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Oculus Is Awesome for Games, But It’s the Future of Movies

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As reported on Wired. BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER Photo courtesy Oculus   PARK CITY, Utah – I never thought I’d ever say this, but I’m onstage with Beck. He’s wearing his usual hat-and-blazer combo, and covering one of my favorite David Bowie songs. Out past the crowd is a full choir — a few faces I recognize because they played with Beck during last year’s Station to Station rolling art extravaganza — and a massive musical ensemble. People are…

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Inside the design of David Lynch’s ‘Dune’

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As reported on The Verge. By Andrew Webster The reception for David Lynch’s theatrical take on Dune was mixed, to stay the least. But for all of its narrative issues, it certainly was a lovely film to look at. Writing on io9, former concept artist Ron Miller provides some insight into how the world of Arrakis was created. Miller — whose job included crafting large-scale paintings to represent scenes from the film — touches on “the immense effort that went…

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How Peter Jackson’s team created the Oscar-nominated soundscape of ‘Smaug’

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As reported on The Verge. By Nathan Ingraham The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was just nominated for two Oscars relating to its sound design — it’s up against some tough competition in the form of Gravity and a number of other excellent films, but a new mini-documentary from SoundWorks makes a good case for Peter Jackson’s latest adventure into Middle-earth. The video contains interviews with a number of sound mixers at Park Road Post Studios in Wellington, New Zealand who…

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Spotify Drops Free Web Listening Time Limit Everywhere – A Big Scalability Milestone

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Josh Constine Spotify’s advertising engine and paid customer conversion funnel are finally working well enough that today it eliminated all limits on free, ad-supported web listening in all countries. It’s an important milestone for the scalability and sustainability of Spotify’s business that contrasts with other streaming music services like Ex.fm and Rdio that are stumbling or shutting down. Previously, Spotify gave free web users unlimited listening for a six-month grace period, but then limited some international free…

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James Cameron locks up lead actors for his new ‘Avatar’ trilogy

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As reported on The Verge. By Bryan Bishop We already knew that James Cameron had some big plans for the Avatar franchise by making not just one but three sequels, and now he’s officially signed the stars from the first film to reprise their roles. According to The Hollywood Reporter, both Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana have signed on for the new trilogy. In case it’s been a while since you’ve seen the 2009 original, Worthington played Jake Sully, the human who ends up…

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YouTube gets a daily highlight reel courtesy of DreamWorks

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS YouTube can already recommend related videos, but it doesn’t necessarily show thebest videos; you have to rely on outside help to separate the wheat from the chaff. However, that search for quality clips is about to get a lot easier. The streaming giant is teaming up with DreamWorks to launch YouTube Nation, a five-minute daily show that will highlight its more interesting content, and promises Ultra HD quality for properly-equipped viewers. The…

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First trailer for new ‘Game of Thrones’ season promises more bloodshed

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As reported on The Verge. By Kwame Opam Last season of HBO’s Game of Thrones ended with a bang, but, as Jaime Lannister says, the war isn’t won yet. In the first trailer for the fourth season, the fighting continues and Westeros is plunged further into darkness. We’ll be watching when the season starts on April 6th.  

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Gametime Aims To Provide The Best Mobile Experience For Last-Minute Sports Ticketing

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Anthony Ha Online ticketing services are moving onto mobile, but Brad Griffith, CEO of a startup calledGametime, says the experience still isn’t good enough. For example, Griffith (whose previous startup Zappedy was acquired by Groupon) recalled using the mobile app from “a current leader in the space” to purchase baseball tickets recently, but he didn’t realize until the last minute that he had to print those tickets out. As a result, he and…

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Netflix chief product officer Neil Hunt on bringing 4K into your home

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As reported on The Verge. By Bryan Bishop Netflix has been busy here at CES. Over the past few days multiple TV manufacturers have announced partnerships with the company around its latest initiative: 4K streaming. With Ultra HD televisions one of the dominant stories of last year’s show, the fact that Netflix will be providing 4K content in the second quarter of this year has the potential to truly change the landscape. We sat down with…

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4K Netflix streaming launching next month

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As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris So long as you have a supported TV Netflix will start streaming movies and TV shows in 4K soon, but only to certain TVs. “We’re not naming specific manufacturers,” Netflix Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt tellsStuff, “but we have several of the major TV vendors who are going to be producing 4K-capable TVs — they’ll be announcing them at CES [in early January].” The high-resolution streams won’t be coming to…

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