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Here's a phantaztic foto of an out-of-this-world project!

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211222.html

The launch:

Here's the latest (2021-12-22 00:48) launch info on the Webb telescope: 

"... due to adverse weather conditions at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, the flight VA256 to launch Webb – initially scheduled for Dec. 24 – is being postponed.

The new targeted launch date is Dec. 25, as early as possible within the following launch window:

• Between 7:20 a.m. and 7:52 a.m. Washington
• Between 9:20 a.m. and 9:52 a.m. Kourou
• Between 12:20 p.m. and 12:52 p.m. Universal (UTC)
• Between 1:20 p.m. and 1:52 p.m. Paris
• Between 9:20 p.m. and 9:52 p.m. Tokyo"

# posted by QPORIT @ 12:37 AM 0 comments

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PROGRAM

·        eXtended Reality:

o   Big changes and advances in XR over the past year.       

o   A look forward to 2022 and the future:

§  Ethics;

§  Regulation;

§  Competing Metaverse visions;

§  Crypto currencies, NFT's, and funding for content creators;

§  How webXR may fundamentally reshape the Internet;

§  And more…

SCHEDULE:

            6:00 PM EST    - SIGN-IN & NETWORKING

            6:15                  - PRESENTATION

            7:15                  - Q&A & NETWORKING

            7:30                  - CLOSE

If you would be interested in speaking at a future event, Or participating in a panel, Or sponsoring, Or helping to organize an event, Or helping to run this Meetup, Please contact eric@qporitxr.com !

Speaker: Eric Roffman

Eric is the Publisher/Producer of QPORIT XR: Quick Previews Of Random Interesting Things. Eric has published over a thousand articles, and conducted many VR video interviews, for QPORIT. QPORIT introduced [*] the term eXtended Reality (XR) in 2015.

[*] http://qporit.blogspot.com/2015/09/some-variations-on-reality-extended.html

Eric is a "professional eclecticist" long interested in film, theater, science, technology and interactive computing. He has a PhD in mathematical physics; founded and edited The American Film Magazine; created an award winning multimedia computer game; backed the Rift Kickstarter; created demos on internet collaboration for IBM's Research and Internet Divisions; was a director of internet programming for Viacom; created one of the very first computer generated videos to visualize solutions of differential equations, from work done at the Institute for Advanced Study; taught "Physics for Poets," and graduate level Mathematical Physics; and he has written, directed, produced and acted in dramatic adaptations of Shakespeare's sonnets, and has been creating 3D, 360, and VR videos, including both dramatic stories, and actor, director, and tech star interviews, for years.

Eric is currently writing a book on XR  (eXtended Reality) and converting the web 2.0 site, QPORIT, to QPORIT XR, which will report on all things XR with news, views, previews, reviews and interviews, published on a 3D, XR-Media rich, web 3.0 / webXR site.

Labels: content creators, eXtended Reality, meetup, metaverse, NFT, NYXR, Storycode, StoryForward, web 3.0, webXR, XR

# posted by QPORIT @ 4:14 PM 0 comments

Steven Spielberg's new version of West Side Story, set on the streets of New York, was previewed in an unusually good hour-long special on ABC. West Side Story is a truly great musical and by all appearances this should be a great film. The music is by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by Steven Sondheim. Tony Kushner wrote the screenplay for this version. Arthur Laurents  wrote the book for the original stage version. The story is adapted from Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

The actors are young, and many have not worked before in films. Rachel Zegler, (the new Maria) was last seen in her High School musical. The excerpts shown demonstrate prodigious new talent through out the cast. Rita Moreno (Anita in the 1961 film version) has a role; and many roles are cast with actors whose ethnicity and background matches their characters. 

Although I have not seen Spielberg's film version, yet, I've seen the original version of the story, which was missing the music, and set in Italy, but was beautifully written, and very powerful emotionally. 

CAST:

Ansel Elgort as Tony

Rachel Zegler as María

Ariana DeBose as Anita

David Alvarez as Bernardo

Rita Moreno as Valentina

Brian d'Arcy James as Officer Krupke

Corey Stoll as Lieutenant Schrank

Mike Faist as Riff

Josh Andrés Rivera as Chino

Iris Menas as Anybodys

David Aviles Morales as Aníbal

Sebastian Serra as Braulio

Ricardo Zayas as Chago

Carlos E. Gonzalez as Chucho

Ricky Ubeda as Flaco

Andrei Chagas as Jochi

Adriel Flete as Julito

Jacob Guzman as Junior

Labels: Arthur Laurents, film, Leonard Bernstein, musical, Rachel Zegler, Rita Moreno, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Steven Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, theater, Tony Kushner, West Side Story

# posted by QPORIT @ 1:56 AM 0 comments