June 17, 2014, SMPTE Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age Conference, Stanford, CA—A panel addressed the issues and challenges in developing transmedia for stories. Roland Angst from Stanford opened the session with an overview of the various display modes and their impact on media. The goal of an immersive feel and interactivity on multiple platforms…
May 28, 2014, Augmented World Expo, Santa Clara, CA—A panel of fashionistas and technologists discussed the merging of fashion and technology. The panel consisted of moderator Robin Raskin from Living in Digital Times, Syuzi Pakhchyan from FashioningTech, Franco Lodato from VSN Mobile, Richard Karslake from Intel, and Ageka Gail a fashion designer. Pakhchyan noted that…
May 2014, Internet of Things Conference, Santa Clara, CA—We talked with Uday Mudoi from Vitesse about the company and their products. They are falling back on their years of experience in Ethernet products to change the company focus. The drivers are in the growing acceptance of FbE in enterprise networks. Although the internals of the…
May 8, 2014, Neurogaming Conference, san Francisco—David Duncan from The Atlantic moderated a panel on consumer-level products that address wellness issues. Panelists were Nicole Lazzaro from XEO Design, Ariel Garten from InterAxon, Isabela Granic from the Playnice Institute, and Tommy Sagroun from Cognifit. Is this area of neural-based games for wellness real? Granic noted that…
May 8, 2014, NeuroGaming Conference, San Francisco—A panel moderated by Zack Lynch discussed the newer technologies being applied to gaming platforms. Panelists included Amy Kruse from Intific, Joe Hardy from Lumosity, James Thompson from Evoke, and Reidar Wesenius from BRIIM. Increasing engagement and effectiveness? Hardy offered that games need engagement to unlock the brain plasticity,…
May 8, 2014, Neurogaming Conference, San Francisco—Chris Berka from Advanced Brain Monitoring talked about the changing requirements for sensors and their integration into fully functional diagnostic and brain interfaces. The need for platform-independent hardware and software is growing as more detailed analyses and studies emerge. Now, human subject studies need to go to multi-phase tests…
May 7, 2014, Internet of Things Developers Conference, Santa Calara, CA—Kin-Yip Liu from Cavium talked about the bigger industry drivers for semiconductors. Of course, performance and power are at the top of the list, but integrated functionality is starting to matter. For example, in security functions, new issues are for transactions and access authorizations, especially…
By Peter McGuinness, Imagination Technologies The concept of ray tracing has been bandied about for more than a generation – since 1968, it has been viewed as a promising technology, especially for visual arts disciplines, and in particular, the entertainment industry. Why? Because the ray tracing algorithm as developed into its recursive form can closely…
April 5, 2014, NAB, Las Vegas—Chris Cookson from Innovative Technologies talked about the possibilities for cinema in the future. The rapidly changing technology landscape is opening many avenues for filmmakers to apply their craft in new ways. Before starting on prognosticating, Cookson reviewed the past 50 years. In ’64 there were many changes happening, and…
March 26, 2014, GPU Technology Conference, San Jose, CA—James Fox from DawnRunner described the changes in visual effects workflows, and the consequences and impacts of changing technologies. New technologies are enabling small, independent visual effects companies to challenge existing philosophies. Existing solutions to creating effects are very hard to scale. The complex tools and equipment…