| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Last chance to register: September 6: Immersive Sound: From Production to Playback | | | Via Mix Magazine | | | Immersive sound—Taking Hollywood by storm and rapidly spreading around the world, Advanced surround sound formats are impressing audiences with fully enveloping, more natural sound environments for cinema and home theaters. More»
Why This Matters: This high end event at Sony Pictures in Culver City is going to be a must-attend for anyone involved with immersive sound. Just the opportunity to see and hear the state-of-the-art theaters on the Sony lot is a treat. The day-long event is co-sponsored by NewBay, Sony, the Cinema Audio Society, and the Motion Picture Sound Editors, with programming created by Mix Magazine, so the networking and educational value will be high as well. There will be in-theater demos of DTS, Dolby Atmos, and Auro 3D among others. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | Event: Sunday September 7: 6th Annual MPSE Charity Golf Tournament | | | Via Motion Picture Sound Editors | | | Join us for the 6th Annual MPSE Charity Golf Tournament benefiting the MPSE Ethel Crutcher Scholarship Fund, providing student scholarships to tomorrow's filmmakers. The fiesta themed-event is Sunday, September 7, 2014 hosted at the beautiful Angeles National Golf Club! Come play on the greens or off, you are sure to enjoy fun games, contests, great wines, new friends and your chance at cash prizes. If nothing else play the Firemans Ball Drop, participants need not be present to win! More»
Why This Matters: This is a great annual networking event that supports emerging sound talent. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | Robots to replace teachers at school in Abu Dhabi (video) | | | Via InAVate | | | Robots will replace teachers at a school in Abu Dhabi, after the Merryland International School made an investment of 500,000 Dirhams (£80,000) in 30 robots. The Humanoid AISOY Raspberry Pi robot will teach basic maths while Nao, a 57-cm tall Evolution Humanoid robot, will teach children with special needs. More»
Why This Matters: If you've ever shopped for a charter school, you know how passionately innovative some of the founders can be. But have you ever heard any of them say this: "I have sourced out … humanoids, quadrupeds, hexapods, flying robots and pet robots from all over the world." -Cynthia Wisehart |
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| | Upcoming Events | Immersive Sound at Sony Studios, Sept. 6, Los Angeles
6th Annual MPSE Charity Golf Tournament, Sept. 07, Los Angeles
CEDIA Expo, Sept. 10-13, Denver
IBC 2014, Sept. 12-16, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Next Video, Oct. 1-3, Pasadena, Calif.
Almo E4 AV Tour, Oct. 3, Boston
PLASA, Oct. 5-8, London
AES, Oct. 9, Los Angeles
Almo E4 AV Tour, Oct. 17, Washington, D.C.
156th SMPTE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, Oct. 20-23, Los Angeles
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