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Wonder Dynamics puts a full-service CG character studio in a web platform

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Someone who has big dreams doesn’t always have the resources to manifest them,” said Sheridan, whom many will have seen starring in Spielberg’s film adaptation of Ready Player One — so his familiarity with the complexities of CG-assisted production and motion capture are very much firsthand.

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Axiom Space raises $130 million for its commercial space station ambitions

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Axiom is the service provider for the mission, brokering the deal for the private spacefarers and setting up training and mission profile. not astronauts selected, trained and employed by their respective national government) make its way to the station. Tom Cruise reportedly talking to SpaceX about shooting a movie in space.

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Glass rethinks the smartphone camera through an old-school cinema lens

TechCrunch

Films weren’t always widescreen. Originally they were more likely to be approximately the shape of a 35mm film frame, for obvious reasons. If you matted out the top and bottom, you could project a widescreen image, which people liked — but you were basically just zooming in on a part of the film, which you paid for in detail.

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D-ID launches ‘Speaking Portrait,’ a way to turn photos into custom, photo-realistic videos

TechCrunch

D-ID’s Speaking Portraits may look like the notorious “deepfakes” that have made headlines over the past couple of years, but the underlying tech is actually quite different, and there’s no training required for basic functionality. This one will also work with the existing background in the photo only.

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This robot crossed a line it shouldn’t have because humans told it to

TechCrunch

The video of the event was taken and posted on Twitter by William Gude, the owner of Film the Police LA , an LA-based police watchdog account. — Film The Police LA (@FilmThePoliceLA) September 13, 2022. It turns out the robot’s error, at least in this case, was caused by humans. pic.twitter.com/T5DaET5Q5b.

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Meet the Black Female Founders from TC Include at TC Sessions: Justice 2021

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kweliTV : KweliTV allows you to discover and celebrate critically acclaimed and award-winning Black stories across the globe through curated indie films, documentaries, web series and live experiences. We’re disrupting boring, inefficient and outdated diversity training through real talk and interactive gaming.

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7 Things A Master Sushi Chef Can Teach Us About Leadership

Terry Starbucker

Recently I watched a documentary film called “ Jiro Dreams of Sushi “ – it was about 85 year-old Jiri Ono , who is considered to be one of the top sushi chefs in the world, attracting a 3 star rating from Michelen in his little 10-seat restaurant tucked inside a subway station in Tokyo.

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