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Mr. T’s Pretty Handy With Computers

Jonas — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:44:10 +0000

Mr. T may be a Night Elf Mohawk, but who cares? What would you be if you were a videogame character? Meet the team behind Big Stage to be photographed and inserted into a game environment. Share the new you with the world. Read More

Smithsonian taps virtual world technology to take us to Blue Mars

Jonas — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:20:35 +0000

By 2150, it might be possible to breathe air on Mars — that’s if humans are able to develop an atmosphere on the planet. That’s pretty far off. But by next year, you should be able to explore what life on Mars would be like in a virtual world that’s drawing a great deal of attention. Read More

Blue Mars 2150 Moves Closer to Launch

Jonas — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:59:07 +0000

Today, VSE and a handful of partners, including the Smithsonian Institution, The National Geographic Society, NOVA, and Big Stage Entertainment announced a number of milestones and dates attached to the release of both a Blue Mars online virtual world as well as a museum exhibit to be housed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Read More

Your Digital Clone For Games, Videos, and More

Jonas — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:59:42 +0000

The folks at Big Stage want you to fit in perfectly as you wander through Second Life, or Facebook, or Grand Theft Auto. But more than that, they want you to be the same person in Grand Theft Auto as Second Life, with the same face – even if you have a mohawk in one and a business suit in the other. And they want to be at the center of that. Your ‘digital home’ or at least your digital coat closet… If they can pull that off, there’s probably some good money in it, and probably a lot of fun along the way. Read More

You Oughta Be In Pictures: New Software Puts Your Face In Movies And Games

Jonas — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:26:01 +0000

Big Stage takes CIA-funded technology that creates 3-D models of faces for security systems – and repurposes it for entertainment…it figures out where to paste your head in one of the available TV clips, such as on top of Mr. T’s body in scenes from The A-Team.

iStage Makes You the Star of iPhone Campaigns

Jonas — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:33:49 +0000

Brand marketers and advertisers are always looking for new ways to engage consumers and keep them interested. How better to do this than to make the consumer the star of the campaign? Big Stage Entertainment has come out with a solution that does just that. Read More

Personalized 3D Marketing

Jonas — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:57:54 +0000

iStage then maps the contours of the face from the photo and inserts into a marketing campaign. That’s possibly the most interesting part of the service—using the 3D images as part of a campaign generates revenue for Big Stage and gives marketers the ability to personalize their campaign with someone’s face. Read More

Interwebs: This Month’s Online Pics

Jonas — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:48:54 +0000

Big Stage is a media tech service that allows you to project yourself photo-realistically into…a huge library of TV and movie clips, video games, social networks and still images.….Hours of fun!

Big Stage Entertainment brings 3-D facial animations to the iPhone

Jonas — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:53:30 +0000

The Los Angeles company’s newest app (dubbed iStage) is all about mobile marketing. Company executives are betting it will appeal to brands interested in creating personalized mobile media campaigns. Read More

As Others Dig In, The Venturesome Set Out

Jonas — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:03:20 +0000

[Big Stage CEO Phil Ressler] said he was raising the additional capital from Mission Ventures, Tech Coast Angels investors and others “because in bad times you have to move forward; you can’t save your way to success.” Read More