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(or perhaps manufacture) a band, write a computer

Killed the Radio Star."

program to spit out some non-offensive but somehow

As t h e first music video

catchy pop tunes, budget a multi-million dollar video

played o n t h e n e w l y

shoot and make a go of it in the music game. Now you

conceived MTV i n 1981,

need a flashy web site and some extensive digital

perhaps what the Buggies

rights management schemes to work in the background

meant was that when the

and keep your less tech-sawy fans from sharing

music video was born, the game became about much more than just the music.

your creation with the world, bypassing the retail

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chain altogether.

Video added a whole new level of aesthetics.

Perhaps you want to be really bold and include a root kit

It was no longer enough to assemble a talented band,

on your newest CD to co-opt portions of fans' computers.

write some killer songs and make a go o f it in the

The point stands. Ideas, be they in music, business or

music business.

personal communications, are much more powerful when

In the MTV era, you had to be "camera friendly" too; where

they are presented with motion. Whether it's a video

previous generations listened to the radio for the latest

business card or a motion photo slideshow, the audience

bands, the new way was to turn on MTV (or later, Much

is more receptive and your message is delivered with

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more impact.

The Buggies were a one-hit wonder. Were they still

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H i t t h e Road: U l t r a - p o r t a b l e video Lately there's been a lot of talk about portable video players and the ability to watch your favourite television shows and podcasts no matter where you go, but there's another kind of portable video: the ability to record video no matter where you go. There are a number of different types of video cameras out there. The most popular type is still undoubtedly the MiniDV camera, with DVD cameras certainly picking up steam. Both of those types of cameras can still be a bit bulky, because they require moving media and the mechanical transport inside to make sure everything is moving properly. That's why— if you want to be truly portable—you might consider a solid state camera. Solid state cameras make use of flash memory technology. That's the same type of memory used by the majority of digital still cameras out there. Until recently, flash memory wasn't quite up to the task of recording video, because its write speed was too low for anything but rudimentary-quality video. Ongoing improvements in flash memory have now made it feasible for flash to be used for full-motion video and even high definition video. The downside is that flash-based video cameras aren't exactly cheap, especially if they record in high definition. Worse, flash memory cards will still only hold a limited amount of data on them at this point, so you may find yourself stocking up on removable memory cards if you don't want to have to offload your video to a notebook computer several times a day. You can get a 2GB SecureDigital [SD) card for around about 4250.

Samsung SportsCam Extreme SC-X21OL v.vAv.samsung.ca 5 6 9 9 (approx) Samsung's SportsCam Extreme is one of my perennial favourites for one key reason: in addition to a 10x optical zoom lens built right into the body of the camera, it comes with an external lens module that you can strap around your arm or your head in order to record yourself tearing down a ski hill at a

zillion miles an hour. This new model bumps up the internal memory to 1GB, but if you want to add more, there's a SecureDigital slot hidden behind a door on the front of the camera. The camera's capable of shooting in DVD-quality MPEG-4 (?20x480, at up to 30 frames per second). At two inches, the LCD screen is tiny, but it does the job. As with previous models, the SC-X210L has multiple functions, including digital still pictures, MP3/WMA playback, and the ability to function as a webcam when connected to your computer via USB 2.0.

Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD1 mrivi.sanyo.ca 51,099 Sanyo's Xacti lineup features some of the best-designed solid state video cameras on the market: they come with a fairly natural handgrip that gives easy access to all of the controls, which are located in a comfortable place for the thumb to reach. The new HD1 model bumps up the specs o f the Xacti line to include full HD recording (720p, o r 1280)(760 resolution) and 5.1 megapixel still images. The Xacti VPC-HD1 features a 2.2-inch OLED screen. The camera accepts SecureDigital memory, but the bad news is that SD cards are sold separately. You'll want to buy as large a card as you can afford, since a 2GB card will only hold 29 minutes at best quality. One of the camera's more interesting capabilities is the ability to capture a digital still photograph while recording a movie. There is a penalty though: when the camera takes the digital photo, there will be a slight pause in the video as the photo records to the memory card. The HD1 comes with a charging dock that also has component output, allowing you to view your videos on your high definition television. By Sean Carruthers

