Digital arts
Organic Motion Powers World’s First Real-Time Intercontinental Visual Arts Performance
Today Organic Motion, a leading computer vision company, announced that its technology will power the world’s first real-time intercontinental visual arts performance, to be held during the 2010 International Digital Media Arts Association Conference in Vancouver, Canada, on Thursday Nov. 4, 2010. Entitled “CONNECTING the EDGES: An Inter-Continental LiveVibe,” the performance will connect dancers and [...]
Media industry fears new rules will kill jobs: Changes to federal legislation meant to protect, Canadian employment could backfire and hinder the growth of local companies, critics say
Vancouver has been busy promoting itself as a creative, digital hub. It’s part of a strategic effort to make the city a place where young, smart people want to work. The arrival this year of Pixar and Digital Domain, the Venice, Calif.-based company behind Academy Award-winning films Titanic and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, [...]
Canada back on digital bandwagon: Tax credit helps B.C.’s digital media and entertainment sectors
Rebounding from a decline in 2009, Canada’s entertainment and media market is projected to grow by an average of five per cent annually, according to a report released Tuesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Canada’s compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2014 outstrips projections for the U.S., where the rate for the same period is expected to be [...]
Campbell River: City’s game to attract graphics studios
Council hopes video game makers and computer graphics studios can be persuaded to come here and set up shop. Since last year, the Island North Film Commission has been working on spreading the word that Campbell River is a great place for the digital arts and video game industry to do business. And council is [...]
Grand Forks: Keeping fast, funky company on the digital superhighway: Success at Selkirk: Digital Arts and New Media program prepares 12th annual show
For anyone old enough to faintly recall the era of Beta format video, MTV digital DJ Max Headroom and the Commodore 64 8-bit home computer, many things dubbed “New Media” nowadays are still likely a little outside the true technological comfort zone. Not so for the near 200 Selkirk College students who’ve forged careers, some [...]
