Audrey Hepburn's digital simulacrum astonishes in new chocolate ad

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Here's the astonishing Galaxy chocolate advert featuring a CGI likeness of Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn. Using a mix facial scans, 3D modeling and an understanding of the actresses' facial expressions, Framestore managed to pull off a credible chocolate advert that seems to have captured the feel and character of an Audrey Hepburn film. Sure, everything is a little too slick and shiny and repeated viewings will surely show some imperfections but this just shows off where we are in CG character creation today. Are you impressed or creeped out?

iTunes U Content Tops One Billion Downloads

Apple today announced that iTunes U content downloads have topped one billion. iTunes U features the world’s largest online catalog of free educational content from top schools and prominent libraries, museums and organizations helping educators create courses including lectures, assignments, books, quizzes and more for iOS users around the world.

“It’s inspiring to see what educators and students of all types are doing with iTunes U,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “With the incredible content offered on iTunes U, students can learn like never before―there are now iTunes U courses with more than 250,000 students enrolled in them, which is a phenomenal shift in the way we teach and learn.”

Adobe Brings the Power of Photoshop Touch to Mobile Phones

Adobe announced the immediate availability of a new version of Adobe Photoshop Touch, optimized for iPhone, iPod touch, and Android smart phones. Inspired by the highly successful Photoshop Touch for tablets, the phone app brings core features of Photoshop desktop software to mobile devices and offers similar intuitive, touch-based gestures and features.

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Microsoft launches Office 365 for businesses and enterprise

“With Office 365, everyone from large enterprises to small businesses to individual consumers can now benefit from the power of Office and the connectivity of the cloud,” said Jason Brommet, Group Manager of Office, Microsoft Canada (right)

Weeks after releasing the new cloud-focused Microsoft Office 365 for consumers, Microsoft launched their software suite for businesses and enterprise at an event in downtown Toronto this morning. This is a major new update to its Microsoft Office 365 services for business and further pushes the office solutions to the clodu as Software as a Service. The new Office 365 service is available today in 87 markets and 20 languages and an additional 20 markets and 16 languages in the second quarter of this year.

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