Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age

Mike Hoefflinger:  "With each of the six biggest global consumer technology companies now deeply invested and feverishly in development, VR/AR has become too big to fail..."

V Renée:  "Sometimes a camera comes along that changes everything you thought you knew about filmmaking. This -- is not that camera."

[DRC:  Something just for fun ....]

Chuck Salter:  "A Google Ventures-backed startup partners with NASA, Microsoft, and satellite makers on a children's book of galactic ambition."

Meg Miller:  "If these images could talk, oh the tales they'd tell..."

Melanie Ehrenkranz and 'digital culture guru' Frank Rose  discuss "how the future of storytelling will largely be shaped not just by the shiny new tech toys of the now and near future, but also largely on how storytellers integrate them into narrative practices of the past."

Tao Tao Holmes:  "Ever heard of geocaching, or GPS treasure-hunting? Now think literary geocaching: stories that can only be opened in specific locations that you have to find. Hidden fictions, where you inhabit the same spaces as the characters themselves."

Matt Mulcahey:  "Instead of limiting point of view to a single shaky handheld camera wielded by one of the characters, Unfriended unfolds entirely on the Mac laptop of Blaire, a high schooler who, along with five or her friends, is terrorized by the spirit of a cyberbullied classmate on the year anniversary of her suicide" ...

Dianna Brodine talks with Jeff Gomez about "opportunities for print to integrate with movie and video game storytelling."

Mark Wilson:  "So many companies, so many technologies. Who can keep it all straight? We can! Here's a plainspeak FAQ to get you up to speed."

Samantha Murphy Kelly:  "Selfie drones, virtual reality headsets and simulated art farms are just a few of the most-buzzed-about "toys" getting a big push at the 2016 Toy Fair in New York City this week. Wireless connectivity, integration with the "Internet of Things" and voice activation are some of the most innovative features."

Linc Gasking:  "The thesis of VR/AR is that, as a new interface, it will take over many parts of existing interfaces, including real life, such as shopping, education and some forms of live entertainment — and, of course, the Internet. But the true magic and innovation is what we’ve only been able to imagine as part of science fiction: traveling back in time, teleporting to a different location and being with people who are no longer with us."

Daniel Terdiman:  "In a nondescript building in L.A., Fox's "three amigos" are helping to define Hollywood's VR future."

Catherine Shu:  "Magic Leap, the secretive tech firm that's backed by Google, just posted a video that gives the clearest look yet at what its augmented reality technology can do."

Amanda Aszman:  "Ridley Scott. Matt Damon. NASA. Add Territory Studio & you have a recipe for UI design—& box office—success. Let's go behind-the-scenes of The Martian movie" ...

Jeremy Hsu:  "Why 4D movie theaters that offer the novelty of special effects such as smells, motion chairs and wind effects typically fail at storytelling immersion."