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Just when you thought five Avatar movies seemed like more than enough, James Cameron drops another bombshell. Speaking at the Saturn Awards, the co-writer and director of the mega sci-fi franchise revealed that while the next three films have already been written and scheduled, the series could continue past that. And he’s already got ideas.Spoilers of the Week: July 8th“We’re fully written through movie five, and I’ve got ideas for six and seven, although I’ll probably be handing the baton on at that point,” Cameron told…

AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Bing Chat and Bard are becoming more and more popular, but what if they could also have a human-like appearance, voice and even emotions?That’s the idea behind WEHEAD, an artificial intelligence device that transforms ChatGPT into a lifelike avatar that can interact with you in real time. Person talking with WEHEAD (Zero Distance)What is this AI head?WEHEAD is a smart, 3D, head-shaped device that connects to ChatGPT and displays a face, expressions and voice. WEHEAD mimics a real person you can…

With Avatar: The Last Airbender premeiring later in the month, Netflix has gradually started to pull back the curtain on its adaptation of the 2005 cartoon. The show was never going to be a complete one-to-one of the original, but it does feel like some of the additions and tweaks to the show—like tampering down Sokka’s sexist behavior—don’t entirely get why they existed in the source material to begin with.How The Last Airbender Inspired Lisette OliveraOne interesting move the new show’s making is a remixing of…

James Cameron is a man known for spectacle. The sinking of a real model of Titanic, a planet filled with blue aliens and enormous spaceships, to a decimated space colony filled with carnivorous acid-blooded extraterrestrials. So when the man says something ‘blew him away’, there’s got to be something to what he’s using.In a recent Vanity Fair article Cameron told the interviewer, fairly emphatically, that while he doesn’t ‘bow down to the god of Apple’, he was ‘really, really blown away’. He’s not the only prominent…

A group of visual effects artists who work on the have . Fifty-seven out of 88 eligible workers at TCF US Productions 27 (a Walt Disney Studios subsidiary) voted in favor of the union in a National Labor Relations Board election. Nineteen workers voted against the effort and two ballots were void.TCF US Productions 27 is not the main VFX house that works on the Avatar series. That would be , which employs most of the 1,000-plus people who work on those projects. But an industry source pointed out to that the bargaining…

Actor Updates On Avatar 4’s Shoot Via Instagram ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) James Cameron’s Avatar is one of the highest-grossing franchises in Hollywood. The second film in the franchise came out in 2022, and even before the threequel’s release or any update about Avatar 4 began filming. Actor Stephen Lang, who appeared as Colonel Miles Quaritch in the previous movies, shared the news on his social media account. Keep scrolling for more. Avatar 1 was released in 2009, and after over a decade, the sequel…

In a new interview, the cast of Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender revealed a crucial change from the animated show, one that makes sense on the surface, but maybe not in context. Zuko and Korra's Voice Actors Reveal Their Dream Alternate Avatar RolesNetflix’s highly anticipated live-action version of the show will be out February 22 and—as has been the case with previous adaptations like Cowboy Bebop and One Piece—fans are likely to be highly critical of every decision made. After all, Netflix…

The Apple Vision Pro will be missing some major native apps at the outset, including , . One notable app to which users of the mixed-reality headset will have access when it is Zoom, which will support the Vision Pro's Persona feature.Vision Pro users will be able to create digital versions of themselves. If you have said Persona, others on a Zoom or FaceTime call will be able to see your facial expressions and hand movements via your avatar. So while you may not be using a traditional webcam, other folks might notice…

Image: NetflixNickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender saw Aang and the rest of Team Avatar travel the world so he could master all four elements from different bending masters. For all they went through, there was always a looming threat overhead in the form of Sozin’s Comet, a celestial phenomenon which served as a massive power boost for firebenders. Whenever the show drew attention to the comet, it made you feel how much Team Avatar wanted to be ready by the time of its arrival.How The Last Airbender Inspired Lisette…

Big tech’s big dreams of a corporate metaverse filled with virtual reality workplaces aren’t quite dead yet, at least according to Microsoft. The Redmond, Washington tech giant finally unveiled its 3D Mesh integration for Microsoft Teams, offering a new wave of generic-looking, legless avatars for making work meetings a fair bit more awkward.Warning! Microsoft Wants ChatGPT to Control Robots NextAs envisioned by Microsoft, this new Teams Mesh integration essentially lets users access 3D avatars, then stick them in…