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Summary and notes from AIMIA event: Social media and user generated content

Trends in the Living Networks

This morning I moderated an AIMIA event on social media and user generated. • Social networking vs. User generated content. • Social networking vs. Social Media. • The future of Social Networking. Social media and user generated content. Michela Ledwidge , Managing Director, MOD Films.

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Sony buys $250 million stake in Fortnite creator Epic Games

The Verge

The investment lets the two companies “broaden their collaboration across Sony’s leading portfolio of entertainment assets and technology, and Epic’s social entertainment platform and digital ecosystem to create unique experiences for consumers and creators,” according to a press release.

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In Netflix's Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Leatherface Takes on Social Media

Gizmodo

In fact, it’s only been five years since chainsaw-enthusiast Leatherface appeared on screen in 2017's Leatherface , which served as a prequel to the original 1974 film. Just like their murderous stars, you can’t keep a venerable horror franchise dead for long. Now he’s back , and ready to slaughter the real enemy:… Read more.

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Epic Games sues AR company Nreal for sounding too much like ‘Unreal’

The Verge

The China-based Nreal makes an augmented reality headset known as the Nreal Light, which projects 3D objects into real space, and it’s developed a demo game called Nreal Tower. Meanwhile, Epic’s Unreal Engine is a ubiquitous game-making tool that’s also used for films and general purpose 3D design.

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Glowforge gets in legal tangle with tech ‘activist’ who questions safety of startup’s laser engravers

GeekWire

A Glowforge Pro 3D laser engraver. Glowforge Photo) Glowforge , the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser engravers, has been tangled in a legal dispute with a Las Vegas man who claimed online for years that the startup is selling defective and dangerous machines. The company sued Gleich over his claims on social media.

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Facebook can project your eyes onto a VR headset, and it’s exactly as uncanny as it sounds

The Verge

A blog post explains that Matsuda started in 2019, when he mounted a 3D display onto an Oculus Rift S headset. The result is a pair of octagonal goggles that would look right at home in a Terry Gilliam film. That’s awkward if bystanders are used to seeing their friend or co-worker’s uncovered face.

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What a machine learning tool that turns Obama white can (and can’t) tell us about AI bias

The Verge

Upscaling is like the “ zoom and enhance ” tropes you see in TV and film, but, unlike in Hollywood, real software can’t just generate new data from nothing. It’s also why you can use PULSE to see what Doom guy , or the hero of Wolfenstein 3D , or even the crying emoji look like at high resolution. People of color are not outliers.

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