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Avatar: Reckoning turns the hit film world into a mobile MMORPG shooter

Venture Beat

Archosaur Games, Tencent, Lightstorm Entertainment, and Disney announced Avatar: Reckoning, a new mobile game based on the hit sci-fi film. Read More.

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Seattle investor helps produce new film ‘East of the Mountains’ and learns how movies and tech differ

GeekWire

In the short time that he has been investing in film projects, Hall is gaining a keen understanding of the differences between making movies and making tech dollars. The film is based on the best-selling novel by David Guterson, who also wrote “Snow Falling on Cedars,” and was shot in Washington state. Did it get done?’

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The Battle For Your Head Is Underway: VR from Oculus, Sony, HTC/Valve competing at GDC2016

CTOvision

By all accounts it will be the biggest yet for virtual reality. It has become so huge a sub-conference has been organized called the Virtual Reality Developers Conference ( VRDC ). It expands beyond games to help developers produce immersive entertainment of all kinds, from games to CG movies to filmed experiences to simulations.

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Space Needle moves New Year’s party online as streaming digital effects show replaces fireworks

GeekWire

A virtual light show will envelop Seattle’s Space Needle in a special streaming production to air on New Year’s Eve. T-Mobile is still sponsoring the event, and in the real world the Needle will be lit up in the Bellevue, Wash. Image courtesy of Space Needle). ” The New Year’s broadcast starts at 11:35 p.m.

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Roblox launches In the Heights experience with Warner Bros. Pictures

Venture Beat

Pictures to create experiences from the film/musical In the Heights. Roblox is launching a partnership with Warner Bros. Read More.

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7-year-old boy saves Seattle from robot invasion — with help from VR engineers and Make-A-Wish

GeekWire

Tri Films Productions Photo). Tarcha talked to the nonprofit Virtual World Society , which put out the request to its network to see who could help. And even under normal circumstances, the children getting wishes can have mobility limitations. Price Shaw at the Space Needle in Seattle on his Make-A-Wish adventure.

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Understanding Big Data’s Big Impact

CTOvision

Take Airbnb who became a major player in the hospitality vector virtually overnight without having to build a single hotel or resort. Netflix uses big data to decide which films and TV shows to make available next on their TV streaming site and app. Others are completely reshaping entire industries with radical, new business models.

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