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The media room in a home in Tampa, Fla. Credit Eve Edelheit for The New York Times


How a Projector Can Substitute for a Television Set

How a Projector Can Substitute for a Television Set

New York – I have fantasized about turning a part of the basement into a media room where I’d play “The Godfather,” “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Best Years of Our Lives” on continuous loop. But where to start? Chris Heinonen, the audio visual staff writer at The...
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Sarah Topham, left, and Ashley Hess taking part in the Void, a virtual reality experience, in Lindon, Utah. The start-up has refined the concept of mapping a virtual world over a physical set. Credit Jason Henry for The New York Times


Virtual Reality’s Potential for Magic Gets Real

Virtual Reality’s Potential for Magic Gets Real

LINDON, Utah — In an ordinary office complex here, past stacked cartons of Mountain Dew and a throng of hoodie-wearing employees, sits a prototype for an attraction that Hollywood thinks will become the next entertainment craze — an offering that could mint money for...
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Saudi women shop at the Al-Hayatt mall in Riyadh February 15, 2012. Single men are not allowed into the mall, which is accessible only to families and single women. Picture taken February 15, 2012. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed


At Last, Entertainment in Saudi Arabia

At Last, Entertainment in Saudi Arabia

A healthy debate is going on over social media and Saudi arenas mostly about objecting and welcoming a concept that is present in all countries all over the world, and has been absent in the kingdom for decades. It is entertainment, a concept absent from a state where...
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The screens of in-flight entertainment systems on an Airbus A350 XWB. Credit Kazuhiro Nogi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images


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