I can’t wait to see this robotic show live on stage! Thanks to io9 for the heads up on this one.
Once more it is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, and I spotted no fewer than 5 people in pirate garb at various points in my wanderings today. I was not dressed for the occasion myself, but I did remember to start every conversation with Arrrggghhh. I am not sure that went over real well on a couple of the conference bridges at work, but too bad.
I hope everyone is having a safe and happy 4th of July today, and enjoying some good fireworks. My friend Jenn took this fireworks photo (and a bunch of other amazing pictures), and since all of hers came out looking better than mine, she let me use one for today’s post. Thanks, Jenn!
I think the Doctor Who World Tour technically needs more than 7 cities to consider it a world tour, but they do manage to hit Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, and South America. So they did noticeably better than the Babymetal World Tour which only managed 6 cities in Europe, Asia, and North America as of the last time I checked. Thanks to BBC America for the heads up on this one.
PCMag dropped in on the House of Imagination exhibit at the Tribeca Film Festival and put together this report. This is the second year the festival did the exhibit and competition, which they call Storyscapes; it is all about how movies may evolve and become more interactive and more immersive. There were 5 finalists, and they put forward some amazing installations. I am sure it is no surprise to anyone that Oculus Rift is at the center of a lot of these development approaches. Thanks to IGN for the heads up on this one.
Eileen Gunn has an excellent article published in Smithsonian Magazine about the history and nature of Science Fiction’s relationship with science and discovery. Titled How America’s Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future, it is a thoughtful piece by an expert on the topic. It includes quotes from some of the best known authors in the field supporting or expanding on her points, and not all of those points are as comfortable as we might wish they were. I suspect this was commissioned as part of The Future Is Here Festival taking place next month at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.