The technology that’s replacing the green screen The green screen might be doomed. And that’s a good thing.

 https://www.vox.com/21529002/green-screen-mandalorian

Calling All Makers With 3D Printers: Join Critical Mission To Make Face Masks And Shields For 2020 Healthcare Workers

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2020/03/24/calling-all-makers-with-3d-printers-join-critical-mission-to-make-face-masks-and-shields-for-2020-healthcare-workers/#79ded0475006

This Open-Source Program Deepfakes You During Zoom Meetings, in Real Time Avatarify runs on Skype and Zoom, and face-swaps your own face with a celebrity in live video calls.

https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/g5xagy/this-open-source-program-deepfakes-you-during-zoom-meetings-in-real-time

The technology that animated movies like Toy Story and enabled a variety of special effects is the focus of this year's Turing Award, the technology industry's version of the Nobel Prize. Patrick Hanrahan and Edwin Catmull won the prize for their contributions to 3D computer graphics used in movies and video games.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/titans-of-movie-animation-win-tech-s-nobel-the-turing-prize-20200319-p54bq8.html

One for the Graveyard: Google Discontinues Daydream VR

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/300321-one-for-the-graveyard-google-discontinues-daydream-vr

Mortal Kombat leads milestone moment for South Australia amid film, TV and games industry boom

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-23/sa-film-boom-creating-jobs-for-state/11238084?pfmredir=sm

How much is too much? Test could show the effect of gaming on your kid’s brain

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/much-too-much-test-could-show-effect-gaming-120653070--abc-news-topstories.html

A reboot of the epic action movie Mortal Kombat will be brought to life in South Australia later this year, with filmmakers describing it as the largest film to have ever been produced in the state.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-14/mortal-kombat-to-be-filmed-in-south-australia/11112076

Epic Games details Fortnite World Cup, $140 million 2019 prize pool

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/epic-games-details-fortnite-world-cup-140-million-2019-prize-pool-20190226-p51087.html

Microsoft hasn't lost site of the consumer market entirely with HoloLens. It had Tim Sweeney — CEO of Fortnite maker Epic Games — onstage gushing about the potential of HoloLens and what it could do for gaming as a medium in the future and announced that Unreal Engine 4 support was coming. While HoloLens 2 might be for businesses, HoloLens 3 could potentially be for everyone.

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/i-used-microsoft-s-hololens-2-and-it-made-me-feel-like-a-jedi-20190301-p5117u.html

Microsoft workers’ letter demands company drop Army HoloLens contract

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236116/microsoft-hololens-army-contract-workers-letter

Six Fortnite secrets kids know but you don't

http://www.essentialkids.com.au/life/technology/fortnite-secrets-kids-know-but-you-dont-20190205-h1avzp

The latest statistics from the Digital Australia Report 2018 show 67 per cent of Australians play video games; aside from passing the time, gamers also play to de-stress. And game developers have picked up on this. Farming Simulator 19 is the latest game to offer a "Mindful Gaming" experience, explaining the slower pace of the game and immersive detail as a way for people to relax.

https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/farming-simulator-mindful-gaming/10556270

Talented Flinders University students have grasped the hotly contested The Rookies #1 in the world for Digital Illustration title for the second year in a row. In partnership with CDW Studios, Flinders students triumphed over peers across 581 academic institutions worldwide to win the 2018 award.

https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2018/09/21/back-back-world-rookies-title-triumph/

HOW THE WEATHER CHANNEL MADE THAT INSANE STORM SURGE ANIMATION

https://www.wired.com/story/weather-channel-hurricane-florence-storm-surge-graphic/

Apple iPhone Event: Steve Nash showed up to promote his Homecourt basketball training app

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/apple-iphone-xs-event-steve-nash-homecourt-basketball-training-app/

HOW 3-D GUN PRINTING BECAME A FIRST AMENDMENT CASE

https://www.wired.com/gallery/top-stories-july-2018/

The phrase ‘crinkle-cut’ usually brings to mind potato chips, but a team of University of Wollongong (UOW) students and academics are changing the surfing game with new 3D-printed crinkle-cut surfboard fins.

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/3d-printed-fins-to-transform-surfing-20180711-p4zqt9.html

Parents are losing their sons to Fortnite, the hottest game in the world. Described by the New York Times as a cross “between Minecraft and The Hunger Games’’, Mr Adair says boys were becoming addicted and suffered genuine withdrawal symptoms including “mood swings, urges, and headaches’’. Others were also refusing to go to school because they couldn’t cope with not playing Fortnite.

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/parents-are-losing-their-sons-to-fortnite-the-hottest-game-in-the-world-20180607-p4zjzm.html

eSports are shifting the focus of Australia’s sporting passion

http://theconversation.com/esports-are-shifting-the-focus-of-australias-sporting-passion-93076