2008 Woodie Awards
Week In Review
Mary Kate Nevin '09
Issue date: 2/22/07 Section: World
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Technology
NBA to offer games in 3-D
Can't make the big game in person? Just head to your local movie theater and experience the event live and in 3-D with other people in your community.
On Saturday, Feb. 17, The National Basketball Association held its very first 3-D high-definition broadcast, showing the All-Star Game at an invitation-only screening party at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.
"Our hopes are to understand the emerging technology and where our world of entertainment is going and to be part of that, and maybe to direct it," Michael Rokosa, vice president of engineering for NBA Entertainment, told Reuters on Friday, Feb. 16. "Our goal is . . . to bring more viewers to the NBA and to widen our fan base."
With such a viewing option, fans can get a communal experience even if the game is sold out at the arena or if their team is playing in another city.
The games will be shot using the latest 3-D technology. The new double-lensed Pace Fusion cameras will offer greater depth and clarity than their predecessors by simulating the way human eyes would view the scene. The audiences would wear round polarized glasses to see the 3-D images. The equipment was developed by Pace Technologies, a company founded by film director James Cameron and camera designer Vince Pace.
Local
System may sell Central Library
The Providence Public Library has struggled financially in the past few years, leading to layoffs, shorter hours of operation, and the considering of closing some of its branches.
Now, however, the library may take its most drastic step yet: Selling the historic 107-year-old Central Library, valued at $16 million even before the downtown "building boom."
"We may be sitting on $16 million that could be put to different use," Lisa Churchville, chairwoman of the library's board of trustees, told The Providence Journal.
"This central library is in a neighborhood that's not particularly easy to access and [lacks] parking. There may be another way to serve the public and to serve the neighborhoods."
NBA to offer games in 3-D
Can't make the big game in person? Just head to your local movie theater and experience the event live and in 3-D with other people in your community.
On Saturday, Feb. 17, The National Basketball Association held its very first 3-D high-definition broadcast, showing the All-Star Game at an invitation-only screening party at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.
"Our hopes are to understand the emerging technology and where our world of entertainment is going and to be part of that, and maybe to direct it," Michael Rokosa, vice president of engineering for NBA Entertainment, told Reuters on Friday, Feb. 16. "Our goal is . . . to bring more viewers to the NBA and to widen our fan base."
With such a viewing option, fans can get a communal experience even if the game is sold out at the arena or if their team is playing in another city.
The games will be shot using the latest 3-D technology. The new double-lensed Pace Fusion cameras will offer greater depth and clarity than their predecessors by simulating the way human eyes would view the scene. The audiences would wear round polarized glasses to see the 3-D images. The equipment was developed by Pace Technologies, a company founded by film director James Cameron and camera designer Vince Pace.
Local
System may sell Central Library
The Providence Public Library has struggled financially in the past few years, leading to layoffs, shorter hours of operation, and the considering of closing some of its branches.
Now, however, the library may take its most drastic step yet: Selling the historic 107-year-old Central Library, valued at $16 million even before the downtown "building boom."
"We may be sitting on $16 million that could be put to different use," Lisa Churchville, chairwoman of the library's board of trustees, told The Providence Journal.
"This central library is in a neighborhood that's not particularly easy to access and [lacks] parking. There may be another way to serve the public and to serve the neighborhoods."