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Sundance Institute Helps Filmmakers Launch Film Projects with Kickstarter
The Sundance Institute is connecting with film production teams Columbus and Unrest to help them strive in the digital production era. Many filmmakers continue to work on balancing a budget for a film project that people will want to invest their time on, as well as a mode of distribution that will be the most effective. Along with financial boundaries, filmmakers also take on a set of moral responsibilities behind their works of art. That is one main reason that Sundance is working with these films to help them find a level of independence away from major studios. This
Explore Virtual Reality Online with WebVR Experiments by Google
Google has launched a website titled WebVR Experiments to help manage and showcase the latest open source virtual reality projects on the Internet with JavaScript. In an era of decentralized products and technology, producing interactive projects on the Web can be difficult with the limitations set by browsers and digital devices. Google has launched a platform that uses JavaScript as the core coding language. WebVR Experiments has a selection of games, interactive media, and film projects to review. The Musical Forest is an interactive music-based VR project. Google Creative Lab produced this project, but I had seen a project
Watch the most Stunning YouTube 360° Videos from 2017
YouTube has a Virtual Reality channel stocked with engaging videos from all over the globe. Desktop users can watch the videos and use the mouse to view additional angles of footage. The immersive storytelling provides media producers the ability to expand the viewing experience to submerge the audience within the setting. Headset users can watch these videos, and use the different devices to stream and engage with the interactive content. YouTube producers may want to expand their production skills, and start filming in 360 degrees. The company has a guideline for uploading 360 videos to the platform. The following
CES 2017: A Preview to Upcoming Technology from Las Vegas
Las Vegas will become the center of technology breakthrough coming up from January 5-8 for CES 2017. This year the event will highlight a variety of technology-based topics from automotive technology, to consumer tech, and beyond the limitations of our imaginations. To quickly breakdown all the topics and need-to-know points of CES 2017, we have created a list, as well as YouTube video playlist to get familiar with the events coming up in Las Vegas this week. The Consumer Technology Association published a piece covering the unknown trends to explode at the annual event. They cover invisible topics, such as
Snapchat IPO in Quarter 1 2017 Could Shakeup Facebook Stock Prices
In late October and early November the news hit that Facebook's revenue would be slowing down in 2017 with a focus on investing into the company. After year-to-year success in the technology industry, Facebook has finally hit a wall known as the largest initial public offering since 2014, and that is the Snapchat IPO. Investors have seen Facebook do well, and stumble over the past four and a half years. Overall, the stock has provided investors with stable returns to keep them happy. Recently, Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg announced that Morgan Freemon would be the voice of their upcoming artificial intelligence project
Watch YouTube Rewind 2016 Drop on 12/07
Updated: YouTube Rewind 2016 is now live. YouTube will be celebrating the release of the internationally known YouTube Rewind short film tomorrow at 10 a.m. PST. Pop cultural will explode tomorrow with a collection of the biggest and wildest moments published on YouTube during 2016. In addition to YouTube Rewind dropping tomorrow, the company has made recent updates to their platform including: Comments: The video sharing platform continues to evolve the way people communicate with visual content. Pinned comments, interactive features and more have been added to the comments section. 4k Live Streaming: In November, Youtube shared insight on
Explore the Top Twenty YouTube Channels in Illinois
YouTube Red is amping up their original content with ads running in movie theaters this winter. Online users that watch YouTube videos can experience it ad-free with YouTube Red. As an independent media producer for YouTube, I recently sent a pitch to the company on working more together in 2017. During the pitch, I mentioned that I would create a list of the top YouTube channels in Illinois to show our value in comparison to other media producers within the fifth largest state. Since YouTube does not currently have a ratings system for the channels per state, I'm going
SXSW 2017 Adds +750 Sessions, Mark Cuban, and Additional Keynotes
SXSW Conference recently announced +150 sessions, additional keynote speakers, and featured panels scheduled for March 10-19. Last week, SXSW 2017 released the first wave of artists for SXSW Music. Scan over the international acts set to perform in Austin on March 14-19. Take a quiz with SXSW's main website to see which badge works best with your interests. New in 2017, the event is expanding the amount of available events with different badge types. Keynotes in 2017 will once again feature leaders in the film, music and technology industries. SXSW provides in-depth discussion with Lee Daniels (film), Jennifer Doudna (interactive), Gareth Edwards
YouTube NextUp Creator Contest
Professional Production Around the World on YouTube After announcing the YouTube NextUp last month, three out of the four locations have filled up. The US and UK workshops have been closed for entries, but the Tokyo contest is still open. A piece of me would love to be able to afford to take time off work, and travel to Tokyo to learn their style of filmmaking. Aside from learning in the studio and in the classroom. I do the majority of my learning online, and mainly on YouTube. Watching video tutorials has been effective for myself, with being a visual
Amazon Lumberyard Provides a Free, Cross-Platform, 3D Game Engine Integrated with AWS and Twitch
[av_heading heading='A Free AAA Game Engine Inconnected with AWS and Twitch' tag='h2' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] Amazon announced today a new service called Amazon Lumberyard. The new game engine provides the necessary tools to create the highest-quality games, build cloud-connected gameplay features, and build communities of fans on Twitch; beta available for free download today. Amazon is also releasing Amazon GameLift, a feature with AWS to provide developers a way to scale their session-based multiplayer games to support millions of players with AWS's highly available cloud infrastructure. Amazon GameLift is a way
The Sundance Institute is connecting with film production teams Columbus and
Google has launched a website titled WebVR Experiments to help manage
YouTube has a Virtual Reality channel stocked with engaging videos from
Las Vegas will become the center of technology breakthrough coming up
In late October and early November the news hit that Facebook's
Updated: YouTube Rewind 2016 is now live. YouTube will be celebrating
YouTube Red is amping up their original content with ads running
SXSW Conference recently announced +150 sessions, additional keynote speakers, and featured
Professional Production Around the World on YouTube After announcing the YouTube NextUp
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