Turnstiles have been slowing at domestic theaters for much of the past decade, with only a brief respite in 2006 and a short-lived spike in attendance in 2009 due to the release of Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all time. Ticket-price inflation and the introduction of ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
As virtual worlds become prevalent in business, we need to learn how to present ourselves effectively. Since first impressions count just as they do in face-to-face teams, we need to take our virtual appearance seriously. In these environments, appearance is based on our avatars. Read more »
Here on WebWorkerDaily we regularly cover new collaboration tech, from virtual phone systems to multiuser video chat apps. All of these offer incremental improvements on the tech available to web workers, but what radical new tech tools might be in the distant future of remote collaboration? Read more »
To help counter the disconnection faced by telecommuters, Anybots offers a physical avatar, which displays a video at about eye-level as well as can be driven around a facility. All a remote team member needs to use the robotic avatar is a web browser. Read more »
Want to add some social mobile fun to this Halloween? How about taking some of the snapshots you’re taking with your iPhone, and turning them into cartoon avatars for Facebook or Twitter? The process is easy, and all you need are a few apps. Read more »
Hollywood studios are riding high on record box office receipts, despite the lowest attendance in five years. Those record revenues are mostly the result of higher ticket prices for 3-D and other premium films showings, but come as theaters have raised prices for nearly all films. Read more »
After posting record box office sales in the U.S. and worldwide, James Cameron’s Avatar can add another record to its trophy case after being tops in first-week Blu-ray disc sales. According to sales data from Nielsen, the sci-fi action flick sold more Blu-ray discs in its […] Read more »
So James Cameron’s 3-D Fern Gully remake hasn’t just revolutionized film technology — as depicted by the sketch comedy troupe Free Love Forum, it’s also inspiring a whole new generation of bootleggers. The irony, of course, is that a quick Google search confirms that torrents for […] Read more »
James Cameron Talks Avatar on Facebook Webcast Today; director is joined by the film’s stars and will appear on the social network in conjunction with MTV. (Facebook) Apple Sued Over HTTP Streaming; Israeli company Emblaze doing the suing, but hasn’t disclosed what technology is being infringed […] Read more »
I’m still not sure how excited I am about the upcoming James Cameron 3-D opus, Avatar. I want to be excited for it, but — eh, whatever. In an effort to ramp up interest in the pic, 20th Century Fox today released a an interactive version […] Read more »
