Robot fighting might seem just a teensy bit clichéd, but at least Real Steel is based on a 1956 short story from the sci-fi/horror writer behind I Am Legend (the book). And really, what you need to know is that it’s got big robots punching the heck out of each other. Video!
When the teaser trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Tintin trailer came out, I had reservations. The post, the styling, the action, they all looked terrific. But why couldn’t we see anyone talking? As the new full-length trailer mercifully reveals, turns out they had nothing to hide.
We had just four minutes to talk tech with Sigourney Weaver, our favourite sci-fi heroine of all time. We spent a few minutes talking about the Alien universe, which you can see here. And then we talked Avatar motion capture… or ‘performance capture’ as James Cameron likes to call it. And that’s what we’ve got right here.
Rockstar Games is taking a technological leap forward with their upcoming game L.A. Noire. Using a motion capture technology called MotionScan, they’re able to capture and render actor’s performances for the upcoming 1940s crime drama with breathtaking results.
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The problem with walking through a virtual reality world is that you’re subject to the physical world’s spatial limitations. That’s why the Enterprise‘s holodeck always gave me headaches. But I get it now: they had a CyberWalk.
