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Newsletter – Latest news on the XR side, including new glasses and films with visors, Robotics, Crypto and the usual AI

The complexity of emerging technologies made simple and understandable. - Latest news on the XR side, including new glasses and films with visors, Robotics, Crypto and the usual AI. In this edition…

Film – AlphaGo (Greg Kohs)

AlphaGo Greg Kohs (2017) "Google's DeepMind has developed a program for playing the 3000 year old game Go using Artificial Intelligence. They test AlphaGo on the European champion, then March 9-15, 2016,…

Film – Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg)

Ready Player One Steven Spielberg (2018) "When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which…

Film – Anon (Andrew Niccol)

Anon Andrew Niccol (2018) "Sal Frieland is a detective in a world with no privacy or anonymity; where everyone’s lives are transparent, traceable, and recorded by the authorities; where crime almost ceases…

Film – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Luc Besson)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Luc Besson (2017) "A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline…

Film – Her (Spike Jonze)

Her Spike Jonze (2013) "In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need." With: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson…

Film – The Congress (Ari Felman)

The Congress Ari Felman (2013) Actress Robin Wright takes one last job, but the fallout from her decision will affect her in ways she hadn't considered. "Robin agrees to sell the film…

Film – The Final Cut (Omar Naim)

The Final Cut Omar Naim (2004) "Set in a world with memory recording implants, Alan Hakman is a cutter, someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories. His latest…

Film – S1m0ne (Andrew Niccol)

S1m0ne Andrew Niccol (2002) "A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that…

Film – Minority Report (Steven Spielberg)

Minority Report Steven Spielberg (2002) "In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of…

Film – eXistenZ (David Cronenberg)

eXistenZ David Cronenberg (1999) "A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged." With:…

Film – Nirvana (Gabriele Salvatores)

Nirvana Gabriele Salvatores (1997) Solo is the protagonist of Nirvana, a computer game developed by Jimi. Solo gained his own consciousness after a virus attack, a few days before the game's release.…

Film – Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow)

Strange Days Kathryn Bigelow (1995) "Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past…

Film – Until the End of the World (Wim Wenders)

Until the End of the World Wim Wenders (1991) "In 1999, Claire's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and starts traveling around the world with…

Film – Tron (Steven Lisberger)

Tron Steven Lisberger (1982) "A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a…

We Met in Virtual Reality – A documentary

The artist Joe Hunting with this film "We Met in Virtual Reality" entered in one of the most famous metaverse: " vrchat" to investigate on social aspects of belonging, participation and support…

A Sci-Fi Short Film HD: “Sight” – by Sight Systems

Sight, a brilliant and disturbing short sci-fi film by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo, imagines a world in which Google Glass-inspired apps are everywhere. This is their graduation project from Bezaleal academy…