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MovieLabs looks out to 2030

MovieLabs is a non-profit industry organization founded in 2006 by Disney, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal, and Warner Bros. to do advanced research and development. The organization came together to prepare for the ...

Google invests $12 million in the unofficial VR app store SideQuest

Google Ventures shakes hands with an unofficial alternative to the Meta Store.

Not your father’s computer display

Over the years, we’ve seen an evolution in electronic computer displays in terms of shapes and sizes. From basic CRTs, to plasmas and LCDs, to LEDs, OLEDs, and more. From large, heavy devices to lightweight ...

Game over for Google’s streaming game service Stadia

Google abruptly shuts down Stadia. (Source: Google)   Google is shutting down Stadia, its cloud gaming service that it launched in 2019. The service will remain live for players until January 18, 2023. Google said ...

Avid promotes collaborative, distributed workflows at IBC

Avid CEO Jeff Rosica at IBC2022. (Source: IBC)   IBC2022 stands as a significant milestone in the history of digital content creation. It comes as the latest wave of Covid infections have subsided and as ...

Turning back time

Digital Domain used its Charlatan tool to replace the face of a stand-in (top) with a digitally de-aged face of quarterback Joe Montana (bottom). (Source: Digital Domain)   Most of us, if given the chance, ...

Alienware announces their new monster flagship, the Aurora R15

Alienware released this “family photo” of their new desktop, QD-OLED monitor, and new compact gaming keyboard. (Source: Alienware) Alienware recently introduced their new flagship desktop, the Aurora R15, alongside a new keyboard and tenkeyless keyboard. ...

HP announces the Z32k G3, an IPS Black monitor

The Z32k G3 hides Thunderbolt 4 support on the back, which helps users nearly manage their cables. (Source: HP)   LG and Dell collaborated to create IPS Black technology earlier this year, which provides richer ...

Hexagon purchases iConstruct BIM software company

Hexagon is finding a way to boost efficiency in manufacturing—which might be why they bought a cloud-based software firm. (Source: Hexagon) Hexagon acquired iConstruct, whose software iConstruct Pro construction automation tool offers customers BIM for ...

Autodesk CEO: The company is looking at a very ‘cloudy’ future

Autodesk University opened with a New Orleans theme. Autodesk President and CEO Andrew Anagnost took the stage on the first day (September 28) of Autodesk University 2022 to a packed hall at the convention center ...

Wacom releases 27-inch Cintiq Pro pen display

The Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 with the Pro Pen 3. (Source: Wacom)    Big things usually come in big packages, but not so with the new Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 pen display, which is lightweight ...

Autodesk announces Flow for M&E

Autodesk’s Flow, an industrial cloud Autodesk is developing for M&E. (Source: Autodesk)   Some may look at the annual Autodesk University as a conference for AEC, architecture, and manufacturing. And it is. But, there’s also ...