VR AR MR XR
A videogamized living room
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Another XR living room
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Smart glasses for motorcycling
VR can be more than just games. A list of places to walk around in VR to study history.
This could be in AI. Meta has created a database for VR and MR interactions and recognition.
A list of MR games
MR in Libraries
Emotional connection, not graphics, is the greatest way to immersion says a study.
A very well put article on the problems of VR and it's uses.
Microsoft is giving up on MR unless it's military based.
Minecraft in real life demo
Taskmaster gets it's own game
A Gundam VR Movie is being created
VR: VR180 cameras
VR180 cameras are becoming more popular. That doesn't mean they will be useful, but film makers want to use them.
A tweet on the cameras
Film TV
Super Force was an awesome show in the 90’s with a great soundtrack.
Magenta light used for green screen
Regular TV is finally the minority in entertainment
Disney+ removes shows and begins to let content go to other streaming services.
The ill fated Doctor Who Animated Show
Netflix posted a show poster for the live action Avatar the last Airbender.
Starship Troopers has been upscaled
WarHammer 40k show by Henry Cavill moving ahead.
The star of Gideon's Crossing passed away.
Don't know where to put this one, but it must be seen.
Fans are upscaling deep space 9
29 or so horror movies with romance in them
The Phillipines get their own Power Rangers
Film TV: SAG Strikes
Sag gets more perks as their business dies
Even honest trailers thinks it's screwed
Justine Bateman demands AI be controlled so actors don't have competition
TV: Doctor Who
Doctor Who Christmas specials were good for the most part, but the message got in the way. The new budgets make things nicer to look at,
An article praising the girl boy
Christopher Eccleston will not return unless they sack RTD and crew.
TV Film: VG
World of Warcraft Sequel trailer
Trailer for Castlevania Nocturne. Two extra characters for no reason
Theme Parks and Experiences
Parks are trying for a Frictionless PArk. This means you never get in line for a ride, you just wait your turn at a restaurant or some open air entertainment. The Epic Universe from Universal Parks in Orlando have announced they are doing just that.
Cartoon Little Mermaid is replaced by remake mermaid at Disney rides. Remermade if you will.
A real life Pac Man experience is traveling to various malls.
Sony wants to make a VR experience theme park.
The Marvels assemble at Disney Avengers campus
Donkey Kong Country announced for Universal parks. Finally!
Universal may make a British theme park. They bought land. Shrek's Swamp will be fun.
New Pokemon Theme Park coming out
The Short Shelf Life of Immersive Experiences. A really good article on cool experiences that lose favor in a few years.
IAAPA was in Orlando. Its the big convention for theme parks and arcades. Here's an article on just ride chairs.
The Las Vegas sphere costs a lot
Theme Parks: Halloween Horror Night
The Halloween Horror Nights Scare Zones are awesome.
The theme was about Dr Oddfellows
The David Pumpkins character was based on this sketch
I can't find a video of it, but Halloween Horror Nights opening night had a storm that nearly toppled everyone. The Optimus prime was struck by lightning. The guy controlling our line kept telling jokes and laughing as it all happened. He told us they worked hard to create a dark and stormy night. The storm was worse than the hurricane or tropical storm we had days before. That was an awesome experience.
Found one
Arcade FEC Social Gaming
Enjoy this video of a hot wheels track through an arcade.
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A modern history of arcades and their business plans
Arcade: Home Cabs
Leaks of arcade1Up Time Crisis machine show up
Candy cabs are being made for home use
Ghostbusters Arcade
Arcade: Pinball
The old Pinball machines look like a mad science experiment when you open them up.
Pinball news
Architecture
A deconstructed building looks cool and doesn't mean what popped into your head. I mean, there's no rubble from a former building.
Flower petal house
House MD really plays with the materials
The designs that are losing favor by opinions of people you've never heard of.
The interactive architectural design programs are starting to become big. I use Unreal Engine.
Lush Hobbit style apartment home
Museum in a weird place
New Google building that is round and glass
Blender as a BIM
Rolling Timber display in Brazil
Open apartment complex in the jungle
Architecture: Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid is my favorite architect and her company has continued her legacy well. They just finished a building, and it looks gorgeous.
