Events
Let’s see, how do you attract folks to your booth at an event? Animation!
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May 10 2012
What I Learned from Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the Oregon Symphony
A couple weeks ago, I had the privilege of seeing the Oregon Symphony play at the Arlene Schnitzer concert hall. This concert featured a guest violinist, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. I’m not exactly a cultural cretin, but I wasn’t exactly leaping for joy at the opportunity to go. I went because my girlfriend (who obviously has much better taste than I do) got tickets and asked me to go. I knew I’d enjoy it. But I didn’t realize I would enjoy it so much. The concert was a blast. It was full of energy, emotional…
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April 17 2012
Bring out your dead: Tupac comes back as a “hologram” at Coachella
Music fans were shocked this week when a dead rap star appeared on stage and shouted “What up, Coachella?” before performing. It was pretty convincing. To say it went viral is a bit of an understatement. If you still haven’t seen it, you can check out the video here. As the twitterverse lit up with tweets from fans and celebs alike, you might be wondering, “So how exactly did they do that?” Well, you start with a vision from Dr. Dre, add an Oscar winning CGI company called Digital Domain, and a…
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March 26 2012
More than Games Part 3: Takeaways from Unite11
(This is part 3 of a series. Click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2.) To wrap up my summary of Unite 11, I thought we could talk about a couple of projects that are being funded through the US military. The Department of Defense tries to stay up to date on technology, and are always on the look out for safer, more cost-effective ways to train their troops. Interactive 3D seems to be a good solution, and I can see a lot of potential in the projects that…
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March 13 2012
What I get to go to this week!
I’m in the City of Angels this week to go to the first 5D Flux conference, and I’m actually quite excited. The focus of the event is ‘digital design & world building in the narrative media landscape.’ A month ago I met Alex McDowell at Trans4m and he told me about his new venture, 5D. After many years of working in feature filmmaking with a focus on 3D and production design he was now looking to bring the concept of World Building to folks outside of the entertainment field. I shared…
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March 1 2012
Trends in Digital Signage, or what I hope to see next week at DSE2012
I attended the Digital Signage Expo in 2010, and wasn’t able to attend last year. I’m looking forward to seeing what’s new and different in the industry. If you want a snapshot of what was happening in 2010 you can refer to this post. http://animationdynamics.com/2010/03/23/challenges-in-the-digital-signage-industry/ One of the biggest trends I’ve been noticing is not around the execution of digital signage, but around mergers, acquisition and straight up closures of many players in the industry. I think that marks a turning point in maturation for the industry as people figure out…
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