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Jan 28, 2016

Oculus’ New Tool Lets You Animate Films Inside of VR

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The company’s new program, called Quill, allows an illustrator to create work directly in VR—and then turns the drawings into animations.

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Jan 28, 2016

Exclusive: Inside Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars” VR Project

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We’re going to see many more of these types of announcements coming — Inside Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars” VR Project.


The ILMxLab expects to make many more VR experiences for “Star Wars” and other films, and for every VR platform.

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Jan 27, 2016

A Google DeepMind Algorithm Uses Deep Learning and More to Master the Game of Go

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Google has achieved one of the long-standing “grand challenges” of AI, building a computer capable of beating expert players of the board game Go.

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Jan 27, 2016

Google DeepMind

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The list of uniquely human achievements has just become shorter: Google’s AI has defeated the reigning 3-time European Go champion.


DeepMind’s program AlphaGo, masters the ancient game of Go. First ever program to defeat a human professional player!

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Jan 27, 2016

Google DeepMind: Ground-breaking AlphaGo masters the game of Go

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In a paper published in Nature on 28th January 2016, we describe a new approach to computer Go. This is the first time ever that a computer program “AlphaGo” has defeated a human professional player.

The game of Go is widely viewed as an unsolved “grand challenge” for artificial intelligence. Games are a great testing ground for inventing smarter, more flexible algorithms that have the ability to tackle problems in ways similar to humans. The first classic game mastered by a computer was noughts and crosses (also known as tic-tac-toe) in 1952. But until now, one game has thwarted A.I. researchers: the ancient game of Go.

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Jan 27, 2016

In Major AI Breakthrough, Google System Secretly Beats Top Player at the Ancient Game of Go

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As recently as this month, top AI experts outside Google questioned whether such a victory could be achieved anytime soon.

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Jan 27, 2016

There will be even more ‘Star Wars’ movies after ‘Episode IX’

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Disney and Lucasfilm have more films beyond the next five in the works.

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Jan 26, 2016

Game Revenue Could Reach $115B By 2020, With MOBA And Mobile Titles Leading The Way

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Now this is impressive! Game Revenue could hit in less than 4 yrs $115 billion.


Virtual reality games could see revenue start in the millions and end in the billions by 2020.

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Jan 26, 2016

Transformers theme park set to open in China

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We have Disney & Universal; and China has Transformers.


Hasbro’s iconic “Transformers” are poised to become a major live entertainment attraction in China from next year.

A custom-built theater seating 4,500 will host a live show combining shape-shifting robots, aerial stunts and large-scale special effects.

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Jan 24, 2016

Samsung to open VR movie studio in New York: ‘We love stories’

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VR Movie Studios

Now, that’s a story! Samsung VR Movie Studios; nice ring to it. Instead of “hello Hollywood” we’re now hearing “Hello New York”.


The company behind the Gear VR virtual-reality headset partners with the Sundance film festival to foster new immersive experiences.

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