erichocean

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by erichocean 15y ago
Really? This reminds me of Tivo, who thought they had a great way to monetize the middle between content and the cable companies. Netflix is on it's way out, just like Tivo. They have ZERO leverage and are doing everything they can to turn
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by erichocean 15y ago
And this is why Netflix' business model is doomed. There is no way for them to compete with Comcast, who already gets $50 each month for Internet alone. There's just no way the content creators are going to give Netflix better terms than
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by erichocean 15y ago
> I agree that this is a big thing, but Pixar isn't just, or even mostly, iteration, it's the folks doing the iteration. It should be self-evident that you need very good filmmakers making films -- no technology "makes" a film. But it s
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by erichocean 15y ago
I like these options, "Live CGI" most of all. Thanks for everyone's contribution, it's very much appreciated. :)
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by erichocean 15y ago
In a former life, I helped out on the SproutCore project. It's good to see things like Batman.js taking up the challenge of a tightly-integrated MVC framework. (I'm still bummed SproutCore didn't take off, but there's little I can do to cha
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by erichocean 15y ago
It's interesting that they save the big price hike until after they bankrupted Blockbuster. Well played, in an evil-genius sort of way.
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by erichocean 15y ago
I like it. How does "Instant CGI" sound? That's probably closer to our system (it's instant when you're shooting on set -- obviously it takes time to set up the CGI environment, although changes do happen in realtime -- moving lights, props
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by erichocean 15y ago
The feedback so far has been fantastic (and unexpected), and your comment was no exception. I'd like to respond to one specific line: "Tell us why the world needs Fohr, not why the world needs Pixar Clone." A common complaint I hear is "W
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by erichocean 15y ago
First, thanks for taking the time to give your feedback. "Moving lighting into pre-production" is the key thing that allows all of the other good things to happen, and cannot be done today without our tech (AFAIK). Question - Which part of
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by erichocean 15y ago
The difference is 100% on the production side, not in the final images (although we can do certain kinds of Avatar-style full CGI environments for about 80% less than they cost now -- $100K minute vs. $500K minute). Carpathia, as you might
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by erichocean 15y ago
I don't understand what your company mantra/slogan above means at all. In your defense, this comes after three slides of prep which explain computer-photography, and how Fohr is like Pixar. The words "leverage" and "next generation" ring
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by erichocean 15y ago
That's great feedback! I similarly dislike meaningless verbiage, but somehow didn't see it in my own writing (heh).
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by erichocean 15y ago
I liked his "what is your mantra" slide. For my own company, Fohr, we have a slide with our "Investment Thesis", which seems to be similar in spirit: Fohr is able to leverage computer-photography and the ﬁlm Carpathia to build a proﬁtable