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	<image><link>http://www.bigstage.com</link><url>http://bigstage.com/assets/images/logo_new.jpg</url><title>Big Stage Entertainment</title></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/bigstage/blog" type="application/rss+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item><title><![CDATA[CUSTOM BACKGROUNDS ARE HERE!]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/-l0BR1mQD6Q/view</link><description><![CDATA[Just a quick update on new features for the digital YOU.  Beginning today, you can now project your @ctor into custom backgrounds that are uploaded directly (by you) to BigStage.com.   Just think… in a matter of seconds you can be hanging out digitally on your favorite beach or going wild in that dance club you vaguely remember from last week.  To get started, login to BigStage.com and go to]]></description><pubDate>20 Apr 2009 @ 13:24 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/170/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[“UM YEAH.  THIS IS LIKE EVERYTHING THAT I’VE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT FOR A WHILE.”]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/2BhCrzVdi_U/view</link><description><![CDATA[These are true words from an email I received earlier this week as authored by a well-respected digital marketing executive. What can I say... it resonated with me, not simply because of the boiled down truth, but because this same sentiment has been echoed in countless meetings since I joined Big Stage nearly two years ago. Yes, reading this email made my day (thank you)!
Why do people respond l]]></description><pubDate>05 Apr 2009 @ 6:58 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/168/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act III = PortableYou]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/HzCqPJD1thI/view</link><description><![CDATA[People who frequent the Big Stage Joint tend to dream big. Kind of an unspoken requirement I guess. We started this thing with the vision of digitizing humanity... all of it... everybody. We wanted to create a technology so transformative that it would launch an unstoppable series of domino falls that would result in a planet sized population of digital people, all dressed up and looking for somew]]></description><pubDate>15 Dec 2008 @ 7:20 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/156/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome To BigStage.com: 'The Digital You']]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/JEx4GNwV_wg/view</link><description><![CDATA[
Have you ever wanted to see yourself digital? What if you could create any number of digital alter-egos that could be projected into movie clips, virtual worlds or even video games? What if a digital representation of “you” could travel around the connected world on your command, including to your MySpace and Facebook? It’s you, your way, online.  
Say Hello To Your @ctor (The Digital You]]></description><pubDate>05 Nov 2008 @ 0:16 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/121/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tip #1: Taking better pictures may improve the quality of your @ctor (the ‘Digital You’)]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/dGps7QQuNpM/view</link><description><![CDATA[The process of taking good pictures to create your @ctor is potentially the only difficult step when getting started on BigStage.com.  Detailed instructions are positioned throughout the registration process, but we do recommend that you watch the included video tutorial in its entirety.  You might also view the photo taking quick guide.  By following these instructions, you should be well on y]]></description><pubDate>22 Oct 2008 @ 12:19 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/111/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future of MMOG's: It Starts with You.]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/ScOsCTW3jKw/view</link><description><![CDATA[The New York Games Conference concluded, and was a huge success. The focus of my panel was the future of MMOG’s -- it was an honor to be on such a distinguished panel of industry experts and specialists that share the same passion I do: Gaming. So what is the future of what we know of as the MMOG? (Massively Multiplayer Online Game). We know that there are a number of games that span the globe, ]]></description><pubDate>03 Oct 2008 @ 23:34 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/110/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Will Finally Be Clever Online (Intelligent Avatars)]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/d436ucY-YL8/view</link><description><![CDATA[Email is different from face to face communication largely because of the time delay. Some people are more comfortable with that bit of delay because it allows them to collect their thoughts before responding. Big Stage avatars look pretty good and are getting better each day. Spellchecking is a solved problem. Grammar checking is improving, language translation is on the way, text to speech is su]]></description><pubDate>02 Oct 2008 @ 15:45 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/108/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Make A Still Image Come To Life?]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/r1lr3CVb6dk/view</link><description><![CDATA[What would it be like to virtually jump into the most famous painting of all time? What would happen if you could then personalize it with accessories and expressions? Wouldn’t it be fun to share it with all your friends on MySpace and Facebook? Well… that’s the experience you can have with Big Stage-enabled images. 