More Zaha Hadid goodness on the same building
Architecture: Prefab
Kits for small homes you can build.
Top ten prefab homes
Why prefab hasn't taken off.
MyCabin exists
Amazon has prefab DIY homes
Books and Comics
The decline in comic movies and how it effects indie comics
Comic reviews for 8/16/23
Manga and Anime about cosmic horror.
Propaganda piece against sci Fi because it's sexist on Tumblr
New book by Bill from Gravity Falls is coming out.
New horror comics coming out. One sounds very woke.
Comics: Artist Politics
I found a few posts by artists and writers on their opinions. The first one is by Mike Mignola who created the HellBoy universe. This is one of my all time favorite comic series.
Yale Stewart, whose father passed away on the 3rd of December and has been dealing with bad luck since May, and who draws the Justice League as 8 year old series had this opinion.
TTRPG
D&D Dungeon Master Handbook is in need of a rebuild
Two great non market games
Cars
Zenvo Aurora goes 280
Nissan working on new Retro styles
GM is the biggest loser in the EV revolution
A review of an overpowered piece of beauty.
Cars: Toyota Celica
Could the Celica come back? Toyota keeps hinting at it.
More hints!
Cars: Grand Tour and Top Gear Canceled
The original presenters for both are getting too old to do it.
Top Gear cancelled
The original Stig talks about Top Gear being canceled
Tech
Invisible tagging system for tracing objects in 3D space
Adobe launches new designs for its apps
Creating Anime explosions in Blender
Robots and Large Language Models
Blender 4 is released
Gifts
Tech gifts for Christmas under $250
Another tech gift list
Gift recommendations for the gamers in Christmas
Science
A massless particle has been made
A fusion rocket that can go 500,000 MPH is being built. It's by a startup aiming to shorten trips to Mars.
Whole new world found in deep ocean cave
Robots made of human cells
Business
Company culture and it's problems
How Disney is destroying itself in movies and TV. This could be in Film and TV, but I see problems that happen in the same way in multiple venues.
Amazon is now selling medical care. It's $9 a month or $99 for the entire year.
Nostalgic Toys are big business
First Humanoid Factory about to open.
NVidia is making so much money, they stopped caring.
Weird
The beach race for people dressed as dinosaurs
Hey, want to feel old?
Propaganda
The infantilization of adulthood
A teacher made a million dollars on OnlyFans
San Francisco is dying again.
Rural America is destroying women. This is a big long article by the Atlantic.
Academics are publishing more, which means they have to be lying. In Academia there is a push to work 80 hours a week and be published all the time.
Don’t celebrate Christmas town in England? Don't! This wine aunt demands she gets her lifestyle back against all those tourists.
The attempts to control tech is getting even stronger.
Pride Family let's people find new parents if they don't like their sexuality
Information war hoax
Dechurching article
Propaganda: Israel
Bernie Sanders comes out against Israel.
Harvard students signed a pledge of support to Hamas. Businesses are against them this time so Harvard and others scrambled to distance themselves from the signatures. It was pure show and no one actually cares.
Alissa Milano wants a ceasefire
Propaganda: Global Warming
People will flee the flooded cities and shores for safer land.
Earth or the economy
Propaganda: Yakima WA Mayor
The mayor of Yakima WA called 911 to report petitioners she disagreed with.
The petitioners were trying to raise enough signatures to stop various laws. This was considered too much for some locals. The Walmart is near where my parents lived for a while.
I went to high school with her… apparently. The Deccio name is a big one in local politics. Several mayors and city council members had the name.
She claims to be harassed and that she only asked 911 for information on how to legally act.
Propaganda: Florida
DeSantis is against free speech if he stops insane people
Propaganda: Trump
Trump blocked on primary voting because of his insurrection
Propaganda: Disney
Biden administration will block the sale of Disney to apple
Playing this outside sounds like a planned disaster.
Should be fun to watch though. The LARP guys vs the MR guys in the same park will be fun at the very least.