that unofficial movie remakes made using deepfake technology prompted half of the viewers to falsely remember the films and, in some cases, consider them to be better than the original.
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Motion capture guru Remington Scott supervised the performances of Gollum, Spider-Man and many other breakthrough digital film and game characters. Now he's creating hyper-realistic "digital twins" – including a fascinating conversational AI project.
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Influential firm Bjarke Ingels Group has been commissioned to design a new movie studio complex. Named Samson Stages Red Hook Studio, the $400 million project is envisioned as a "vertical village," and will take the form of six stacked blocks.
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LG has followed the release of the HU715Q CineBeam 4K ultra-short-throw projector with a new flagship aimed at "serious movie lovers." The HU915QE boasts a tight throw ratio, a triple-laser light source, high brightness and a built-in sound system.
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BIG has designed the new premises for the Robert De Niro-backed Wildflower Studios. The project is described by the firm as the "first vertical film studio in the world" and will also create New York City's first purpose-built production soundstage.
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We've recently had long-awaited adaptions of several classic science fiction and fantasy stories hit our screens and the good times are set to continue. Here are some highlights of big sci-fi and fantasy stories we can look forward to in 2022.
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2021 is proving as big year for both the science fiction genre and movie memorabilia. This week Marty McFly's Hoverboard from "Back To The Future Part II" sold for $501,200, while Captain Kirk's Phaser Rifle from "Star Trek" fetched $615,000.
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A campaign for a new sci-fi film is letting the audience use deepfake technology to insert themselves into the trailer next to Hugh Jackman. It's just one use of a rapidly evolving technology also allowing companies to bring deceased artists back to life.
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Flexound Augmented Audio has launched the Flexound Pulse, a cinema seating solution that creates a personal sound bubble around movie watchers for the promise of a full-range quality audio experience without the use of external loudspeakers.
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Two very different $200-million-dollar films. Two release strategies. Two pathways to the future. The theatrical film industry has been decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a pair of films could determine the fate of the definitive popular entertainment medium of the past century.
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