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company) and if you wanted, you could use a different transition between

very impressive - right-mouse click on an image and a dersiled pane; opens

every image. Motion effects: ProShow has three motion effects - zoom, pan and rotate

with all the options available to you. I found using this package to build long

- to give the illusion o f motion t o still images. These can be applied

or short slide shows very satisfying. Some of those killer features:

individually or in combination, and you can also alter how the effect plays

Transition effects: Transition effects change how one image is replaced by the next. For example, in a dissolve images appear to meld into each other,

out [slow to fast, constant, fast to slow, etc.). Audio and Synchronization: With the single audio track you can't do true

softening their flow. ProShow Gold has a few hundred [280 says the

multitrack audio mixing, although there is a way to add a narrative comment to slides by using a microphone plugged into your sound card and recording directly into ProShow. To my

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D V, o r N o t D V The Future On Demand: Developments in Digital Video

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- by the time we see the sun again. These days, one of my favourite future quotes is from William Gibson: 'The

off point for a media-on-demand world, even a defining symbol for a new generation.

future is already here - it's just unevenly distributed'

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As exciting and paradigm-shattering as developments in digital media techniques and technology are, they o f course do n o t come from

empires of the future are the empires of the mind."

nowhere. People are already working today with what will be a hot new

From the first images crudely created on a cave wall, to today's diverse and

gadget tomorrow. The cool tool release cycle is a complex affair, influenced not only by

dynamic digital landscape, it's the hand, eye and mind that combines humanity with technology to create real change.

technical capabilities, but by market realities and corporate priorities. It's

So what will you do with some of these new tools?

often a trickle down affair, with core functions defined in military and

Super (or Quad) Definition TV: So you think HD is all the rage? New, even

medical test labs, or advanced academic and technical research facilities.

higher resolution displays are coming, with upwards o f 1,600 lines

Such new technology reaches the marketplace after scaling - or dumbing -

(compared to today's 1080) of video information. Addressable pixels, for

down certain features for end user applications. Then, clever and creative

those who count, will increase t o 3840x2160 from today's roughly

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CMOS type sensor, the word i s that the Red camera will deliver 60 fps,

continue to grow in size, features and functions over the next little while,

uncompressed 4:4:4 video, or compress it down to a much more familiar

much as personal computers have grown in size and capabilities in the past

720p and 1.9 Mbps.

few years. Not just resolution, but storage, broadband and wireless access, control centre capabilities and more will be added.

Another company called Iconix Video (www.iconixvideo.com) will soon deliver on its promise of a new high definition camera head, weighing about

For those wondering what type o f camera will fill such a display, not

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but barely a ripple for high end broadcasters cr filmmaker) the multiform HO

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audio channels built-in. It will hit the market with a suggested price just

recorder - that acquires 1,600-line images with four 8.3 million-pixel HD image sensors; the company calls it "Quad HD" or 'Octavision," depending.

under 8100,000. Its weight and price are a little more than most home theatre enthusiasts might bear today, but tomorrow is on the way.

The output of the camera is said to be 3840x2160 with over 1,600 TV lines

Digital technology always gets cheaper, more functional, and smaller -

especially if the projector from Light Blue Optics is any indication. Expect of horizontal resolution [but it weighs about 20 pounds). Companies like Thompson, with its Viper camera, and our own Canadian that by the end of the year, a new generation of pocket-sized digital video manufacturer, ()also, also have 4K super high resolution cameras, and the projectors will be available, offering full colour imagery at resolutions up to trend to higher res acquisition and presentation will definitely continue. Sony, for example, is showing its 4K digital cinema projector res system

2048x1280. Incorporating laser projection and computer-generated holograms

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[CGHs), the new projectors are a technological alternative to conventional image projection, and are so small that a tiny projector producing large images could, for the first time, be integrated into a laptop, a PDA, or even a mobile phone. Smaller digital bits and bytes aside, developments in nanotechnology and

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merely disrupt it? How equipped are parents and teachers t o monitor

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market, because his goal is to make the laptop so pervasive that it would

due to social factors that weren't taken into consideration. In New Delhi, for

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goal of teaching children how to use the Internet. The initiative was only

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organization, the fact that the community wasn't consulted about the placement o f t h e k i o s k s , l a c k o f organized instruction on how to use the kiosks, a n d t h e unreliability o f t h e Internet connection. A similar initiative to modernize the small village of Ennis, Ireland by providing an Internet-ready PC to every family, a Web site for every business, and smart cards for each person, m e t w i t h similarly disappointing results. According t o the study, a visit to Ennis three years later indicated that 'the town had little to show for its money. Advanced technology had been thrust into people's hands with little preparation. Training programs had been run, b u t t h e y w e r e n o t sufficiently accompanied by awareness programs as to w h y people should u s e t h e n e w technology in the first place. And in some instances, w e l l -functioning s o c i a l systems were disrupted in order to make way for the showcase technology." The study observed that problems can arise with initiatives that are intent on providing hardware and software, but are not considerate of the social implications

