Tag: THEATER

Remember how we thought in the mid-'90s that the 2000s would be all about holographs and virtual worlds? But didn't we collectively agree that virtual reality jumped the shark around the time CNN opened a Second Life news bureau, but apparently academe never signed on. The New York Times has a charming story today on how university professors are using interactive, digital visualizations to ...

Look out, Blake Lively. There's a new robotic actress in the game, and she's got skills. The remarkably lifelike Geminoid F robot has been around for several months, but finally made her stage debut this week in Japan, where she managed to wow theatergoers without ever getting up from her chair. The 'bot spent the entire play seated onstage, and all of her movements were controlled by an offstage ...

Fans eagerly awaiting the release of the 'Star Wars' saga on Blu-Ray now have a major big screen event to look forward to, as well. Sources close to George Lucas tell the Hollywood Reporter that the director is planning to release all six 'Star Wars' movies in 3-D, beginning in 2012. The new releases, logically enough, will begin with Episode I, 'The Phantom Menace,' which is reportedly slated ...

At the risk of sounding cranky and old, we'll go ahead and say it: there's no reason to text during a movie. If you must, just step out to the lobby instead of ruining our $12 experience. According to The Arizona Republic, Harkins Theatres has launched a campaign encouraging moviegoers to refrain from texting during movies. Through Christmas, posters reading, 'No Texting During Movie' will be hung ...

If you shell out hard-earned money to spend an evening at the theater, you usually expect to actually see a show -- except when you are faced with 'The Question' at London's Battersea Arts Centre. Created by Extant, a performance arts group run by the blind and visually impaired, 'The Question' is an experiential installation that guides viewers through a pitch-black theater space. Attendees ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/06/13/recycled-3-d-glasses-at-movie-theaters-are-crawling-with-germs/'; Next time you visit a movie theater, think twice about putting on a pair of 3-D glasses. According to ABC News, staff from Good Housekeeping magazine studied seven pairs of 3-D glasses at movie theaters in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and didn't find one sterile pair in the ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... We've previously written about what could now be considered "antique" game consoles, along with their cartridges, fetching auction prices that put our yearly salaries to shame. Well, now some guy has sold a copy of a hard-to-find Atari game called 'Air Raid' for $31,600. Apparently the game, one of only thirteen known copies, kind ...

Does anyone still buy paper movie tickets from a physical box office in person anymore? Maybe it's because we happen to run in tech-savvy circles, but we can't remember the last time we didn't purchase tickets online and print them out later at the theater's dedicated kiosks. Giving an unexpected present to the planet, both Fandango and MovieTickets.com have streamlined the process even further ...

Multiplayer gaming is one of the best ways to waste a couple of hours with your buddies, especially if it's the kind of game where you can crowd in a room together and play. But those games usually divide the screen into small boxes that make your otherwise gigantic set seem tiny. The solution? Well, if you live in Canada, you can head to your local Cineplex Entertainment theater and plunk down ...