November 11, 2015, ARM Techcon, Santa Clara, CA—Danny Kaye from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment talked about changes in the distribution and delivery of the various content from the movie studios. The underlying business models are changing as consumers change their buying and viewing habits. The consumer base for cinematic content is already moving towards…
March 17, 2015, GPU Technology Conference, San Jose, CA—Don Levy from Smith Brook Farm Consulting looked at the intersection of art and science. The ease in creating new types of images is enabling the emergence of a new type of mind. There is actually little difference between art and science. Both start with the observation…
March 3, 2015, Game Developer Conference, San Francisco—Luiz Kruel from Certain Affinity talked about changing development pipelines to address the growing needs of al games. The games are getting more complex and visually realistic, which requires more detail in the images. The challenge is to have a pipeline that allows materials and models to be…
February 9, 2015, Electronic Imaging Conference, San Francisco—Monica Lopez-Garcia from La Petite Noisuse Productions is studying the interactions of creativity, language, and emotion in film and theater. The availability of computers and other supporting technologies is helping scientists by adding words to their vocabulary and improve methodologies. The new science is giving insights into visualization…
July 22, 2014, Casual Connect Conference, San Francisco—James Zhang from Concept Art House presented his views on art quality in smaller-scale games. The artwork can affect user engagement and retention, drive the design and monetization of the game, and provide a basis for branding and appeal. Starting out with ads for the game, the quality…
July 22, 2014, Casual Connect Conference, San Francisco—Kelly Fennig from the National Film Board of Canada described his efforts to use gaming tools and conventions to make an art exhibition more interactive. The challenge is that the transformation of a photo exhibit into a “non-game” requires also making it accessible for non-gamers. The idea of…
May 28, 2014, Augmented World Expo, Santa Clara, CA—A series of speakers talked about implementing or adding AR to art projects. The people had to overcome both technical and artistic challenges to achieve their desired responses. BC Biermann and Ean Mering from City Visions are artists who do large outdoors projects around the world. Their…
July 2012 – The 42nd annual Comic-Con event in San Diego continues to be the anchor point for geekdom’s ruling of the entertainment world was bigger than ever. The show has shifted the past few years from traditional graphic novels & art to film and now is dominated by the small screen & smaller mobile…