• Tip #1 = Get started with your Big Stage account and create your @ctor]]></description><pubDate>12 Sep 2008 @ 19:30 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/106/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Stage Public Beta Begins Today]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/lTy_XwIhDXI/view</link><description><![CDATA[Today is an exciting day for everyone at Big Stage. After several months of invite-only private beta and over two years of product development (on top of nine years of core tech research at USC), we're proud to debut the beta version of BigStage.com to the public. Anyone can now visit BigStage.com to create their life-like 3-D avatar (called an @ctor) that can be projected into photos, videos, and]]></description><pubDate>03 Sep 2008 @ 10:47 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/99/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the future: personal jetpacks and virtual online clones for everyone ]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/R3zyuJdYrgA/view</link><description><![CDATA[What a virtual character can do for you: I think it was somewhere around my 10th trip to Tokyo that I realized I knew nothing about the geography of the city. I had learned to get around by subway which meant that I could drop into a subway stop in Akasaka and pop up in Shinjuku a few minutes later without the ability to find either district on a street map. My familiar subway map bore little rese]]></description><pubDate>29 Aug 2008 @ 9:54 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/97/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[@ctresses - Tips On Creating Your Female @ctor]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/0JBnXmoSYaE/view</link><description><![CDATA[When it’s time to create your @ctor there are a few things I can share with you that will give you the best results.  Just as in life, many of you ladies may spend some time getting primed and prepped before you step out the door.  I know some of you may have perfect skin and invisible pores, but for those of us who need a little help getting to perfection, this advice is for you. Sometimes th]]></description><pubDate>27 Aug 2008 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/92/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Open Stage Initiative]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/FUtasOGkoIs/view</link><description><![CDATA[We have always talked about Big Stage as The Playground for the Digital You. A place filled with friends, content, games and applications designed around you and your digital self, and that is becoming a reality with the launch of bigstage.com. This has been a long road and we are very excited about the results we are seeing in beta. With beta opening to everyone this month, it is time to look to ]]></description><pubDate>20 Aug 2008 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/96/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twiisting It Up]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/A0wVl_FGB6c/view</link><description><![CDATA[Last night we were one of 11 start-up companies chosen to "show off" at Twiistup 4, which is a networking party for technology startups in Southern California. Here's an interview featuring Big Stage chief creative officer Jonathan Strietzel with event sponsor TechZulu from last week. Here’s also a good shot of our co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Jonathan Strietzel on the way in…



]]></description><pubDate>18 Jul 2008 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/82/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snaps To Derek Broes At Paramount]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/fLbWiRL6Bec/view</link><description><![CDATA[Having never met the guy (although others in our company have a close relationship), I can only offer thanks for what Derek Broes (EVP, Business Development at Paramount Pictures) said at Digital Hollywood on May 6.  In regards to Big Stage technology and its impact on advertising he said:
"The technology was very, very compelling," said Broes, a former Microsoft senior director of global wirele]]></description><pubDate>08 May 2008 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/91/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing the Right Thing – Holding Back on Launch]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/OJ_3p0rQUHA/view</link><description><![CDATA[We've been working our butts off for the past year and a half to get this product out! We'd hoped to launch this month, but we've realized over the past few weeks that we need to push back our rollout to give us more time to refine the tech and overall user experience.  We're 100% confident that this is the right decision - we don't have contractual obligations to go live now and it's much more i]]></description><pubDate>30 Apr 2008 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/90/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Contact: Michael Jackson's Thriller]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/1nBfj1YVidU/view</link><description><![CDATA[Its alive! Well, sort of... We've licensed part of our technology to SonyBMG (Epic/Legacy Recordings) to help them realize a highly innovative promotion supporting the 25th anniversary celebration of Michael Jackson's Thriller - the best selling album of all time. Thousands of users are now touching Big Stage technology! Not bad. Meanwhile, this is only part of our tech. Different from the real-ti]]></description><pubDate>20 Apr 2008 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/89/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Stage Opens Private Beta]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/ITJrtsVCiW4/view</link><description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Big Stage blog! We are officially charging into our Private Beta with our bug zappers blazing. Let the bug hunt begin! To all of you early Private Beta Stagers out there, whip out your goggles grab your can of "Bug Whoop-Ass" and let's go hunting! We're looking for everything from the basic graphics glitch to the big nasty system crashing bugs that we all are just overjoyed to