My mouth was watering with anticipation!
Couldn’t sleep!
Couldn’t eat!
My cable company had just promised me one gigabit per second (gbps) Internet service without increasing my rates!
Too Many Viewing Options Could Be Deadly for Some Services
“I have made enough money to satisfy both my needs and my caprices. I take only such cases now as interest me, and to be frank, my interest in your case is, uh... dwindling.” Hercule Poirot, “Murder on the Orient Express,” EMI Film Distribution, 1974
People in every phase of the video content industry from shooters to deliverers have one question on their minds this week as they rush from session to session, booth to booth at IBC, which is in mid-swing this week – “How do I stay alive, make money in this quagmire?”
No, they don’t really ask the question. Instead, they walk around the event center and Amsterdam with a lot of false bravado, telling each other in no uncertain terms they’ve got the answer.
Stuff to Make Your Video/Gaming Life Easier
Every once in a while we find ourselves buried in “stuff.”
“Stuff,” loosely defined, consists of items sent to us that we continually set aside, honestly believing we’ll get to them “next week.” Well, “next week” never seems to arrive and the “stuff” is constantly shoved aside allowing us to write about more important things such as toe fungus or animal crackers.
Today, we remedy that problem.
The Real Market for VR/AR … Right Now
“If you are not listening carefully, you will miss things. Important things. I will not pause, I will not repeat myself, and you will not interrupt me.” – Alan Turing, “The Imitation Game ,” Black Bear Pictures, 2014
2015 was the year virtual reality (VR) finally shed its niche status.
2016 was the year that VR made inroads into mainstream life.
2017 was the year VR and AR (augmented reality) finally joined forces.
2018 is the year VR/AR/MR (mixed reality) is ready for the masses.
By 2022, the VR/AR/MR industry should surpass $200B.