Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Log in
  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

New project...

the murmuring subsided, an ominous silence descended over the arena as a lone figure appeared on what, due to the sheer mass of the audience, seemed to be an all together inadequately small stage. Lit by a singular diffused soft light to the stage right, a column of cigar smoke headed to the stars, delivered powerfully in a deliberate, appreciative plume. Dancing at the periphery of the light shaft, elements of our host, involuntary twitches of cheek musculature choreographed shadows across a chiseled profile. One could sense it as a knowing, confident entity. An unwavering, some may say exuberant and confident voice greeted the crowd, a crowd who had sat for hours, coiled to almost breaking point in anticipation. They seemed to hang on every word, and as the address began one could sense a collective release of tension.

"Ladies and Gentlemen" said Jim, "you have waited this long, and whilst I have become somewhat acclimatised to creating magic, this endeavour goes beyond that. Thank you for your time, your belief, your trust". Stepping fully into the light we see that Jim is not alone, in his right hand he is holding a plain box, a plain brown cardboard box, no markings, no branding, simple. Reaching in he stopped, looked at the crowd and gave a grin ..........

are we getting close?

I admit a few Whiskeys infused my bloodstream this night....
 
Last edited:
Marc Thorpe said:
the murmuring subsided, an ominous silence descended over the arena as a lone figure appeared on what, due to the sheer mass of the audience, seemed to be an all together inadequately small stage. Lit by a singular diffused soft light to the stage right, a column of cigar smoke headed to the stars, delivered powerfully in a deliberate, appreciative plume. Dancing at the periphery of the light shaft, elements of our host, involuntary twitches of cheek musculature choreographed shadows across a chiseled profile. One could sense it as a knowing, confident entity. An unwavering, some may say exuberant and confident voice greeted the crowd, a crowd who had sat for hours, coiled to almost breaking point in anticipation. They seemed to hang on every word, and as the address began one could sense a collective release of tension.

"Ladies and Gentlemen" said Jim, "you have waited this long, and whilst I have become somewhat acclimatised to creating magic, this endeavour goes beyond that. Thank you for your time, your belief, your trust". Stepping fully into the light we see that Jim is not alone, in his right hand he is holding a plain box, a plain brown cardboard box, no markings, no branding, simple. Reaching in he stopped, looked at the crowd and gave a grin ..........

are we getting close?

I admit a few Whiskeys infused my bloodstream this night....
Click to expand...
That's some good whiskey prose Marc. '-)
 
Last edited:
Elsie N said:
That's some good whiskey prose Mark. '-)
Click to expand...
Haha, cheers Elsie, a number of edits were required, one eyed edits...
I for one, and if I had a rotund and voluptuous beer belly, will be breaking out the oversized wooden salad spoons for a round of air drums, pounded out on said voluminous abdominal body part, to the time honoured classic of 'In the Air Tonight' by Phill Collins as and when this puppy gets revealed...
 
Last edited:
Nice Marc.
 
The ability to explore one's full potential is a rare thing, and when it happens we either benefit from the results or weep at the consequences.
Whatever it is, I look forward to the benefits of this latest bit of inspiration.
 
Jim comes up for air about once a month so I imagine we should be headed for an update sometime soon, let's hope it's all good...
 
Jannard said:
...
"Everything can and will be made better. It is just a matter of when and by whom." I said this back in 1975. It is true today.
...

Jim
Click to expand...

I need to make this a print. And Jarred needs a copy.

Born in 1975. I hope your words catch on to me as well ;)
 
I am pretty sure I know what it is

I am pretty sure I know what it is

I am pretty sure I know what it is...
Jim, do I get a red Raven if I guess ?
 
Chris Luker said:
So Jim must have fallen into the time-travel vortex and hasn't made it back yet...
Click to expand...
Nah, he's just mastered the art of setting that hook. Look at how we're all biting. Whatever the update is it seems so many folks are sold on it before they even know what it is.
 
I want to toss my 2¢ in here. Forgive me if this has already been addressed. I didn't feel like reading 78 pages before righting this.
This is my hope.............................................

These beloved cameras of ours are getting more and more powerful, what with 8K in two flavors now. The main problem we have is a way to efficiently handle all that data and do it affordably.
There are four things I am praying to God that Jim or someone is developing.

1. A TRULY PROFESSIONAL OPERATING SYSTEM

An OS that's a simple to use as a Mac and just as elegant. No frills. No animated folders. No cutesy teeny-bopper flair. Just the basics: Email, Web Browser, Robust security, maybe a chat app and ways to automate tasks. A stripped down, non-consumer, professional OS dedicated to running only the software we need.

2. A PROFESSIONAL VIDEO EDITOR

I know there are many flavors so I'm not turning this into a war of who's better, Premiere or FCPX or Avid or the one in RC-X. Again, a no frills editor that is clean, elegant, intuitive (at least for those of us that edit). When you open it its UI is clean and simple but you can make it as complicated as you want. As a bonus it would be awesome if it could run FCPX, Premiere and Avid plugins.

3. BLAZING FAST, AFFORDABLE STORAGE

If we had these first two items we would still be in a terrible bottleneck situation with the large amounts of data we use with our REDs. Although storage devices have become faster it seems to me that the technology really hasn't changed in 20 or 30 years. Or at least it hasn't really changed in a way that's accessible or affordable to the average user. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I certainly have not done extensive research on this topic.

4. CUTTING-EDGE PROCESSOR

RED has developed a way to capture 8K Full-Frame VV images at up to 60 fps. My God do you realize how much processing has to happen just for a single frame? Multiply that by 60X/sec. Someone help me with the specifics on this but how is it we can ingest that amount of data but getting it out and using it is much more difficult? There has to be a better way but I'm not smart enough or wealthy enough to make it happen. Surely someone can develop a processor that can handle all of this efficiently.

RED made it's mark by disrupting the film industry and look where we are today. I think it would be awesome if they disrupted the computer industry too.
There simply has to be a better way.
 
I like 1. I think it is time for a new OS, to run on powerful machines. Unless apple decides to go back in time and become again the simple user friendly company it used to be...
 
If Jim hadn't said VR/AR was dead in the water, I would have thought it was THIS.
 
Elsie N said:
If Jim hadn't said VR/AR was dead in the water, I would have thought it was THIS.
Click to expand...
Jim's a great business brain for sure, but his opinion is just that, an opinion. I think personally there will remain huge potential in the VR world for many years to come. More specifically when one looks at the ways it could be implemented merely from an educational standpoint.
 
Elsie N said:
If Jim hadn't said VR/AR was dead in the water, I would have thought it was THIS.
Click to expand...

This is what I was thinking, especially since Ted Shilowitz is in charge of VR at 20th century. There was a post a few years ago where Jim said they were working on lightfields, and that is a big component of magic leap. It's a perfect fit -- the optics, the wearable glasses, the extreme image processing -- all things that Jim has experience with. Maybe he thinks Magic Leap is something different than standard AR/VR, or like you said, this has nothing to do with it.

Jannard said:
The future will be quite a bit different than what we know as "now". Everyone will need to adjust. That is what professionals do.

In the end... it is all about the image. Sorry to be so cryptic. In this day and age, that is the best I can do. But I am more excited than ever for what is about to unfold.

Jim
Click to expand...

Jannard said:
One thing I will say is that we are working on multiple focus and depth map (think Lytros) but with wicked high resolution... The prototype is incredible. Don't tell Gizmodo or Engadget. :-)

Jim
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top