Press
2008 News Coverage
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Best of People: Steve Perlman
Natasha Sarkisian, SF Magazine, July 2008
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Heavy Handed
Barbara Robertson, Computer Graphics World, July 2008
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Mova Reveals its Work Capturing Faces for The Incredible Hulk Film
Dean Takahashi, Venture Beat, June 22, 2008
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Louis Leterrier on The Incredible Hulk
Rob Worley, COMICS2FILM, June 13, 2008
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Hulks Rage in the Machine
Joe Strike, Daily News, June 8, 2008
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Motion Capture
Heath Firestone, Post, May 1, 2008
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Developers Talk About Our 100Mbps Future at the Web 2.0 Expo
Geoff Daily, Apprising, April 28, 2008
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Mova brings lifelike motion capture to Unreal Engine
3
Kyle Orland, Feb 19, 2008
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CodeShop: The Faceplanters
John Gaudiosi, Edge Magazine, July 3, 2008
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Overcoming the Uncanny Valley
Tom Geller, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, July/August, 2008
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An interview with Rearden's Steve Perlman on investing in R&D
Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat, April 30, 2008
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Web 2.0: Obsolete within three years?
Charles Cooper, CNET, April 23, 2008
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GDC08: Mova's Steve Perlman talks Contour facial capture
Christopher Grant, joystiq, February 21, 2008
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Thinking About Tomorrow
Nick Wingfield, The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 28, 2008
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Tech leader assesses state of innovation in valley
Mike Antonucci, San Jose Mercury News, March 9, 2008
2007 News Coverage
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"Beowulf" Effects (And Angelina Jolie) Never Looked So Good
Jim Goldman, CNBC, November 16, 2007
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3-D System Makes Sense
Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, August 3, 2007
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Internet Meets Large Screen
Peter Wayner, The New York Times, May 17, 2007
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Blog: Spectrum Editor is Turned into Virtual Star
Tekla Perry, IEEE Spectrum, April 4, 2007
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Beowulf F/X Masters Put a New Spin on 3-D
James Lee, Wired, October 23, 2007
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What's Behind a Smile
Richard Conniff, Smithsonian Magazine, August 2007
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A Laboratory Tool Kit for Converting DVD Movies
Peter Wayner, The New York Times, June 28, 2007
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Face Time
Tekla Perry, IEEE Spectrum, April 4, 2007
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Video: Game Developer's Conference 2007
Game Invasion, March 16, 2007
2006 News Coverage
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Mova Contour: A Mo-Cap Revolution
Studio Daily, August 14, 2006
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CNN Podcast: Renay San Miguel Interviews Steve Perlman about Contour
Renay San Miguel, CNN.com, August, 2006
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Mova Revolutionizing Motion-Capture Process
Chris Marlowe The Hollwood Reporter, July 31, 2006
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Camera System Creates Sophisticated 3-D Effects
John Markoff, The New York Times, July 31, 2006
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Digital Replicas May Change Face of Films
Nick Wingfield, The Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2006
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Saving Face
Dean Takahshi, San Jose Mercury News, July 31, 2006
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Contour captures faces, avoids Uncanny Valley
Christopher Grant, Joystiq, August 1, 2006
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QuickTime Developer is in Motion to Capture Hollywood
Ellen Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, July 31, 2006
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Blog: Crossing the Uncanny Valley
Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe, July 31, 2006
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Q&A With Steve Perlman: Escaping The Uncanny Valley With Contour Motion Capture
Computer Power User, October 2006
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Blog: Steve Perlman’s Mova: Capturing Faces for Video Games; And isn’t my Face Scary?
