Yep. This is terrifying. Amazing, nearly unbelievably good…and terrifying. Just watch it.
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Computer vision + projection and a lot of fancy math….really impressive stuff.
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Interactive Dynamic Video
Really amazing video demo of what’s possible these days with visual analysis and control systems….
An absolutely beautiful video that shows off the place I live. Watch it in HD if you can, it’s worth it.
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Long Bet
One of my favorite sites on the Internet is Long Bet, where people publicly bet on long-term future issues. The third Long Bet has been decided, and it has to do with Video consumption. In 2002, Jim Griffin bet Gordon Bell that:
A profitable video-on-demand service aimed at consumers will offer 10,000 titles to 5 million subscribers by 2010.
If you can remember back to the period when this bet was made, there was no YouTube. Read the comments on the initial bet to see just where people’s minds were in regards to video at the time. The first few comments mention companies like Intel, Sony, Viacom, and Time Warner….and the reasons that Gordon Bell give for the bet not being possible include things that look silly in retrospect: Sufficient bandwidth (at least 1 Mbps), a codec that will deliver TV quality picture, and my personal favorite where Bell says “I don’t think five million people will want to watch movies on their PC screens while checking their email.”
Just goes to show how fast technology changes, and how fast culture and expectations are altered by the technology as it changes.
Anyone want to make a Long Bet regarding libraries? I’m interested. đŸ™‚
Two days ago, I noticed some odd flickering on the lower fifth of my iPad screen, and shortly thereafter I got some very odd banding/video artifacts in the same area. It didn’t seem to have any obvious cause that I could recreate, and last night, this happened:
Needless to say, today I called Apple, and as always they were awesome about getting it fixed. There is a new iPad on its way to me even as I type, and I’ll throw this one in the box and send it back.
This looks like a faulty display or video cable to me…somewhere, a connection is shorting out. Can’t really troubleshoot a hardware issue on this sort of thing, so back it goes…and I’m actually just fine with that. Because of the iTunes syncing, I’ll be able to plug the new one in and restore it, and go right on about my business.
I asked on Twitter, but thought I’d ping the brains of all 3 of the people that read me here. I’m shortly in the market for a new TV, finally upgrading to HDTV after our 37″ Toshiba of a decade or so is losing it’s picture.
So: who’s bought an LCD HDTV in the last few months that they really like, and WHERE did you buy it? I’ve gotten two recommendations for the Vizio 42″ LCD, but so far I’ve only found it for sale at one place online, Target. Love to find it somewhere with free shipping…
So: What TV do you have that you love, and where did you procure it? Under $1000, please, and 40-42 inch or so LCD. 1080p preferred, but 720 acceptable if there’s a cost/savings analysis there that makes sense.
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Want. Seriously.
This isn’t a new video, but it just recently made the rounds again on the ‘net. This footage makes me want to quit my job, devote myself to getting in shape, and just do nothing but jump off things with a wingsuit. Wow.
wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.
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BIGWIG Showcase – Video 2.0
My presentation for the BIGWIG Social Software Showcase on what I called Video 2.0, all about the new video sites and how they change media as we know it. The presentation turned out really well…let me know what you guys think.
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ElizaCast No. 3
ElizaCast for March 2007: Eliza Rolls Over!