Hollywood's Napster Moment

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  ENetArch

  11/24/09 | Report as spam

  Stargate Universe

  Have you seen the series, "Stargate Universe"? Roughly 200 people are trapped on a ship traveling the UNIVERSE at velocities way beyond comprehension. Basically you have to measure them in galaxies. In the first episode they traveled through 15 different galaxies. And every so often the ship stops at a planet or drops into a star to pick up supplies. Cool concept, except for one thing. This article reminded me of it.
  
  What happens to a human after 10 minutes of NO STIMULATION! Go to a Zen Buddhist Temple and watch all the newbies find out. Which is interesting. Here you have 200 people stuck on a ship with NO STIMULATION and what's interesting is that non of them are feeling the effects of NO STIMULATION.
  
  What hasn't happened yet, but eventually will, is Stargate Universe will have to show these people either loosing it, or show us how they are remaining stimulated. WHAT ARE THEY WATCHING ON TV? I mean this ship was designed to fiery the ancients around the galaxy and they obviously had the same problems we do. So there has to be tons of data in the system to stimulate the mind. Staring out a window just doesn't cut it after 10 minutes.
  
  So how does this relate to what Hollywood is facing, simple. As technology increases humans will be able to create new forms of stimulation that don't involve Hollywood. I would guess that within another 10 years, we will have computers that can generate realtime 3D interactive animation that isn't cyclic .. ie, you could watch "Disney's UP" 100 times and see 100 different versions based on different circumstances happening. Maybe even watch it from different character perspectives, camera angles, add or delete specific events. Who knows, but each could / would be different. Now there is the "Never Ending Story" coming to life.
  
  So what will the studios do with all these has been actors who are being replaced by live 3D characters that are far more interesting, closer to our perceived standards of norm, the same thing they do every day. Try to take over the world through this new format. They will build their own complex 3D interactive animation programs that demonstrate the technology, use the has been actors, and require 30 networked supercomputers to view. (Or was I thinking World of War Craft III.) In either case, they will then have a monopoly on STIMULATION.
  
  It's time that we stopped squabbling over peanuts and started focusing on developing new entertainment methods. Honestly, who likes watching the same basketball, hockey, football, soccer, tennis, horse race over and over and over again? No, we want something different. We want something that stimulates our brain.
  

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  RE: Hollywood's Napster Moment

  I agree, and I am aware that also means new technologies
  are on the way. As the 'freemium' model makes its way to
  the forefront, we will see new ways (built on transparency &
  trust) emerge to make money.
  
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  12/03/09 | Report as spam

  Recent Updates on Technology

  Intel today released a 48 core CPU that only requires the 140 watts of power ( 2 70 watt light incandescent bulbs).
  (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/120209-intel-unveils-energy-efficient-48-core.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2009-12-03)
  
  And Apparently it is becoming standard practice to use the Graphics Process Unit on Video Adapters to offset computing power needs for some applications. (http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6289&tag=nl.e539)
  
  The 2nd article hints at the merger of the GPU and CPU on one chip. This concept happened when the 8086 merged with the floating point processor and became known as the 80286 processor.
  
  Now imagine what 48 GPU's or specialized processor arrays could do. As noted in my previous blog, GPU's are needed to render computer graphics, so the next step in movie making is interactive movies. This technology could make it happen.