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From DeviantArt artist dalia

Immersive Flight

EDIT: The original video that used to be embedded here was about 5 minutes long. Sorry if you missed it. It was a thousand times more impressive than what you see below. Apparently, the video was so popular that the original host could no longer support it. Sucks. If you missed it, then you need to check this blog out more often, slacker.

Choose Full Screen and then drag your mouse around. This is damned incredible.



Check out other examples courtesy of Immersive Media where you can free fall off a bridge, walk out onto a football field, and more.

If you like MUSE as much as I do, then you'll shit yourself over how awesome their version of this tech is HERE. You can choose which vantage point to watch the concert (the window on the bottom right of that screen - click a dot to choose that vantage point). The bottom vantage point moves with the person filming which makes that one pretty trippy.

Princess Leia Hologram via Microsoft Kinect

Okay, not quite but we have to start somewhere.

Ben Crane On Working Out

Sony's PSP2 (aka NGP)

Sony just officially announced the NGP - the Next Generation Portable - which should be released to the public by this holiday season. Here are the specs:

Quad Core ARM Cortex-A9 Processor
5" touchscreen OLED @ 960 x 544
Dual analog sticks (actual sticks not the nipple nub on the current PSP)
3G
WiFi
GPS
Rear placed touchpad
Accelerometer and gyroscope motion sensing
Compass
Both front and rear facing cameras

That's a whole lotta WOW in one little package. I fear what this thing might cost.



The graphics in that demo are incredible - like having a PS3 downsized to something portable. And the demo itself, being an Uncharted game, makes me drool since it's one of my top five favorite gaming franchises.

Wonder Woman Coming to NBC

After all of the major networks had initially turned down the most recent attempt at making Wonder Woman into a television show, NBC has decided to green light David E. Kelley's script and ordered a pilot.  We could see something aired as early as this fall.

McG, the guy with the douchebaggiest name on the planet, is said to be producing.

Two names have been bounced around for the lead role: Minka Kelly and Lake Bell (images below).

Lake Bell

Minka Kelly

I'm curious if they plan to go with a traditional costume, the new costume, a version of her Amazonian clothing, or something different altogether.

Traditional Costume

New Costume

David E. Kelley is the writer and/or creator of the following shows: Boston Legal, The Practice, Boston Public, Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, Doogie Howser, and LA Law

McG has been the producer of the following: Supernatural, Chuck, Nikita, Pussycat Dolls, and the O.C.

Minka Kelly is probably best known for her role on Friday Night Lights.

Lake Bell has one of those faces that I always find myself asking where I've seen her before. However, she's done a couple of David E. Kelley shows already and has expressed the most interest.

Cthulhu Ice Cream

PLEASE someone make this a reality!

Flava Flav To Open Fried Chicken Restaurant In Iowa

From the New York Daily News

Rap star Flava Flav is bringing New York-style fried chicken to little Clinton, Ia.
The wacky reality TV star and Public Enemy rapper is opening Flav's Fried Chicken Monday in the Midwest town of 26,000 that's 200 miles west of Chicago.
"I always said to myself, 'Col. Sanders, you better watch out," the rapper says in a YouTube video. "Your boy Flava Flav is coming and you better watch out."
Flav, whose real name is William Drayton Jr., has been in Iowa preparing for the launch and told the Clinton Herald newspaper he's even ready to work the fryer.
He admitted it was a bit off the beaten track for him and says hopes to expand quickly to "hundreds" of outlets.
"I ain't gonna lie: This is way out there," Flav said.
The new joint will be called FFC and the rapper says the idea stemmed from the 99-cent wings he served at Mama Cimino in Las Vegas.
His business partner is the brother of that restaurant's owner.
Flav was known for his signature "yeah, boyee" chant and wearing a giant clock necklace when Public Enemy was topping the charts in the '80s. He found fame anew in 2004 on the third season of VH1's "The Surreal Life" He also starred in the network's "Flavor of Love."
He has a culinary degree and restaurant experience - and a serious shortage of modesty.
"I'm gonna have this place crowded like O'Hare airport," he bragged.

Don't Confuse Weather With Global Climate Change

I live in the Northeast and it's been damned cold as of late - colder than usual for Winter.  I've been seeing a lot of people confusing weather with climate especially in status updates on Facebook or on their Twitter feeds.  People, please don't confuse weather with climate change.  Here's a video that might help:

Plumbers, Physicists, and Jedi Artoo Units

Both comics are courtesy of Direman Press

As always, click to embiggen

Cool Kinect Tricks

Microsoft's Kinect for the XBox360 is a pretty slick peripheral and there are some very smart people are doing some very cool things with it.

Kinect Controlled Interface Inspired By Minority Report


Hand Drawn Impromptu Keyboard

Anne Hathaway is Catwoman and Tom Hardy is Bane in Dark Knight Rises

Here is the official press release from Warner Brothers:

BURBANK, CA, January 19, 2011 — Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises.” She will be starring alongside Christian Bale, who returns in the title role of Bruce Wayne/Batman.Christopher Nolan stated, “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Anne Hathaway, who will be a fantastic addition to our ensemble as we complete our story.” In addition, Tom Hardy has been set to play Bane. Nolan said, “I am delighted to be working with Tom again and excited to watch him bring to life our new interpretation of one of Batman’s most formidable enemies.” Nolan will direct the film from a screenplay he wrote with Jonathan Nolan, from a story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. Nolan will also produce the film with his longtime producing partner, Emma Thomas, and Charles Roven. “The Dark Knight Rises” is slated for release on July 20, 2012. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

 The Dark Knight isn't the only thing that's going to be rising.  Meow.

I'm assuming Bane will be the primary villain whereas Catwoman will be more of a love interest.  Bane seems like an odd choice to me.  And I wonder if the script will be calling for Bane to disable Batman as he did in the comics.  In anyone else's hands I'd say this movie sounds like a dud, but I have a lot of faith in Nolan's ability to make this great.

Two More Matrix Movies On The Way And Samurai Keanu?!

According to Ain't It Cool News, Keanu Reeves spoke at the London School of Performing Arts and mentioned that two new Matrix movies are currently being discussed.

Says he met the Wachowski's (no emphasis on the word brothers), for lunch over Christmas and stated that they had completed work on a two picture script treatment that would see him return to the world of the matrix as Neo. Says the brothers have met with Jim Cameron to discuss the pro's and con's of 3D and are looking to deliver something which has never been seen again. keanu stated that he still has an obligation to the fans to deliver a movie worthy of the title "The Matrix" and he swears this time that the treatment will truly revolutionise the action genre like the first movie. Wachowski's are working on a movie called "Cloud Atlas" at the moment, once that concludes they will talk again.

I know it sounds cliched, but parts two and three sucked.  I had such high hopes for them but in the end they blew huge chunks.  Just watching them tarnishes the beauty of the first one.  Let's hope that if they *do* move forward with this that they don't continue to shit on the first movie's awesomeness.

Also in his talk, Keanu discussed working on an "action movie around the world of the samurai and that it will be a hard 'R' rated 3D action feast that will deliver some great martial arts set pieces."  This sounds fracking awful, to tell the truth.  And now that I've seen on the IMDb that the movie is going to be based on the story of the 47 Ronin I just know it's going to be stupid enough to actually cause viewers to drop IQ points by the time the ending credits roll and will probably ruin the legend by infusing the story with turds.  I'm sure I'll see it once it hits Netflix, but mark my words: this one is also going to suck the balls.