The best GIF mash-up video ever

Cache Rules Everything Around Me from Evan Roth on Vimeo.

10 of the most Sureal Music Videos of all Time

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Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTxOKsyZ0Lw&ob=av2e (disabled embedding)

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Spaced - Rave Scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_wVOA_95QU (embedding disabled by request)

Let me know when you're ready for part 2. Post in comments.

HIKAKIN - Human Beatbox

http://www.youtube.com/user/HIKAKIN

Who said iPhone OS, Android and Windows Mobile don't play well together?

Cracklin Rosie on a Whole Lotta Mobile Phones





This is a free interpretation of Cracklin Rosie, played on 2 Android devices, 2 Windows Mobile devices and 1 iPod Touch.  More info on http://blog.stef.be/phoneguitar
 

Social Media Revolution 2 (video)

Social Media Revolution 2 is a refresh of the original video with new and updated social media and mobile statistics that are hard to ignore. Based on the book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman.

Top 5 Augmented Reality Business Cards

Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are augmented by virtual computer-generated imagery. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality in which a view of reality is modified (possibly even diminished rather than augmented) by a computer.

AeroDynamic and Planet Rock Juggle Performance + Tutorial

Check out that DJ and Sampler controller! ARCADE BUTTONS!




 The 2 mp3's used in this video are available with cue points in this post:

http://www.djtechtools.com/2009/11/04...

The mapping for this controller is also available here:

http://www.djtechtools.com/midi-map/
 

The Custom VCI-100SE Arcade Controller by Dj TT $849.00
http://techtools.myshopify.com/products/vci-100-arcade-buttons

More great stuff at http://www.djtechtools.com/

*Moon* - Music by Slim Girl Fat - Video Machinima by SpyvSpy Productions

Slim Girl Fat and SpyvSpy Productions Present *Moon*



spyvspyaeon — "Lunar deity is a god or goddess associated with or symbolizing the moon. These deities can have a variety of functions and traditions depending upon the culture, but they are often related to or an enemy of the solar deity. Some cultures relate the moon as a Female, although is known as a male more common worldwide.

The Moon through the edges has been a significant inspiration and creativity of many artists around the world. SlimGirlFat as achieved a great song and the starting inspiration to this creation.

Lunar Deity is represented on this work as the Dryad connecting the entity with the nature. I should frame this work between both of their own simplistic and the complex of its composition but I rather leave you the final judgment. don't blame me ツ. Inspired by Enigma video clips (I'm a big fan of them) I've tried an approach to a SL Machinima to their kinda videos. This video is nothing more than a thought caught in no where place no where in time, some sort of a let it flow (with some few basic knowledge).

Most of the special fx's are made on After effects and I want to mention that the glass breaking on the start it's a precomposed set already build on 3DS max and exported to AE, royalty free. The rest I just applied a bunch of coolest effects build by my own, from foam through cc cylinder (warp drive) and some 3D depth field with some motion blur. I hope you enjoy so much as I this new release. "

Credits
Music by SlimGirlFat (aka Slim Warrior in-SL)
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/...

Director and producer
spyVspy Aeon

This is a Collaborative work between SlimGirlFat and spyvspy aeon.

UPDATE: Smooth Criminal Animation Dance Tribute to Michael Jackson

Smooth Criminal -~ Mixed Reality Dance Tribute * *Avatars in Second Life™ dancing in realtime with Michael's tour video** Music by Michael Jackson

Filmed & edited at Muse Isle Productions dance studio ~ in Second Life™ by JenzZa Misfit / vRhythm Express ~

SLURLs to the Muse Isle Connection island hot spots:

http://bit.ly/RendezvousSLURL  

http://bit.ly/RDVAdventureCanoeSLURL  

http://bit.ly/MuseIsleMillSLURL  

http://bit.ly/MuseIsleArenaSLURL  

http://bit.ly/MuseIsleSpeedwaySLURL 

http://bit.ly/MuseIsleLiveBroadcast  

http://bit.ly/MetanomicsSLURL  

http://bit.ly/RemedySLURL  

http://bit.ly/RavelongSLURL

 

Overview:

Muse Isle, established in April 2006, is one of the original live music & art venues in Second Life. They are also the home island for RDV Animations – creators of Rendezvous “Walk, Fly & Swim together “ animators. Muse Isle is proud to be an event partner for Metanomics and invites you to join them for engaging chat , laughter & friendship.

