A Kiss for the Petals (その花びらにくちづけを, Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke o), is a Japanese adult yuri visual novel series created by the dōjin group Fuguriya. The series debuted on November 25, 2006 with the visual novel of the same name for Microsoft Windows. It is the third generation of the Unreal Engine, designed for DirectX 9-, 10-, and 11-capable PCs, the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, and OpenGL-based OSes (Mac OS X, iOS). Its renderer supports many advanced techniques including HDRR, per-pixel lighting, and dynamic shadows, and builds upon the tools available in previous versions of the engine.
FWA People's Choice Award 2015, Webby Award x 3 (Virtual Reality Game, Net Art and People's Voice for Net Art), Adobe Cutting Edge Award, FWA Site of the Month, Awwwards Site of the Day, Numix, Communication Arts Award, Kill Screen Playlist, Japan Media Art Festival (Jury Selection, Art Category), Communication Arts - Interactive Annual 2016, Boomerang (Grand Prize).
The One and Only Vincent, Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam), 5 November 2016
Vancouver International Film Festival, 4 October
Japan Media Arts Festival (Sapporo), 16-30 September
Pop3 presented by TIFF, Lightbox (Toronto), 19-21 August
Home Cinema, Gare Saint-Sauveur (Lille), 2 April - 26 June
Mutek (Montreal), 1-5 June
Virtuallty There, MIT Doc Lab (Boston), 6-7 May
Virtual Reality Garden at the Canada House (London), 16 Mar - 16 June
Festival international du film d'environnement (Paris), 5-12 April 2016
Sheffield International Documentary Festival, 5-10 June
Museum of the Moving Image (Queens), 18 April - 26 July
Killscreen Playlist Public Arcade (NYC), 28 April
FITC (Toronto), 12-14 April
Festival Exit (Créteil), 26 March - 5 April
Festival Via (Maubeuge), 12-22 March
White Rabbit (London), 11 March
Gaité Lyrique (Paris), 9 March
Semaine dont vous êtes le héros (Montreal), 2-6 March
Game Developers Conference (San Francisco), Mild Rumpus, 4-6 March
RVCQ (Montreal), 25-27 February
PHI Center (Montreal), 5 February
Sundance Festival (Park City), New Frontier, 22-31 January
YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY.
Yes, you are on your way.
It is not your first journey but Way to Go is the next journey before you. A walk through strange country - strange, familiar, remembered, forgotten. It is a restless panorama, a disappearing path, a game and a feeling. Way to Go is a small experience that gets bigger as you uncover it.
And the trees will change their shape, and the sky will widen.
And you will fly.
We go away every day. We plunge through the city, skate down roads, tunneling toward a destination without remembering the quests we are on. A journey is a collection of moments - we are here, we are here, we are here, and yet we miss these moments. A journey is a collection of choices - turn here, stop here, choose here, and yet we surrender these choices.
What if we quit surrendering? What if we didn't miss?
Here is a world enclosed in a screen. Here is an adventure. A landscape of leaves and wildflowers, teeming with hidden life. A garden and a wilderness, a wistful blink of dream. You are Jean Painlevé, Marco Polo, Maria Merian. You are Alice, Sonic, Osvaldo Cavandoli. You are a visitor, a cartoon of face and limbs, and you are going on a walk.
Using hand-made animation, music, 360° capture technology and webGL sorcery, Way to Go imagines a dream-world of journeys. Walk, run, fly; crouch in the grass and remember what's hidden all around. Slip like a rumour from one place into another; chase your shadow; listen to the slow pulse of the metronome, black-clad, following in your wake.
Are you alone? Are you not alone? Are you dreaming or awake? Can you ever reach the mountains?
Can you see what's here before you?
Set out through woods and fields, sunlight and aurora, grey and colours.
Set out, in deliberate lucid looking
and you'll find,
perhaps,
the present.
(Preface by Sean Michaels)
AATOAA (pronounced like “À toi” in French) is a Montreal-based studio founded by Vincent Morisset and dedicated to original digital productions. AATOAA is renowned for its groundbreaking experiences that merge film grammar and interactivity. Over the years, its team has developed acclaimed interactive videos, feature films, custom technologies and VR experiences. In addition to making their own creations, AATOAA works for inspiring clients such as Red Bull, Arcade Fire, Skrillex and Google. The studio has been awarded with an Emmy, the Art Directors Club Tomorrow Award, four Webbys and two SXSW awards.
www.aatoaa.com
Beginning May 2, 2014, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) marks 75 years of innovation and leadership in film and interactive media. The NFB is one of the world’s leading digital content hubs, creating groundbreaking interactive documentaries and animation, mobile content, installations and participatory experiences. NFB interactive productions and digital platforms have won 100 awards, including 10 Webbys. To access acclaimed NFB content, visit NFB.ca or download its apps for smartphones, tablets and connected TV.
Three years after its creation, the direction of new writing and transmedia of France Télévisions opens a new chapter in its history.
With 90 online programs, 45 ongoing projects, almost 100 hours of available video, more than 400,000 dedicated players, and 27 awards, its strategy is now divided into three areas:
1- Develop large collective narratives or public service campaigns with France Télévisions channels.
2- Introduce original audio-visual works by uncovering new and unknown paths, including fiction through 'Studio 4', documentaries through 'Infracourts', or rerouted news on social networks.
3- Push narrative researchever further by integrating game and its inner workings into narration, by extending creation to networks and encouraging participation, and, especially, by grounding more and more programs in real life—outside and on the streets. Binaural recording and Oculus head-mounted displays have made it possible for new forms of immersive experiences and installations to take place. Spaces can now be reinvented through apps and augmented reality. Why? To ultimately change our perception of the world and to endow it with additional senses or dimensions, which, in turn, can change us. There are infinite creative horizons opening on the fringes of life and its representations. We scan these horizons with great exhilaration.
nouvelles-ecritures.francetv.fr
Before it became a necessity during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, many companies had already begun realizing the benefits inherent in embracing remote work. These benefits are substantial and signal that (even when the pandemic is but a memory) remote work will continue to flourish and become a mainstay in the redefined workplace - particularly when it comes to VoIP. This guide will demonstrate how the workforce is changing and leaning toward remote work as a permanent business choice, explain the critical role VoIP will continue to play in supporting remote work, and highlight some of the new trends and innovations coming in 2021 for VoIP. more
As companies look for cloud-based tools to support recruiting, employee onboarding and training, payroll, and benefits, HR and Payroll software solutions will be positioned for substantial growth every year over the next 5-7 years. But what HR and payroll features are going to be necessities for a changing workforce heading into 2021? This guide describes the functions of HR and Payroll software in the changing business landscape, provides insight into how your business can determine which tools you need, showcases some stats and facts about the HR software market, and outlines the best features and functionalities of Payroll and HR software. more
Due to increasing cloud software adoption and a growing number of connected devices leveraged for business, security software is not just a mission-critical necessity, but also a strategic advantage that can be leveraged to secure company data, protect networks, and ensure that all endpoints are open only for authorized, trusted employees. This guide explores recent statistics around cybercrime and endpoint security, outlines the key functions of cybersecurity and endpoint security software, and highlights some of the security industry leaders to watch in 2021. more