The Hobbit Starts Shooting At 48fps

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The massive production has started in New Zealand today for shooting the highly anticipated movie, The Hobbit. Peter Jackson has already confirmed that The Hobbit will be shot at 48fps instead of the traditional 24fps. Oh and it will be shot in 3D as well. Most movie theaters currently don't even support projecting movies at the high 48 frames per second rate but Peter Jackson says by the time The Hobbit is released in 2012, most movie theaters will support the 48fps format. The big advantage of shooting in 48fps over the traditional 24fps is that the results are much clearer, smoother and more lifelike. Shooting in 48fps will also help watching the movie in 3D without getting any eye strain.

Can't wait until 2012? Catch a spectacular 10-minute first video behind the scenes of the massive production of shooting The Hobbit on Facebook.

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Nir Schneider

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In-Depth Look At Portal 2

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The much anticipated Portal 2 hits stores this month and we're already seeing new snippets of in-game gameplay hitting the World Wide Web. Here is a new in-depth look at the new Portal 2 from GameTrailers, which might I add, looks like it could possibly be more mind bending than Inception.  

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The iPad 2's Glass Is Super Tough

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Even though the iPad and the iPad 2 never used Gorilla Glass, they are still very strong. The iPad 2's glass is 27% thinner than the glass found on the first generation iPad. iFixYouri thought it would be nice to test out both the iPads glass to see which is stronger. It turns out the iPad 2's glass is much stronger and flexible than the iPad 1. Anyone else think that iPad 2 was extremely close to the edge of that table? It was used to take a different angle video of the test and the quality looks much better than the main camera that the guys over at iFixYouri used to shoot the video. Check out the video after the break and don't try this at home kids.

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Corning's New Gorilla Glass Ads

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Corning's tough Gorilla Glass is found in many portable devices like the Dell Streak, Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab, and other various portable devices. Corning's new ads display the toughness of the Gorilla Glass which is now being used in kitchen appliances and LCD televisions like the Sony Bravia. The Gorilla Glass really is as tough as Corning claims with many tests users have done like stabbing devices using Gorilla Glass as screens with sharp objects. Unlike Apple's tough yet fragile glass screen found on the iPhone which can crack and break from a simple drop, Corning claims their Gorilla Glass is tough, damage-resistant, scratch-resistant and helps protect the coolest smartphones from everyday drops and bumps. If Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 will still be made from glass on both sides, I want some Gorilla Glass. Check out the new videos below.

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Fring Update Allows iPhone Video Calls over 3G!

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Nobody knew if Apple was going to approve 3rd-party apps that use the front facing camera for video calls on the iPhone 4, but now we do. As Fring, just updated it's iPhone app to support video calling! But the great thing about this is that it that it works over 3G. It is a bit more complicated than Apple's Facetime service, which requires WiFi to work but is very simple and intuitive. But it Fring does work over 3G, which is a Plus.

Download the app Here

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Patrick Rigby

Music Video Shot Entirely on iPhone 4!

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A Indy-rock band called “Doctor Pants” used an iPhone 4 as their sole camera to shoot a entire full-length music video. According to their blog at DoctorPants.com, they it took only 48 hours to complete as they started putting it together on June, 29th and finished it the very next day.

In this video you can really see what the new camera and 720p capture capabilities of the iPhone 4 are. It is shot indoors as well as outdoors, and captures both still and fast moving objects brilliantly.

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An iPhone 4 Short Film

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This Short film was entirely shot and edited right on the iPhone 4 using the new iMovie App for iPhone. It really is incredible and it took the makers behind this short film 48 hours to complete. Of course in order to get very stable results, the short film makers used custom camera dollies with the iPhone 4 mounted on. This short film really shows the full potential of the iPhone 4's HD camera. Note: To view this in HD, click the source link below.

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Nir Schneider

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