Tron: Legacy!! Official Trailer Released

Tron Legacy is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that's unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.

Granny DJ Rocks Paris Clubs - DJ Ruth Flowers

DJ Ruth Flowers just wants the kids to have fun. Flowers is a 69-year-old DJ who spins at the most prestigious nightclubs in Paris.

Fresh New Reverb Nation Music Widgets are now Available

There are brand new fresh Widgets provided by ReverbNation!
I use ReverbNation widgets and you should too!

If you're a musician, you can log in (or join) Reverb Nation, and add these new music players, video players, fan collector boxes.  Or, if you're a fan, and want to display your favorite music on your site or blog, check out these new widgets too.  Highly recommended.

Is the *Avatar* concept really possible?

Is the 'Avatar' concept really possible?
By Elizabeth Landau, CNN

(CNN) -- Now the highest-grossing film ever, "Avatar," has captivated millions of viewers with its picturesque scenery, extraterrestrial battles, and nature-loving, blue-skinned aliens.

The premise of the film is that humans can enter the world of these 10-foot aliens, called the Na'vi, by way of half-human, half-Na'vi hybrids. A high-tech interfacing mechanism allows a human to remain inert while controlling one of these avatar hybrids just by thinking.

Not only does the human manipulate the avatar's movements and speech, but he or she also experiences life -- every sensation, feeling and emotion -- through the eyes of the hybrid, as if consciousness were transferred.

Scientists say we are many decades, even centuries, away from making this kind of sophisticated interaction possible, if it can be done at all. But the fundamentals of components required to create this complicated system of mind-controlled avatars are already in the works, and have useful applications in medicine.

"We're starting to understand the basic building blocks, but the biggest challenges will be emotion and thought -- how to make another organism think what you think, to feel what you feel -- because those networks are much more difficult to sort out," said Dr. Brian Litt, associate professor of neurology and bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE ON CNN where they cover:
Moving remote objects by thinking
Uploading information
Understanding brain networks
Transferal of sensations and emotions
    

Frontline: Digital Nation - 90 minute Documentary airs Tuesday, February 2nd

Ark Media and PBS-FRONTLINE: our 90-minute documentary "Digital Nation" will be airing on PBS on Tuesday (February 2) at 9 PM EST (check your local PBS listing). 

This unprecedented FRONTLINE project tackles what it means to be human in the digital age, from the way we think, work, interact and connect to the way we fight wars. We visit lots of places -- labs performing fMRIs on heavy multitaskers to a wired middle school in the south Bronx; an internet addiction boot camp in Korea to a massive American corporation holding meetings via avatars; a controversial Army recruiting center outside Philly to an Air Force base in the Nevada desert where pilots fly planes remotely.

We have an extremely rich and robust website, full of content we've been gathering over the past eighteen months as well tons of videos sent in by people across the globe. It's unlike any FRONTLINE website before, and we hope you can check it out after the broadcast. Douglas Rushkoff, one of our correspondents, will be hosting an online roundtable with many of the people you'll see in the documentary. We'll also continue to update the site with fresh video, and as always we invite any and all comments about any part of the site or the documentary.  pbsdigitalnation.org

Cheers,
Ark Media 

5 of the Best Classic Drum-n-Bass Music Videos

Doubledown Tandino's selections:
5 of the best classic drum-n-bass music videos

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See Also: Doubledown Tandino's 13 Favorite Sexy Electronica Classics of All Time

Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" - Second Life Machinima by Fall Films

FallFilms on Youtube

Timelapse Aerosol Graffiti Video to Promote James Cameron's Avatar

Timelapse aerosol graffiti by probs from End of the Line

Promotional video for Avatar - commissioned by Casio and 20th Century Fox for the new James Cameron blockbuster.

Casio and 20th Century Fox teamed up with End of the line's biggest artist Probs to execute something truly spectacular on the exterior of the Casio store. Filmed over three days, crowds of tourists witnessed the transformation of the Carnaby Street flagship store into Pandora.

