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  • Iron Man 2: the gadgets (video)

    Iron Man 2: the gadgets (video)

    Posted on May 7, 2010 | No Comments
    When done right, a science fiction or fantasy film will leave audiences with a prescient glimpse into our actual gadget future. Remember the heady pre-iPhone, pre-Pureness days of 2002 when you first saw Minority Report? Staring silently, mouth agape, jonesing for a chance to partake in a multi-touch, transparent display future using nothing but gestures? Well now that Iron Man 2 has been released, we've got another chance to look into the high-tech crystal ball, this time envisioned by a team of artists at Perception who did the design, animation, and visual effects work that turned Tony Stark's transparent LG smartphone (pictured above), touch-screen coffee table, and holographic lab environment into an on-screen reality. The group was compelled by director Jon Favreau and the team at Marvel Studios to keep the UI elements "legible and logical, while still appearing to be several generations beyond the typical user experience." Perception tells us that some of its inspiration was directly attributed to Engadget as it researched near-term technologies for the film's future reality. No doubt, we do see influence from Emblaze's First Else navigation elements and limited color palette as well as Microsoft's InkSeine research at the heart of the doomed Courier UI. And if we're not mistaken, Stark's big ass computing table is almost certainly inspired by Microsoft Surface. Now get past the break and check out Perception's contribution to Iron Man 2, the future of Google search alone is not to be missed.

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  • First plot details and pics from “Resident Evil 4: Afterlife” hit the web

    First plot details and pics from “Resident Evil 4: Afterlife” hit the web

    Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments
    We spent two posts covering the announcement of the fourth installment of the Resident Evil movie series last summer, and today we can give you the first five pictures and some plot details. Titled "Resident Evil 4: Afterlife", the movie is scheduled for release in American theaters (both conventional and 3D) on September 10.

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  • Predators Trailer: “This planet is a game, sir”

    Predators Trailer: “This planet is a game, sir”

    Posted on March 19, 2010 | No Comments
    What is it with these Predators? Don’t they have anything else to do besides hunting and killing human beings? Don’t they have some kind of Predator opera to go to or Predator literature to create? Anyway, this is the trailer for Predators that we’ve been waiting for and it looks pretty cornhole. You know it’s [...]

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  • Tron Legacy trailer hits the web in high quality

    Tron Legacy trailer hits the web in high quality

    Posted on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
    We've shown you the new Tron trailer 48 hours ago in bootleg quality, but you can forget that one now and rather watch this high-quality version. Judging from these 2.30 minutes, we're in for something cool.

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  • Atari’s Missile Command (from 1980) to become live-action movie

    Atari’s Missile Command (from 1980) to become live-action movie

    Posted on February 22, 2010 | No Comments
    In case you needed another indicator Hollywood has run out of ideas, here is a new one for you: Atari is about to sell the movie rights to Missile Command, a shooting game that hit arcades back in 1980, to 20th Century Fox and another movie production company. Getting the license doesn't necessarily mean we ever get to see a Missile Command movie on the big screen, but a first step has been made. And in fact, Atari already managed to auction off the rights for Asteroids, another classic action game, to Universal Pictures last summer. Missile Command is supposed to be turned into a 3D movie.

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  • Japanese Twilight/New Moon DVD box includes a movie on microSD

    Japanese Twilight/New Moon DVD box includes a movie on microSD

    Posted on January 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Teenage movie sensations Twilight and New Moon have grossed over $1 billion at box offices worldwide so far (New Moon is still in theaters), and both movies have proven to be extremely successful in the world's second biggest movie market, Japan, too. That's perhaps the reason why the second movie (New Moon) gets a special treatment in this country, namely a huge and Japan-only DVD premium box.

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  • Twilight USB drive jumps on the marketing bandwagon

    Twilight USB drive jumps on the marketing bandwagon

    Posted on November 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Heads up, Twilight fans. Now you too can own a piece of the Cullen family empire. Specialty USB drive makers Tymemachines have produced a Twilight product for your purchasing pleasure.

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  • International Prince of Persia trailer with new scenes

    International Prince of Persia trailer with new scenes

    Posted on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
    We showed you the American trailer for the upcoming Prince of Persia movie yesterday, and today Walt Disney Pictures released a new version for international audiences. This new cut is in English, totally different from the US trailer and shows a handful of new scenes from the movie.

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  • Avatar toys go augmented-reality, courtesy of Mattel and Total Immersion

    Avatar toys go augmented-reality, courtesy of Mattel and Total Immersion

    Posted on October 2, 2009 | No Comments
    This is a crazy fun demo of the new Avatar toys by Mattel. Each toy includes a little card that is scannable via webcam and creates an on-screen augmented reality robot or character. While this is old hat for most of us, Mattel is quite proud of being ahead of the curve and for good reason. You can see more demos at AvatarItag.com. Total Immersion made the technology and even added a little "button" system to the cards. When you touch a spot on the card, the onscreen character pulls a knife, shoots a gun, or recounts part of the story. The added information and data will change over time, up to the release of the movie on December 18. Click to watch the demo.

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  • Review: G-Force

    Review: G-Force

    Posted on July 30, 2009 | No Comments
    In what could be a first for us I’m going to talk about G-Force, the new Jerry Bruckheimer Disney movie. To be clear: this is a movie for kids. I have a kid. So I saw it. Anyway. Where to begin: this is a movie about guinea pigs with special powers who can talk [...]

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