The number of people watching e-sports content globally is set to balloon to over 450 million this year. Here's why that matters. More
Get Ready for the Decline of Live Sports
Our bandwidth for media is saturated. The sports media industry’s players must find new areas of growth. More
Arts & Culture Media & Marketing
Can Disney Become Netflix? Or Will Netflix Become Disney?
While Disney has created a strong brand for content, will it be able to effectively compete against Netflix? More
Arts & Culture Media & Marketing
Disney May Not Remain Content’s King. Here’s Why.
Disney must adapt to the evolution in content creation by moving from a centralized studio model to a highly fragmented one. More
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Why Hollywood’s Star-centric Revenue Model Doesn’t Work
Much of Hollywood has no real business model. That fact is masked by a near-religious belief in the star system. Disney is a rare exception. But movies can make money in other ways, including by relying more on tech. More
Arts & Culture Media & Marketing
Goodbye, Hollywood
Hollywood is now irrelevant. The assets of the old studios barely matter anymore. The media companies that succeed will be those that can capitalize on lower cost formats while maximizing reach. More
Virtual Production Could Upend the Movie Industry
Over the last decade, the big story in Hollywood has been how streaming platforms have disrupted distribution. But in the next decade, the big story in Hollywood may well be how companies in gaming, visual effects (VFX), and tech industries, using virtual production (VP) tools powered by AI and cloud computing will disrupt content creation. […] More
Techonomy Does Burning Man 2018
In which our business manager makes his way to Burning Man and comes back, shall we say, enlightened. More
Arts & Culture Media & Marketing
Techonomy@SXSW: Advocating for Quality Journalism
In a time when the integrity of the press is more important than ever, major organizations are taking steps to combat fake news and improve news literacy. This discussion from SXSW explores how brands and marketers can build more informed communities. More
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Techonomy@SXSW: When AI Takes Over the Arts
Get a taste of SXSW with this discussion on the relationship between technology and the arts. It gets at the heart of what it means to be human -- and if that is, in fact, uniquely human. Will technology augment the creative process or replace it? More
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R. Luke DuBois: An Artist Who Just Happens to Use Computation
R. Luke DuBois is a man of many talents: musician, visual artist, and data scientist. In a recent interview with Techonomy's David Kirkpatrick, he spoke about his inspirations and gave a behind-the-scenes look at his unique dual video portrait of Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. (From the latest issue of Techonomy Magazine) More
At Eyebeam, Tech Meets Poetry and Aesthetics
A hadron collider for art and technology, Eyebeam is a Brooklyn incubator that launches companies and art projects, benefitting both. Its aesthetic centers on the rapid-moving world of technology. This institution doesn't care if you call yourself an artist or an engineer, so long as you're making things that matter. More
Man, Machines and… Fashion?
If you are eager (as we always are) to do something Techonomic this weekend and are in New York, check out the amazing show Manus x Machina: Fashion in the Age of Technology at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It closes on Labor Day, so don’t delay. More
The Bleak Emotional and Social Premise of Pokemon Go
The original Pokémon television show stressed friendship and loyalty. So why does Pokémon Go feel more like digital dogfighting? Pumping Pokémon full of "stardust," caging them in pokeballs and only bringing them out again for combat: Pokémon GO offers a far bleaker narrative than previous iterations of the franchise. What does it mean when our technology starts to cast aside the standards of decency and morality we hold dear? More
Building a Universe in a Video Game
A tiny video game studio in England has reinvented the cosmos. The game No Man's Sky, set to be released this summer, uses procedural generation to create an entire explorable universe. Complete with 18 quintillion planets and all the geography and biodiversity to go with them, No Man's Sky pushes the limits of what a video game can be and what virtual simulation can achieve. More
Reflections from Ross: Go Pokémon!
In under a week, Pokémon Go has taken over phones - and lives - everywhere. As the world scrambles to catch Doduos and Bulbasaurs, our program director gives the game a try on the streets of New York City. It may be buggy, and it's certainly distracting, but could Pokémon Go be ushering in a new era of mass consumption for augmented reality? And just why, exactly, has the nostalgia-driven remake of a Gameboy classic taken over the mobile world? More
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Five Ways AR and VR Will Improve Our Current Reality
A flood of investments into the new tools of reality continues to fuel innovation. Virtual and augmented reality, from the original Google Glass to the latest Oculus Rift, has continually shaped the technology market,and will grow substantially in the coming years. AR and VR will impact the world around us in a number of interesting—and beneficial—ways. Here are five things to look forward to. More
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The Coming Age of Creative AI: From Roboadvisors to Roboartists
Data scientists are creating robo-artists out of digital neuron clusters called recurrent neural networks. They use machine learning and artificial intelligence to reverse engineer visual art, generating images that resemble Picassos, Van Goghs and Munchs. Now that our software progeny are transcending their humble beginnings they just might become real artists, amplifying and robotizing creativity. More
Arts & Culture Internet of Things Society
Reflections from Ross: Art, Culture and Tech
Last week DLD was in New York for their annual shindig, and the city was treated to its first Creative Tech Week. CTW brought together artists, designers, makers, creators, entrepreneurs, developers and new media folk to show off their work. And DLD, a wonderful marriage of German and American sensibilities, included two museum curators who spoke about some digital challenges facing art. More
It’s Complicated: TechnoHeritage Marries Tech and Cultural Heritage
The use of tech to preserve, reproduce and recreate antiquities and items of cultural value is not new. Apple's The Virtual Museum CD-ROM (remember that?!) came out way back in 1992. Now ancient ruins across the globe are being destroyed by war, terrorism and natural disasters. While tech offers incredible ways to recreate treasures, an article in The Boston Globe underscores the complex cultural, ethical, legal and political questions that raises. More
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