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March 29, 2017
HTC’s Vive Group Edition bundle comes with 10 headsets, but no controllers
HTC is looking to make virtual reality more accessible in the classroom, arcades, and cinemas in China, with the launch of an affordable Group Edition bundle. It has ten headsets, but no controllers.
The post HTC’s Vive Group Edition bundle comes with 10 headsets, but no controllers appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
March 29, 2017
Samsung’s 4K Gear 360 camera now lets you broadcast live on Facebook, YouTube
At Samsung’s Unpacked event, the company unveiled a new version of its Gear 360 camera. In addition to 4K video capture, the 360-degree camera now supports live-broadcasting of 360-degree videos to Facebook and YouTube.
The post Samsung’s 4K Gear 360 camera now lets you broadcast live on Facebook, YouTube appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
March 29, 2017
Everything we saw at Samsung’s big Galaxy S8 Unpacked event
Samsung has finally unveiled the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus — but that’s not all we saw at the Samsung Unpacked event. From VR headsets to a dock that turns your phone into a computer, here’s everything we saw at Samsung Unpacked.
The post Everything we saw at Samsung’s big Galaxy S8 Unpacked event appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
March 29, 2017
Mobile Design: Interactions by Tubik Studio
Mobile Design: Interactions by Tubik Studio
We would like to share the latest mobile design from Tubik Studio. We’ve published their work before on Abduzeedo but we truly admire their philosophy to always innovate; especially what’s regarding mobile interactions. Getting inspired by new UX interactions are always refreshing and pounding your mind to create or have them in mind during your next wireframe session. Hope you will enjoy!
Tubik Studio is a design agency focusing their work into mobile/web design and development, motion design, graphics and branding. Currently based in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, I would hit their Dribbble from time to time and they always share really inspiring interactions and UI inspiration. Definitely worth a visit.
AoiroStudio
Mar 29, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo UI/UX
March 28, 2017
Illustration: Nike Free Design
Illustration: Nike Free Design
We are featuring this conceptual illustration series by Leo Natsume for a potential Nike campaign. A campaign about getting out without fear and facing your challenges. You might recognize the faces from Lebron James, Neymar and Serena Williams; gotta appreciate the texture work. Stunning work!
Published on Behance, we are sharing the work from Leo Natsume. He is a designer based in Porto Alegre, Brazil, he focus his work into illustrations and UI/UX. We have featured his work before on Abduzeedo and it’s always great to see his latest work.
I created some conceptual illustrations (procedural drawings) for a potential Nike campaign. The project is about getting rid of your fears and facing challenges with style.
AoiroStudio
Mar 28, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Illustration
March 27, 2017
ABDZ Photo Challenge: #abdz_photoaday
ABDZ Photo Challenge: #abdz_photoaday
A photo challenge! It’s an open concept that is made purely for fun and also to improve your photography or mobile photography skills. The idea is simple! At the beginning of the week, we’ll share a theme through a hashtag for your pictures. During that given week, you will use that hashtag whenever you seem is appropriate or not. On Friday we’ll select and publish our favourite photos on the blog and also on Instagram account (@Abduzeedos). We look forward to see what you will come up with.
This for this week, we are going for the hashtag: –> #abdz_photoaday. We are opening this theme to you guys and share whatever inspires you. Why do you take pictures? What do you like about it? Share also if you have any suggestions for the next following weeks, we’ll be interested to hear. Fabio (who started this challenge) is on a daily mission to post once a day. Each day, making time to express his creativity through a picture. Join us!
Some Examples
@abduzeedo
@bennygold
@pinatravelfr
@tobiashall
@by.harper
@mr_ivanl
@joshuaphillips_
@alexcornell
Make sure to follow: @Abduzeedos
AoiroStudio
Mar 27, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Photography
March 27, 2017
4 Cinematic Techniques Alfred Hitchcock Uses in ‘Rear Window’ to Turn You into a Voyeur
This is how the Master of Suspense made audiences become voyeurs whether they wanted to be one or not.
Watching Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller Rear Window is an interesting and somewhat unusual experience. On one hand you’re a passive spectator watching a film about a recently-incapacitated photographer spying on his neighbors out of boredom, but on the other you are an extension of good ol’ Jimmy Stewart’s intrusive gaze. In essence, you become another person confined to that stuffy old apartment with nothing more than a pair of binoculars and a morbid curiosity that goes a little too far. But how does Hitchcock put you into that voyeuristic role? That’s a question that Matt Draper answers in this interesting video essay.
For all intents and purposes, Rear Window is a film about voyeurism, so it makes sense that Hitchcock’s approach to the film would be to force audiences to become voyeurs. And there are a lot of cinematic elements at play in Rear Window that help put audiences into the role.
Source: NoFilmSchool
March 27, 2017
Watch: Creating the Perfect Blend of Suffering, Sorrow, and Humor for a Tragicomedy
How do you write a story that has elements of both comedy and tragedy?
Plenty of those in the film industry have offered their commentary on the dichotomy between comedy and tragedy. Charlie Chaplin once said, “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” Carol Burnett said, “Comedy is tragedy plus time.” Even Aristotle speaks about these literary elements in Poetics. So, clearly the two are closely linked, but how have screenwriters used this relationship to create stories that are equally hilarious and heart-wrenching?
In this video essay, Jack Nugent of Now You See It explores the delicate dance between tragedy and comedy, how the two intermingle to not only expose and intensify one another but to expose and intensify the emotion of the audience as well.
Source: NoFilmSchool
March 26, 2017
Watch: Exploring the Symbolic Use of Color in Akira Kurosawa’s Films
Though his most famous work was done in black and white, Akira Kurosawa used color like no other filmmaker before or after him.
1970 was a big year for director Akira Kurosawa, because it was the year his first color film, Dodes’ka-den, was released. Up until this point, the Japanese filmmaker mesmerized audiences with his brilliant black and white films, including Rashomon, Seven Samurai, and Yojimbo, however, utilizing his expertise as a painter, the world was introduced to a kaleidoscopic imagination that had been hidden in achromaticity for 27 years. Philip Brubaker explores Kurosawa’s transition to color in this Fandor video essay.
When Kurosawa made the transition from black and white to color, he really transformed. In a Wizard of Oz-on-LSD kind of way, the director injected vibrant primary colors into his work, sometimes channeling his inner expressionist and splashing them everywhere or sometimes being very measured and carefully painting them. Either way he did it, he did it with a purpose.
Source: NoFilmSchool
March 26, 2017
In Light of GH5, Atomos Adds 4K 60p Ninja Inferno and Slashes Prices
Atomos has updated products in line with Panasonic GH5 release.
When it comes to upcoming camera releases, Atomos is quick to react with products that seemingly bridge the gaps in software. The new Ninja Inferno is a Shogun Inferno-Lite looking to take advantage of the Apple Pro-Res 10-bit 4:2:2 4K 60p the Panasonic GH5 spits out over its HDMI 2.0 connection.
If you happened to pre-order the GH5, you may already know the shipping firmware can internally record 4K UHD 60p—but only in 4:2:0 8-bit, and tops off its 4K UHD 10-bit 4:2:2 at 30p limited to 150Mbps. The Ninja Inferno will give you the added bump with a slew of features priced at $1,000 less than its big brother (at $995).
Source: NoFilmSchool