Jobs from the future threatened by … the future! (from BlenderCon 18)
Category: Technical
And so it begins …
Oh look … Skynet is online! 🙂 Professor reveals to students that his assistant was an AI all along Source: The Sydney Morning Herald |
R. Luke DuBois: Insightful human portraits made from data
Artist R. Luke DuBois makes unique portraits of presidents, cities, himself and even Britney Spears using data and personality. In this talk, he shares nine projects — from maps of the country built using information taken from millions of dating profiles to a gun that fires a blank every time a shooting is reported in… Continue reading R. Luke DuBois: Insightful human portraits made from data
Alex Kipman: A futuristic vision of the age of holograms
Explore a speculative digital world without screens in this fanciful demo, a mix of near reality and far-future possibility. Wearing the HoloLens headset, Alex Kipman demos his vision for bringing 3D holograms into the real world, enhancing our perceptions so that we can touch and feel digital content. Featuring Q&A with TED’s Helen Walters.
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot
A mais recente versĂŁo do robot Atlas da Boston Dynamics (parte da Google) começa finalmente a aproximar a realidade Ă ficção cientĂfica. O novo modelo Ă© mais pequeno que os anteriores e totalmente autĂłnomo. No vĂdeo, o robot nĂŁo sĂł dispensa qualquer apoio humano, como ainda Ă© capaz de suportar vários abusos e injĂşrias sem… Continue reading Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot
Sebastian Wernicke: How to use data to make a hit TV show
Does collecting more data lead to better decision-making? Competitive, data-savvy companies like Amazon, Google and Netflix have learned that data analysis alone doesn’t always produce optimum results. In this talk, data scientist Sebastian Wernicke breaks down what goes wrong when we make decisions based purely on data — and suggests a brainier way to use… Continue reading Sebastian Wernicke: How to use data to make a hit TV show
Pitfall Classic Postmortem With David Crane Panel at GDC 2011
David Crane, game writer, co-founder of Atari, founder of Activision on creating his mega-hit from the 80s “Pitfall”. He explains all the immense hardware limitations and how some smart-ass tricks produced one of the earliest most enticing games.
The JavaScript Inferno
Now over a year old but still a very good presentation by Rob Conery on the madness of JS frameworks. It compares Knockout, Backbone, Angular and Ember with examples. WDCNZ 2013: The JavaScript Inferno from WDCNZ on Vimeo.
Monochroma
In an imaginary dismal industrial world, a child needs to help his injured younger brother throughout a maze of dangers … a game that sounds like a lot of laughs 🙂 Presenting Monochroma. The concept and all the art work certainly merit a peek …