How Jurassic Park Changed Movie Technology

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It’s now 25 years since Jurassic Park hit movie theatres, yet it still might not be fully appreciated just to what extent Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece has impacted modern cinema. With huge, technically innovative, movies like Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark and E.T under his belt, Spielberg was of course no stranger to the idea of pushing the boundaries of cinematic creativity. But with Jurassic Park he hit new heights by creating a film that still looks modern, still has the wow factor, even a quarter of a century after its release.In a way, Jurassic Park is a generation-spanning movie, placing one foot in the old world of stop-motion animation and another in the thoroughly modern arena of CGI technology. For the former, Spielberg brought in Stan Winston, a maestro of special make-up effects, working on everything from the Terminator and The Thing to Aliens and Edward Scissorhands. His work on the animatronic models for Jurassic Park would win him the 1994 Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

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Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming arrives on iOS with some Apple restrictions

Article | June 21, 2021

Microsoft is expanding its Project xCloud service to the iPhone today. The software giant is launching a beta of xCloud through Apple’s TestFlight service, allowing xCloud testers to try the service on an iPhone or iPad. It’s the first time we’ve seen a cloud game streaming service appear on iOS since the days of OnLive — and OnLive’s iOS app wound up in limbo when Apple didn’t approve it. Google’s Stadia and Nvidia’s GeForce Now are still not available on Apple’s devices, either, and neither company has been able to tell us when that might change.

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Apple's AR & VR headset may not need external input for orientation & motion detection

Article | July 13, 2022

Apple is continuing to investigate headsets like its "AR Glasses," as part of its exploration of Augmented and Virtual Reality systems. One such headset in future may utilize sensors that can detect angular rotation, such as that experienced when the device is placed on a user's head or removed. "[It] may be beneficial for the VR headset to be able to detect when a head-worn device (e.g., headset, eyeglasses, headphones, etc.) is being removed from the user's head, is being placed on the user's head, or both," says Apple in US Patent No. 10,557,724, "Angle detection of a rotating system using a single magnet and multiple hall sensors."

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Game On: These Entertainment Stocks Hit New Levels

Article | August 2, 2022

Some Chinese entertainment stocks listed in the U.S. got a boost last week after the People Bank of China (PBOC) said it would pump $173 billion into the economy. Since news of the report from Beijing hit the street, one of the biggest gainers was Chinese gaming giant NetEase Inc. (Nasdaq: NTES) NetEase, a partner of California-based Blizzard Entertainment in China, traded as low as $317.48 per American depositary share within the last couple of weeks, and soared as high as $347.95 apiece last week. NetEase rolled out its international presence in recent years in Japan and North America, lowering its China dependency.

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The Future of Tech: Gaming Consoles, the Xbox and PlayStation of Tomorrow

Article | February 10, 2020

Consoles have come a very long way since the arrival of first-generation machines from Atari and Coleco in the seventies. Even the original PlayStation (1994) and Xbox (2001) look dated compared to the 4K/HDR-capable machines of today, and that divide will grow even larger once the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X arrive at the end of 2020. But what about the future? More than once console makers have tried to break new ground, by focusing on functionality beyond gaming, but for the most part those attempts have failed. Nintendo has found the most success with specialized hardware that still focuses on games first, while Sony and Microsoft have seemingly understood that building powerful general purpose machines that are akin to PCs is their best and safest bet.

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Elon Musk's Space X and Tom Cruise Planning to Shoot a Movie in Space. Is It True?

Tesla | May 18, 2020

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Google $0.99 movie rentals offer Thanksgiving distraction

SlashGear | November 21, 2018

If spending Thanksgiving watching football and parades doesn’t really sound like your kind of fun, Google Play will have you covered. Google is once again putting movie rentals on sale for Thanksgiving, giving users the opportunity to catch some entertainment on the cheap. Throughout Thanksgiving, rentals for Google Play’s entire library of movies will be down to 99 cents each.Keep in mind, however, that this promotion is on available on Thanksgiving day, so if you have a backlog of movies you want to catch up on, tomorrow is the day to rent then. While the 99-cent rental deal leads Google Play’s holiday promotions, there are plenty of other deals to partake in if you’re not in the mood to kick back with a flick.Google also said today that a number of games will be discounted on Thanksgiving as well. Though many mobile games tend to go the free-to-play route, there are a few discounted paid games worth considering. Google specifically mentions The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic today, but if there’s a mobile game you’ve had your eye on, it might be worth checking to see if it’s on sale.Games already seem to be discounted over on Google Play (Star Wars: KOTOR is currently down to $2.99, for instance), and these gaming discounts also extend to in-app purchases for some free-to-play titles. A fairly wide range of audiobooks, ebooks, and TV shows will also be discounted on Thanksgiving, so be sure to spend some time browsing those as well.

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