iBar first entertainment venue to use Surface

Microsoft and Harrah’s Operating Company on Wednesday announced the first deployment of the former company’s surface technology at the iBar in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The move represents the first official setup located in an entertainment scenario, having already been deployed at AT&T stores as interactive product demonstration centers. The Surfaces include a [...]

Wii Baton Test with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony


Experimental film

Experimental film, etc.
Lutz Mommartz
(MOVING IMAGES) - Over 60 short works by this veteran German experimental filmmaker. Many of the films are without dialogue, but even those with non-subtitled German conversation can be appreciated for their poetic visuals and use of sound. New works are being added.
Samples:

Schattenwand
Anziehen
Painting
Die Tanzerin

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Intel launches visual content, game site

Intel launches visual content, game site
Posted by Brooke Crothers
Intel has launched a Web site to help game and visual content developers create software for its graphics silicon and processors. Intel’s next-generation Larrabee graphics chip is also slated to become part of the focus.
“Supporting the new Intel 4 Series chipset family introduced at [...]

UK universities offer downloadable lectures

Natasha Gilbert
Tuesday June 3, 2008
EducationGuardian.co.uk

University College London (UCL) is aiming to reach wider audiences by becoming the first mainstream UK university to make audio and visual content available for download on Apple’s iTunes U - an area of the iTunes store designed for [...]

Video Conferencing and What it has to Offer

Video Conferencing and What it has to Offer
Video conferencing is a new and better way to gather people for a meeting or talk while making sure all that is discussed would be readily understood. Better than other forms of communication, video conferencing offers audio-visual connection with the other attendees.
There are two ways to outsource video [...]

What is next in Media

Neil Perkin has posted an excellent presentation on where media is today and where he sees it heading.

Scart leads, childs play

LOL

search Live (near realtime) TV and Radio

Redlasso is the only site on the internet that enables users to search Live (near realtime) TV and Radio.  Redlasso is the leader in broadcast multimedia content search and monetization. We permit users to Find It by searching radio and TV news/entertainment/infotainment broadcasts and browse other users’ clips; to Clip It by creating clips of [...]

The Times launches new multimedia portal

The Times website has launched a new multimedia portal including videos, movie trailers, photographs and podcasts.

Explore the new multimedia portal

The two new sections, Photos and Trailers, complement the website’s established video and audio (podcast) sections.

Together with a fresh new look and enhanced user-friendly features, the portal represents the most complete and cutting-edge multimedia [...]