Mixamo Aims to “Democratize” Motion Capture, Keep Dots Off People’s Faces

Mixamo unveils software that hopes to make anyone with a Webcam into a motion-capture actor.
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Kevin Spacey Goes All House-of-Cards on Hollywood (Video)

Thus spake Francis Underwood: “There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong, or useless pain.”

A Passive Newsreader App: Guide Wants Its Avatars to Read Your News

A Miami-based startup is working on a wacky app where avatars present users with stories from their favorite news sites.

Activision’s Call of Duty Hits $1 Billion in Sales in 15 Days

It took one day to hit $500 million in sales, and another two weeks to double that.

Robert Downey Jr. Reports for Duty to Help Activision Sell More Black Ops II (Video)

Guess who brought a jet to a gunfight? Downey did!

What About “Terminator 2”?

If the Titanic happened does that mean Avatar happened???

— PRguitarman, via Twitter

Deep Diver James Cameron Talked Ocean Geekery Way Back at D8

His love of the sea goes on (and deep this time).

Non-Fairytale Ending for 2011 Movie B.O. — Time to Blame the Internet Again (Or Just Bad Movies)?

Should Hollywood blame turkeys like “New Year’s Eve,” or all those beeping, buzzing digital devices?

Activision’s Call of Duty Hits $1 Billion in Sales in 16 Days

Activision’s first-person shooter has hit $1 billion in sales, officially beating the blockbuster film “Avatar,” which took 17 days to achieve that milestone.

The Sky People Have Spoken

The release of Avatar … represented the pivotal moment for digital cinema, with digital technology forming the bedrock of the modern cinema environment.

— David Hancock, an analyst with IHS Screen Digest, names Avatar as the major catalyst in the accelerating decline of 35mm celluloid.