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R i s e o f N a t i o n s : R i s e of L e g e n d s After scoring a hit with the historical real-time strategy (RTS) game Rise of

Train. "There are all these different ways you can do stuff using the

Nations and its expansion pack, Thrones and Patriots, Big Huge Games

Dominance that rewards really clever play and not just 'let me just build up

decided to do something a little different for its next project. Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, due out this month for PC, will be set in a

my giant mass of guys and let me throw them into the fray,' which is what a whole lot of RTS games are all about."

fantasy world and will feature three unique races: the Vinci (steampunk motif), and a mysterious alien race called the Cuotl whose ship has crashed

National borders Each faction in Rise of Legends has a border around its territory that can

on the planet.

expand and shrink when a player takes over new neutral sites or uses

inventors and tinkerers), the magic-using Alin (based on an Arabian Knights

HUB was recently treated to a sneak peak of the game in action courtesy of Big Huge Games VP of Development & Operations Tim Train.

certain technologies. As a rule, players can't build outside their national borders [although there are certain spells that can get around that).

Â°We love history games, and I'm sure we'll go back to history games at

-ro n. "The whole idea of national borders was huge in Rise of Nations. The

some point, but we really wanted to free ourselves from the constraints,'

thing that made us just pull our hair out with most other RTS games was the

explains Train. 'Yes everybody's seen a phalanx, everybody knows what a

whole idea of 'oh, you built a tower behind my lines and now I lose the game

phalanx looks like, there's no question about the musketeer, and there's only

because I didn't notice that you were building this castle behind m y

so many things you can do with that in terms of special effects. What does a

territory.' That doesn't feel very realistic. It's not like empires are won or lost

phalanx have for special effects? Nothing."

because I secretly built a castle right next to your capital.Â°

Besides the new setting, which Train says will give the company a chance to flex its creative muscles and push graphical boundaries, the developers are planning to push the RTS envelope in a few other ways as well.

Customization vs. randomization All of the maps in Rise o f Legends are custom-designed t o ensure a degree of quality and control over the artistic look, but at the same time

Econornu Players in Rise cf Legends will be able to kick-start their economy with a few button clicks. Tra.n: "One of the things were trying to do to move RTS games forward is

the studio didn't want to completely sacrifice the fun that random elements add to the mix. Items like resources (raw materials), relic bonuses, neutral sites and certain elements o f the terrain are all randomized i n ways that can

to get rid of that whole 10 or 15 minutes at the beginning of the game where completely change the way a map plays. all you're doing is building up the farms, slaughtering whatever animal

Train: 'For example, you might have a big mountain that blocks you off

happens to be in the game, and all that sort of thing. Caring about "econ" is

from the other side. This randomly generated object can be a whole

fun, raiding or defending against raids is fun â&#x20AC;&#x201D; what's not fun is doing the

mountain that blocks the entire map, so then it's a transport game where

same thing over and over again. We wanted to get you into decision-making

you have to build transports and land armies, or it could be that there are no

a lot quicker."

centre or side passageways so the only way around is this one choke-point at the north end o f the map, which is where all the fighting's going to

Neutral sites Neutral sites occur all over the map and can be either attacked and conquered, traced with to establish caravan routes, or bought outright with enough gold.

concentrate. Or you could have any combination of those things, so scouting becomes really important. One custom map can provide all of these hours of different kinds of gameplay based on what the random elements are." By Erin Bell

i f you choose to attack the neutral sites early, then you're going to have to lose some of your army in order to take the site. So there's this inherent trade-off of, do you want to get the neutral site early on so your opponents can't get it, or do you want to trade with it over time and be more peaceful, at which point you can buy it or even get it for free later on in the game. Buying or conquering neutral sites actually enables the player to build unique units that they can only get from that neutral site. So the conquest of neutral sites become very important' Dominance There are four powers in Rise of Legends that are awarded to players for satisfying certain in-game criteria. The Military Dominance, for example, is bestowed on the player who creates the most foot soldier units, and will grant them the power to lure enemy foot soldiers over to his or her side. Another example i s t h e Tactical Dominance, which i s awarded f o r destroying a certain number of enemy workers, which grants the ability to cast the Ceasefire spell that temporarily renders your enemies incapable of attacking you. 6

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