This year’s Sundance Film Festival was awash in new movies, shorts and experiences made for augmented and virtual reality. For today’s podcast, digital media reporter Joan E. Solsman discusses her visit to the festival to see these new forms of storytelling take shape, such as a new 40-minute VR film called “Miyubi” about a toy …
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“Rememory,” a new movie about what our minds forget, tries to teach a tech lesson that its makers hope you’ll remember. The film, a sci-fi crime drama about a groundbreaking device that records unfiltered memories, spins a cautionary tale of how even well-intentioned technology can, well, ruin lives. Premiering Wednesday at the Sundance Film Festival, it stars Peter Dinklage, best …
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Now that Samsung announced that two different battery problems caused its initially well-regarded Galaxy Note 7 to burst into literal flame, the company desperately needs a Phoenix phone — and the Galaxy S8 we expect to see in the coming months (but not at the usual Mobile World Congress show) will be Samsung’s first attempt to convince the world that …
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If you’re trying to create immersive virtual-reality video today, you’ve got a problem: choosing between a camera that’s compact or a bulkier one that offers sharp imagery. Researchers at the University of California at San Diego, though, have found a way to get the best of both worlds. It’s a camera called PMast. The camera is just a prototype today, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Explaining the Note 7’s battery flaws (with cake) 2:31 At Samsung’s 837 “experience store” in New York’s trendy Meatpacking District, a few visitors lined up to try the company’s virtual reality experience based on the action series “24.” Others took in a latte and a comfy chair, surrounded by the latest phones and smartwatches. The “store” …
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Do Peter Dinklage a favor: Please don’t film him eating out with your iPhone. For his latest film, Dinklage switched from the pseudo-medieval setting of “Game of Thrones” to a not-so-distant future with groundbreaking technology. “Rememory,” premiering this week at the Sundance Film Festival, imagines current-day era with a machine that can record and replay anyone’s unfiltered memories. It’s a …
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Ever wanted to check out the size of Donald Trump’s hands yourself? Your time has come. HTC is letting everyone get up close and personal with the 45th US president via its VR headset, the Vive, the company said Friday. Available now in the Vive app store, “Wide Awake” allows you to explore a detailed, true-to-life recreation of the Oval …
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At an early point in “Dear Angelica,” you switch from watching an animated movie to living inside it. It feels a little like stepping into a dream, except it isn’t one sprung from your own mind, but that of an artist leading you into hers. The virtual reality experience, which visualizes the memories of a fictional daughter about her departed …
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No need to hunt for the geeky pockets at Sundance — they’re front and center this year. The Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday night in Park City, Utah, with a science-based call to arms as its opening-night movie. “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” revisits the crusade against climate change a decade after “An Inconvenient Truth” became one of …
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Witnessing the president of the United States being sworn into office is an electric, historic and memorable experience. Most of us, however, won’t be there. If you can’t attend Donald Trump’s inauguration or are just curious what all the fuss is about, strap a VR headset on Friday and you’ll get the next best thing. USA Today’s “VRtually There” program, …
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