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Sunday, April 24, 2022

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Artificial Intelligence Infringing on Actors' Rights Says Union Equity

Variety: Performing arts union Equity is launching a campaign around performers’ rights over artificial intelligence (AI). They hope to persuade the U.K. government to introduce laws that will prevent companies using AI performance synthetisation – based on real performers’ voices and likeness – without their permission.

Top 8 Uses for Augmented Reality

GMW3: Augmented reality (AR) is a technology with a dizzying range of potential applications. And as new and more powerful AR hardware enters the market (such as Apple’s mooted glasses), we’re likely to see even more uses for AR.

Street Art Alive has splashed colorful, digital murals inside a Los Angeles art space

www.timeout.com/los-angeles: “We come from the art world and every time I see these [immersive shows], they’re these commercial things,” says Wayne Fernandez, general manager at Magic Box L.A., the event space at Downtown’s the Reef. “You get there and it’s like, I feel my soul being sucked out of me. But you know, we were very careful to make this more than just that.”

Measuring sustainability within the theatrical lighting industry

et cetera...: Earth Day is April 22 and we at ETC continue to look at what we can do as a manufacturer to increase our sustainability efforts and decrease our carbon footprint. During CUE 2022, a team from our London office did a deep dive into the data behind our product manufacturing, shipping, and end-of-life practices to bring you a session on sustainable choices around ETC products. Climate change is happening, and we all have to play a part in slowing it down.

Read Excerpts from Stage Manager Richard Hester's HOLD, PLEASE: STAGE MANAGING A PANDEMIC

www.broadwayworld.com: Veteran Broadway Stage Manager Richard Hester (Jersey Boys) has just release "Hold, Please: Stage Managing A Pandemic," a memoir of the year Broadway went dark. When COVID struck and the lights went out on Broadway at the start of 2020, Richard Hester went from stage managing Jersey Boys to sitting at home watching the news. In his habitual way, he organized his thoughts, and began sharing them on social media.

 

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