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Weather Channel Uses Mixed Reality to Demonstrate the Weather Conditions

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The Future Group, the leading augmented reality content and technology provider, will deliver custom immersive mixed-reality experiences for viewers, using The Future Group’s Frontier powered by Unreal Engine. Unreal Engine offers a complete suite of creation tools designed to meet ambitious artistic visions, particularly in the video game industry with games like Fortnite and hyper-reality experiences like Star Wars™: Secrets of the Empire, using the platform.

Since launching award-winning live augmented reality experiences in 2015, The Weather Channel has created an amazing amount of content that allows the network to tell weather stories, explain the atmospheric sciences and help convey important safety and warning messages to viewers. By harnessing the power of advanced, real-time graphics renderings and visual effects with Frontier powered by Unreal Engine, The Weather Channel is further pushing the limits of broadcast presentations for real-time immersive storytelling. Viewers will see towns and local street corners recreated in astonishing detail; meteorologically accurate tornadoes, hurricanes and the devastating effects of storm surge. They will look just as real as the images and video you see in the movies.

 

“Our immersive mixed reality (IMR) presentations will combine 360 HD video and augmented and virtual reality elements that are driven by real-time data and our expert on-air talent to transport our audience into the heart of the weather, said Michael Potts, Vice President, Design for The Weather Group. “Using The Future Group’s Frontier powered by Unreal Engine for weather broadcasting has never been done before. We are excited to continue our investment in the latest technologies that are not just cutting-edge, but on the bleeding edge of design and science.”

“TFG’s Frontier enhances the amazing capabilities of Epic’s Unreal Engine specifically for broadcast and we are very excited to be pushing the creative boundaries of real-time mixed reality for TV with the Weather Group and Epic,” said Lawrence Jones, Head of North America Operations for The Future Group.

 

“I am thrilled to be working with the great team at The Weather Group and look forward to creating stunning visual experiences together,” said Rob DeFranco, VP, Sales and Development for The Future Group.

“Unreal Engine’s real-time capabilities will enable powerful new visuals for The Weather Channel, letting their viewers truly see the weather like never before,” said Marc Petit, General Manager of Unreal Enterprise, Epic Games. “Through Unreal Engine, broadcasters will be able to leverage live storm data to create photoreal visual representations of how the weather will affect those on the ground, and continually update the story in real time as conditions evolve. We’re thrilled to work with The Future Group and The Weather Channel in their endeavors to keep viewers safe and informed.”

Source: Unreal Engine

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Prvi Hyper-Reality hakaton na svetu sa nagradnim fondom od 3.500 funti

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Četvrtog vikenda u martu, u saradnji sa Britanskim savetom i Bristol VR labom, po prvi put na svetu organizovaće se Hyper Reality hakaton sa ciljem da vidimo koliko je stvarna virtuelna realnost i istražimo razlike između stvarnosti, virtuelne i hiper-realnosti. Želimo da proširimo mogućnosti VR okruženja, percepcije “virtuelnog” pojedinca i iskustvene alate u hiperrealnosti.

Hakaton će trajati 48 sati i osam timova će imati priliku da stvori najkreativnije rešenje i osvoji ukupni nagradni fond u vrednosti od 3.500 funti. Osim novčanih vaučera, svi učesnici imaće jedinstvenu priliku da upoznaju sjajne kreativce koji rade u VR industriji, ne samo Srbije već i Britanije i celog sveta.

Prijave

Prijave su otvorene kako za pojedince, tako i za timove, i to putem sledeće forme, a otvorene su do 16. marta. Za 20. mart planirana je pripremna radionica, na kojoj će se učesnici upoznati među sobom, sklopiti timovi, upoznati se sa dostupnom tehnikom i svim upustvima u vezi sa predstojećim takmičenjem.

Rok za prijavljivanje je petak, 16. mart do 23:59h. Po zatvaranju prijava, svi učesnici će putem mejla biti obavešteni o narednim koracima.

Sam hakaton će trajati od 23. do 25. marta.

 

Više informacija: https://startit.rs/prvi-hyper-reality-hakaton-na-svetu-nagradni-fond-3-500-funti/

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INTERVIEW: MILICA ZEC – New Reality Company

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Milica Zec HeadshotMilica Zec is a New York City-based film and virtual reality director, editor, and screenwriter.Her directorial debut in the virtual reality medium was a short narrative piece called, “Giant,” which premiered at Sundance Film Festival New Frontier 2016. “Giant” is a virtual reality experience based on true events, that transports the viewer into the experience of a family struggling to survive in an active war zone. Since its premiere, “Giant” has been lauded as a seminal expression of the potential of virtual reality as a storytelling vehicle, and has been featured in numerous press outlets as one of the top VR experiences at Sundance 2016.

