Opening at NAB
As the person on the monorail said, “it’s raining, we might as well go to the sessions.” The weather is surprisingly unpleasant for Las Vegas but inside, there is a lot going on. Perhaps no ...
The National Association of Broadcasters show begins in Las Vegas
NAB opens up in Las Vegas today and will run through April 11th, the show draws over 100,000 industry insiders media and entertainment professionals to the desert once a year. The show features over 1,500 ...
Making faces is harder than it looks
Facial animation is a very tough business for a number of reasons. When it comes to realistic human faces, one part of the equation is probably done, the ability to create a realistic human face. ...
FX legend says Hollywood reluctant to embrace the future
Oscar-winner Douglas Trumbull is among a handful of technologists working on new technologies to transform cinema. But adoption is not certain. This year’s first big “tentpole” movie, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” pioneered a new ...
Technology’s dark side is getting brighter
One of the panels at SXSW that we didn’t actually see but really really wish we did was a debate between University of Michigan at Dearborn philosophy lecturer David Skrbina, billed as the Unabomber’s pen ...
The Cult of Maker prays for a burst-resistant bubble
3D printing shows signs of resiliance Most of us at Jon Peddie Research are old enough to have witnessed more bubble moments in the tech industry than we care to recall. Like stock market bubbles ...
The Game Developers Conference this week in San Francisco
The GDC attracts over 22,500 attendees, and is the primary forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games. This conference features over 400 ...
Nvidia announces Grid
Nvidia today made good on past promises, announcing its new Nvidia Grid Computer Appliance. The device delivers remote GPU acceleration and a turnkey sensibility, enabling what Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang calls graphics as a service. ...
Bentley Pointools reveals prehistoric artwork on Stonehenge
Turning 850 gigabytes of 3D scan data into one coherent visualization led to the discovery of 71 carvings.The UK’s York Archaeological Trust was recently commissioned to use contemporary technology to spatially and digitally record England’s ...
The Workstation market settles into more sustainable growth pattern in Q4’12
While numbers on the surface weren’t much to cheer about, a deeper look at the results show a market that appears to be settling into a healthier, sustainable growth pattern. Subscribers can download the new ...
The foreseeable future is wearable
Functional accessories will be the next hardware trend. Google has demonstrated its Google Glass technology and is hard at work getting production-ready units built in time for a 2013/2014 release. The company’s New York office ...
Nvidia extends Quadro line with four new Kepler-class cards
Nvidia is now shipping four new cards in its Quadro line of professional graphics cards. The power consumption of the Quadro K4000 running the previous generation Fermi technology was 420 Watts; in the Kepler edition ...