March 21, 2006

News Stories for March 21, 2006

"An Announcement of Sorts" in Rachel Howard.com - Rachel who writes great reviews of dance performances in the San Francisco Bay Area is unfortunately cutting back on her dance writing both on her blog and for the San Francisco Chronicle. She'll be pursuing her other writing interests. Rachel is the author of "The Lost Night." Best of wishes to Rachel.

- "Skype + Outlook = Skylook" in Tech Crunch - Skylook might just be software I need for recording voice conversations over the Net with Skype.

- "The rise of clip culture online" in Picturephoning.com - The rise in sharing of video clips is growing like crazy and now moving from Internet to mobile phone. I'm going to start writing hundreds of posts about why dancers/dance companies can't be left in the dust. It's time to post your videos online!

- "Movie Trailers Come to YouTube" in MIT Advertising Lab - While I'm on my video proselytizing campaign for dancers, movie promos are now on YouTube. A trailer for "Scary Movie 4" was watched 437,000 times in 4 days - now up to 702,000.

- Instant Feeling Messages in We Make Money Not Art - Now mobile users can send digital bundles of emotional content. Will dance movement soon be fused with emotional meaning for the enjoyment of remote and live audiences?

- "GoMonkey - Gesture-Based Interface" in MIT Advertising Lab - GoMonkey (in German) is creator of gesture-based interface that uses 2 cameras to capture movement in 3D for the purpose of interacting and controlling computers - like Tom Cruise in Minority Report. This type of motion tracking is far ahead of current motion tracking systems used in dance - but points toward what's possible.

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