Avatar marks the return to the big screen for James Cameron, the director of Aliens and Terminator 1 & 2. It is shaping up to be the Biggest blockbuster of them all, filmed entirely in 3D with revolutionary cgi and special effects.

Produced by End Of The Line, Painted by Probs
youwillfindus@theendoftheline.net

Filmed by Toby Skills
Music by Lazy Habits "Sanity for Sanctuary"

http://www.theendoftheline.net
http://www.casio.co.uk/avatar
http://www.avatarmovie.com/
http://www.lazyhabits.co.uk
http://www.tobysummerskill.com

Maximillion Kleene from Second Life carries the Olympic torch in Canada

Sunday December 20th, 2009 - 3:10pm PST/SLT

LIVE coverage on the web :: Maximillion Kleene from SL musician... in canada in Real Life carrying the Olympic torch on the torch run ... 

3:10 SL time approx he will be the one with the torch in the live feed  
http://bit.ly/maxtorch

I saw "Avatar" today. My review: It blew me Away!

James Cameron's "Avatar" is one of the most monumental films of this decade, and decades to come. Some may not realize it yet as to why, but, trust me, this movie will be so important for years.  It's on the same caliber of movie as Citizen Kane, Dances with Wolves, and Schlindler's List.

The visual effects and colors were the most magnificent I have EVER seen in a movie (the only movie that even comes close in color is a short segment in the movie "What Dreams May Come"). The 3D technology was brilliant, and the movie was not about trying to make sight gags using the 3D. 

Aside from the technical aspects being phenomenal and innovative, and the visual beauty, the story has so many layers and meanings to our real lives.

There are comparisons, undertones, symbolism, parallels and metaphors that strike deep into the core of any human viewer. Our societies, our races, our world; it hits home.  This movie has so many layers to it. ( I will not reveal anything, so I do not spoil it for anyone.  I don't want to reveal what I picked up from watching the movie.  You will want to go in fresh and absorb on your own. )


James Cameron spent $500 million on it, and it is worth every penny.

This movie is an epic brilliant masterpiece of this century. You may not realize it when you walk out of the theater... but this movie is going to be so important to the entire movie industry, and will last as one of the greatest movies ever made.

You NEED to see this film in the theater and in 3D.   Do not wait for the DVD.


UPDATE:  This Avatar review arrived on Gizmodo:  

Avatar Review: Yes, It Changed Everything After All

This review is a much better write-up on exactly what I am trying to relay in my review.  I am not a movie reviewer, but this review is what I was trying to say.


The point is,  whatever you've heard, or read, or seen in previews, it's nothing in comparison to what the movie actually IS.

The SLOODLE Game Show - Run/Host your Own Game Show in Second Life

The SLOODLE Game Show is an opensource game that gets connected to your MOODLE website using the SLOODLE platform. Once connected, you can be a game show host, and your students - contestants. Includes a Rezzer, Auto-Color-coding Game Chairs, Audience Landmarks, Game Buzzer, Game Timer, and a Scoreboard. Students sit on game chairs, which automatically connect with MOODLE, detect the group the student is in, and then move the student to the audience where the rest of their team members are sitting. You click on the chairs to "bring the students up to the front" and the students chair will zoom alien-vehicle style to their group's booth. You can then ask a question - and students click the buzzer to indicate that they'd like to answer. You can then get the students to answer and award the ones who answer correctly. The team's scores will then be updated on the Scoreboard, and on your Moodle Website.

From

Paul 'Fire' Preibisch 

Hi great educators!

I have recently released an opensource gameshow for Second Life, where YOU, yes YOU can be a virtual game show host for your students, in your Distance education classes. The Game Show is GPL 3.0 - which means it's totally free! What's more, is it connects to your MOODLE Learning Management Website, and feeds directly into the Gradebook.
Here is a video detailing how it works -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRVVrAp_64U

Let me know what you think!

Also, I am proposing a new tool for educators in Second Life, but I need some grant funding to create it - check out - SMART Chairs here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODca6J6iNI

If you are interested in the smart chairs, I'd love your input - please see the discussion on the SLOODLE forums here:
http://www.sloodle.org/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=2835

Additionally, if you need help setting up Second Life to work with your MOODLE website, please contact fire@b3dMultitech.com