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May 12, 2017
The London startup hoping to ‘make the Matrix’
Posted by Carse Peel in category: entertainment
The London startup hoping to ‘build the Matrix’: Improbable reveals record breaking funding to ‘simulate the real world…
A London firm is hoping to turn the world into a simulation, and make ‘The Matrix’ a reality.
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May 12, 2017
Can the human brain on LSD take on AI?
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI
Amanda Feilding, a well-known researcher from the Beckley Foundation in Oxford, has long been an advocate for LSD microdosing.
Before it was made illegal in 1968, Ms Feilding would take LSD to boost her creativity, and even found that her performace in the ancient Chinese game of Go, improved.
Speaking to Motherboard, Ms Feilding said: ‘I found that if I was on LSD and my opponent wasn’t, I won more games.
May 10, 2017
The Discovery — A Netflix Original Film
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: entertainment
One year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified, millions around the world have ended their own lives in order to “get there”. A man and woman fall in love while coming to terms with their own tragic pasts and the true nature of the afterlife.
Now streaming only on Netflix.
May 10, 2017
Pirates may have cracked the code to 4K UHD torrents
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: encryption, entertainment
Someone may have finally cracked a form of DVD encryption believed to be impenetrable. Potentially, this could mean it’s now possible to download 4K Blu-Ray movies online, though you shouldn’t get too excited yet.
According to TorrentFreak, an allegedly cracked copy of The Smurfs 2 — why that one, of all films, is a mystery — surfaced on HD Bit Torrent community UltraHDClub. There are no other details at the moment.
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Apr 29, 2017
Holographic Snake
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: augmented reality, entertainment
Apr 29, 2017
This Window Film Is Like A Cloaking Device For The Workplace
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: entertainment
Apr 20, 2017
‘Alien’, ‘Blade Runner’ Director Ridley Scott Launches VR Film Division
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: alien life, augmented reality, entertainment, virtual reality
Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), the film production company of famed director Ridley Scott, is launching RSA VR, a new division dedicated to the production of high-end immersive films using VR, AR, and mixed reality. Scott and co. is known for work on acclaimed films such as Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), and more throughout his career as a director now going on 40 years.
RSA today announced the launch of RSA VR, a formalization and expansion of RSA’s recent work in VR space which has included the production of The Martian VR Experience (2016) and a forthcoming Alien: Covenant experience.
In a prepared release, the studio calls RSA VR, “a new division dedicated exclusively to the creative development and production of VR, AR and mixed media.”
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