 

First​ ​of​ ​all,​ ​tell​ ​us​ ​how​ ​did​ ​you​ ​continue​ ​you​ ​career​ ​in​ ​New​ ​York,​ ​after​ ​graduating​ ​from​ ​the Faculty​ ​of​ ​Dramatic​ ​Arts​ ​in​ ​Belgrade?

After​ ​graduating​ ​from​ ​the​ ​Faculty​ ​of​ ​Dramatic​ ​Arts​ ​I​ ​moved​ ​to​ ​New​ ​York​ ​to​ ​pursue​ ​a​ ​career​ ​as​ ​a film​ ​editor.​ ​I​ ​was​ ​working​ ​on​ ​numerous​ ​feature​ ​narrative​ ​films​ ​and​ ​documentaries. I​ ​also​ ​worked​ ​for​ ​nine​ ​years​ ​with​ ​Marina​ ​Abramovic​ ​as​ ​an​ ​editor,​ ​director​ ​and​ ​producer.

Did​ ​political​ ​situation​ ​in​ ​Serbia​ ​and​ ​the​ ​wars​ ​in​ ​the​ ​former​ ​Yugoslavia​ ​pushed​ ​you​ ​into thinking​ ​more​ ​about​ ​the​ ​issues​ ​of​ ​conflict,​ ​identity,​ ​human​ ​struggle?

Yes​ ​definitely,​ ​because​ ​of​ ​that​ ​experience​ ​I​ ​wanted​ ​to​ ​create​ ​a​ ​VR​ ​project​ ​called​ ​Giant​ ​where​ ​I wanted​ ​to​ ​share​ ​my​ ​experience​ ​through​ ​a​ ​narrative​ ​fictional​ ​story.​ ​What​ ​mattered​ ​was​ ​to transfer​ ​the​ ​emotion​ ​and​ ​realism​ ​of​ ​what​ ​people​ ​are​ ​going​ ​through​ ​in​ ​conflict​ ​zones.​ ​I​ ​wanted​ ​to share​ ​that​ ​primarily​ ​with​ ​a​ ​Western​ ​audience​ ​who​ ​have​ ​never​ ​been​ ​in​ ​such​ ​situations,​ ​so​ ​that they​ ​can​ ​broaden​ ​their​ ​understanding​ ​through​ ​being​ ​immersed​ ​in​ ​the​ ​story.​ ​The​ ​family​ ​in​ ​Giant is​ ​Western,​ ​too,​ ​so​ ​the​ ​audience​ ​can​ ​relate​ ​more.

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VIRTUELNA REVOLUCIJA

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Virtuelan realnost je novo i nepoznato polje u oblasti medija, čija se primena i korišćenje još uvek istražuje. Granica između filma i video igara postaje sve manje primetna, a virtuelna realnost nastoji da tu granicu potpuno izbirše.  Da se u svetu  sve više istražuje u oblasti virtulene realnosti pokazao je i FMX 2017, a Zoran Krstić nam prenosi svoja zapžanja i utiske s njega. 

 

FMX 2017. je trebalo da odgovori na pitanje: Dešava li se upravo virtuelna revolucija? Bilo je dosta reči o virtuelnoj stvarnosti, virtuelnoj produkciji, ali ono što najviše miriše na revoluciju je uplitanje game engina-a u filmsku i advertajzing industriju, gde se po prvi put pojavljuje čarobni pojam real-time.

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Kako izgleda prodaja nekretnine kroz Virtuelnu realnost?

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Na ovo pitanje, prvi put kod nas, a i u svetu, daje odgovor nama dobro poznati Case 3D Creative studio iz Novog Sada.

Kao najveći projekat i investicija na ovim prostorima projekat „Beograd na vodi“, sam po sebi, je interesantan i privlači pažnju javnosti i građana. Pored toga, stručna javnost ne zaostaje sa interesovanjem za svaki segment projekta. Susret sa kompanijom Case 3D otvorio je nove mogućnosti za Eagle Hills i projekat „Beograd na vodi“. Prvi put se ljudi i stručna javnost susreću sa ovakvim vidom prezentacije i prodaje kod nas. Ono što nas je Case 3D ekipu inspirisalo da napravi kratak video o procesu, instalaciji i upotrebi VR rešenja za prodaju stanova „Beograda na vodi“ su upravo utisci korisnika koji govore dovoljno o tome koliko je ovo efikasan vid prodaje nekretnine i na koji način će VR i nove tehnologije menjati ovo tržište. Continue reading →