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The Back Of The Brain May Soon Rule The Roost March 22nd 2023 - 10:00 AM

If industry reports are to be believed, Apple is poised to release a mixed-reality headset at some point in 2023. Of course, it’s anyone’s guess when Apple’s Reality Pro will actually see the holographic light of day, but one thing is worth noting: The advent of a mass-produced AR headset (albeit at 3000 USD) could portend significant changes for DOPs looking ahead to working in the AR space.

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Learning From The Experts At The BEITC Sessions at 2023 NAB Show March 21st 2023 - 09:30 AM

Many NAB Shows visitors don’t realize that some of the most valuable technical information released at NAB Shows emanates from BEITC sessions. The job titles of all but one speaker in the conference are all related to engineering, technology, development and research.

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Celebrating BEITC At NAB Show March 2nd 2023 - 09:30 AM

As we approach the 2023 NAB Show in the NAB centenary year, we celebrate the unique insight and influence of the Broadcast Engineering & IT Conference that happens alongside the show each year.

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Artificial Inspiration – Debating The Implications Of Training AI To Create Images February 6th 2023 - 09:00 AM

There is growing debate over the ethical and legal implications of using millions of images drawn from the internet to train AI powered software to create ‘new’ images. It feels like the beginning of a journey which could have profound implications for the creative industries – so it is perhaps predictable that the legal battles have begun.

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Capturing Nitin Sawhney’s Ghosts In The Ruins January 27th 2023 - 09:30 AM

The 2022 City of Culture festival concluded with a performance created by Nitin Sawhney CBE. Filmed on the URSA Broadcast G2, an edited broadcast of Ghosts In The Ruins aired on the BBC.

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The Compromises In Long Zoom Lenses Are Still There But Viewers See Fewer Of Them January 26th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Fox Sports’ broadcast of the 2022 Baseball World Series was a real eye-opener, and it wasn’t just because the Houston Astros handily defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. After all, for those in the know, the Astros were the heavily favored team so the outcome shouldn’t have been too surprising. But what was surprising and even amazing to many broadcast professionals were the quality of the images from the center-field cameras.

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Orchestrating Resources For Large-Scale Events: Part 2 - Connecting Remote Locations January 24th 2023 - 09:00 AM

A discussion of how to create reliable, secure, high-bandwidth connectivity between multiple remote locations, your remote production hub, and distributed production teams.

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The Shifting Landscape Of High Power, Low Energy Consumption CPU Design January 11th 2023 - 09:30 AM

With key CPU design personnel exiting Apple and moving to other players, this article discusses the significance of the recent moves and what they might mean for corporate strategies. It’s a shifting landscape that could affect us all.

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