see. ]]></description><pubDate>18 Apr 2008 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/101/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riding The Wave]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/Qg3QBi7-4pA/view</link><description><![CDATA[We're just coming out of the flurry of activity generated by CES. The whole process of being selected by Intel and preparing to be on the stage alongside Paul Otellini, their CEO, for his Keynote at CES was incredible. The keynote at CES is a very "big stage" for a company of our size, and we've been working non-stop to keep up with the demands driven by that exposure. It's a shame that the timing]]></description><pubDate>14 Jan 2008 @ 1:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/88/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing The Stage With Intel]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/oIsbZV7i2W4/view</link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday was a great day around here. Big Stage officially came out of hiding at the 2008 International CES by joining Intel CEO Paul Otellini for his annual keynote address. Debuting in front of an audience of nearly 4000 people, we were one of four demo partners who helped show what the next social experience might light like as the personalized Internet evolves. Impact touches everything from ]]></description><pubDate>08 Jan 2008 @ 1:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/87/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[YOUR BIG STAGE AVATAR = @CTOR]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/CTvJzqZ99TY/view</link><description><![CDATA[Just a quick post to say goodbye to 2007. Over the last several weeks, Big Stage has finally named what has previously been referred to as your "life-like 3-D avatar" (or your "clone" as we have been known to refer to it internally). S/he will forever be known as your @ctor, who is a digital 3-D replica of YOU that can be dropped into a scene or projected across the digital landscape at your reque]]></description><pubDate>31 Dec 2007 @ 1:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/86/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sneak Peaks]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/GQ2utgYHTqU/view</link><description><![CDATA[This month marked the first external previews of Big Stage technology to the brand and entertainment world. The demo system we are using has a local version of our facial reconstruction software that outputs a basic and bald 3-D model. Does not connect to our media player yet. For visual examples, we have a variety of canned images and videos that work well in presentation. Overall, it's a rudimen]]></description><pubDate>15 Oct 2007 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/85/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Plan]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/r2knoA_P7wk/view</link><description><![CDATA[It's been seven months since we closed our Series A financing. We've been heads down getting our product built, and we've been able to get a couple of very strategic intellectual property deals done at the same time. It's an exciting time, as we're just now able to go out to the market to start getting feedback, and it's been phenomenal. It's very clear that we have built something that nobody els]]></description><pubDate>01 Sep 2007 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/84/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s In a Stage Name?]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/0gR7kMmkuXQ/view</link><description><![CDATA[My name is Jon Kraft, and I'm one of three founders of Big Stage. When my co-founders, both also "Jons" (Jonathan Strietzel and Jon Snoddy), and I started working together, we quickly realized we'd have to get creative with names. For a while we joked about needing new names, but it started to get serious when Strietzel named the first Big Stage avatar using my photos. He decked out my model (or c]]></description><pubDate>01 Aug 2007 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/83/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ride:  Where This All Goes]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/zA30Obfi1bU/view</link><description><![CDATA[Around here at Big Stage we share this crystal clear vision of a new world that is just emerging. Don't get us talking about it. We will bore you to death rambling at length. The gateway is a technology that creates the digital you. Once this @ctor exists the real fun begins. You can experiment with different persona. Try different hair. Maybe that Mohawk is really you. Drop into a movie scene. Be]]></description><pubDate>01 May 2007 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/95/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breakthrough]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/fTIYemA-goU/view</link><description><![CDATA[The first tech demo was interesting: That's how these things often go. Someone says they saw something amazing, but without knowing what else they have seen, it is hard to know how to calibrate their "amazing". You show up at the demo. It rarely works. It is usually mildly interesting. Maybe there is potential, but the only certainty is that is isn't there yet. 

So there I was at Dr. Medioni's ]]></description><pubDate>06 Apr 2007 @ 0:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/94/view</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musings on the Challenges of 3D]]></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bigstage/blog/~3/I6shP8I7i5g/view</link><description><![CDATA[Greetings. My Name is Douglas (The Fiddler) Fidaleo, Chief Scientist here at Big Stage and , let me be frank, I need your face. In 3D. 
I can't come to your house, and I don't want to force you to come to mine. I don't want you to spend any (more) money on fancy specialized hardware. You may be in your dorm room, or in your basement, in the office, or on the beach. Or maybe in a cave on some dese]]></description><pubDate>07 Mar 2007 @ 9:47 GMT</pubDate><author>Bigstage</author><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bigstage.com/CMS/node/98/view</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
