Tag Archives: Digital Environments

Twitter Updates for 2009-03-15

[China, Internet] Quotable quotes: online questions for Chinese Premier Wen (Wen Jiabao chat with Internet users.) http://tinyurl.com/asmapb # China admits corruption still a serious problem in some areas (Corruption still a problem in “some” localities) http://tinyurl.com/adgobw # [China, Shanghai] “Expats like living China… but not the spitting!” http://tinyurl.com/ceajbx # [China, Women] Reading “The Plight of China’s Xiaojies” (China [...]
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Oscar Winner for Best Visual Effects “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Shaped with Autodesk Technology

For the 14th consecutive year, every film nominated for the Best Visual Effects Academy Award was shaped with Autodesk, Inc. digital filmmaking tools. Autodesk congratulates Matte World Digital for its Oscar-winning visual effects work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. 'This year's Academy Award nominees continued to push digital imagery to new heights -- from intricate and complex computer-generated characters to pyrotechnical marvels to invisible effects so realistic they deceive the eye,' said Marc Petit, senior vice president, Autodesk Media & Entertainment [...]
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Internet in China: Virtual Worlds Roundup

BusinessWeek published a special report on virtual world recently, with one article on virtual World in China which featured Hipihi, Novoking and UOneNet (a.k.a. uWorld). Hipihi has announced the beginning of its public beta testing phase, after over a year private test. uWorld, another virtual world on BusinessWeek’s article which was first profiled in October 2007, finally started its close test in March. As Hipihi, uWorld also partnered with IBM on virtual world development. Kaiser Kuo is more optimistic on it, he thought “deep-rooted MMORPG culture” in China and “willingness of Chinese to strike up online friendships with strangers” will help them in the long run [...]
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