Dean Takahshi, San Jose Mercury News, July 31, 2006
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Blog: Q&A With Steve Perlman, Founder of Mova
Dean Takahshi, San Jose Mercury News, July 31, 2006
2002 News Coverage
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Moxi to Merge with Digeo
Margaret Kane and Richard Shim, CNET, March 29, 2002
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New Buzz in Consumer Electronics
May Wong, AP Newswires, January 7, 2002
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The Most Valuable Square Foot in America
Devin Leonard, Fortune, Aptil 1, 2002
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WebTV founder unveils home multi-media system
Franklin Paul, Reuters, January 7, 2002
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Where The Toys Are
Peter Lewis, Fortune, February 4, 2002
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A Lot of Moxi
Chris Taylor, Time, January 21, 2002
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A Couch Potatos Digital Dream
Steven Levy, Newsweek, January 7, 2002
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Digital Hubbub
Economist, January 12-18, 2002
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All Together Now
Janet Rae-Dupree & Paul Andrews, U.S. News & World Report, January 21, 2002
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WebTV Founder To Unveil New Push Into Digital Living Room
Mark Boslet, Dow Jones Newswire, January 7, 2002
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Wave Theory
Eric J. Savitz, Barron's, January 21, 2002
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Challenge Microsoft? It could take Moxi
Firm hopes to manage broadband for homes
By Byron Acohido, USA Today, January 16, 2002
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Putting All Their Media In One Gadget
Leslie Walker, Washington Post, January 17 2002
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Showing Some Moxi
Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 2002
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You'll need Moxi - or something like it
USA Today, January 10, 2002
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Consumer Electronics Show: Buzz is on home-media centers
Brier Dudley, Seattle Times, January 6, 2002
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SECRETS of the trade: Projecting an air
of mystery helps generate a buzz
Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle, January 20, 2002
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Rearden Shows Its 'Moxi' With All-In-One Platform
Karen Brown, Multichannel News, January 7, 2002
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Rearden Steel Technologies/Moxi Press Release
Rearden Steel, January 7, 2002
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An I/O port for the home
Mike Langberg, The San Jose Mercury News, January 6 2002
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Microsoft's Missed Opportunity
Eric Hellweg, Business 2.0, January 29, 2002
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Preparing Homes for a New Era in Media
Jon Healey, LA Times, January 7 2002
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The Bright Stuff
Stephen Williams, Newsday, January 17, 2002
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Unlocking door to homes of tomorrow
Jack Schofield, The Guardian, January 24, 2002
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Rearden Steel unveils multimedia system
Richard Shim, CNET, January 7 2002
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Pillow Fight in the Living Room
Brad King and Elisa Batista, Wired News, January 9, 2002
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TV Shows New Moxi
Scott Hettrick, Variety, January 6, 2002
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Perlman's firm shows off digital entertainment hub
Chris Marlowe, Hollywood Reporter, January 8, 2002
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New multimedia system plays it all
Richard Shim, ZDNet News, January 7, 2002
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Web TV co-founder building a better box
Daniel Frankel, Video Business, January 7, 2002
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Coming: Set-Top Box Recording
Lisa Morgan, IEEE Spectrum, February 7, 2002
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First Look: Moxi Media Center. Will this all-in-one set-top box be the last one you'll ever need?
Andrew Hawn, TechTV, January 7, 2002
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The Battle of the Boxes: PC vs. TV
John Markoff, NY Times, January 7, 2002
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Digital Tools: Something Special in the Airwaves
Stephen Manes, Forbes Magazine, February 18, 2002
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Moxi Digital Will Unveil Device To Handle Home Entertainment
Lisa Bransten, Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2002
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3 Visions of New Home Systems
Lawrence J. Magid, LA Times, January 17, 2002
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Back to the Frontier: The 2002 PC Forum Roundup
Esther Dyson and Kevin Werbach, Release 1.0, March 24, 2002
2001 News Coverage
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The Battle for Digital Living Rooms Is Joined
May Wong,Associated Press Newswires, April 29,2001
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Defining Cool 2001
Lee Clifford, Fortune, June 25, 2001
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WebTV Co-Founder Launches Startup
Jim Christie, Reuters, April 23, 2001
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Start-Up's Big Project Is a Closely Held Secret
Nicholas Johnston, The Washington Post , April 30, 2001
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Perlman's Rearden Steel raises $67 million
Paul Festa, C|Net News.com, April 22, 2001
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Start-Up Hopes to Shape Future of Technology
John Markoff, New York Times, April 23, 2001
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WebTV Cofounder Strikes Again
Om Malik, RedHerring.com, April 20, 2001
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WebTV's Founder Attacks Home Entertainment Again
Lisa Bransten, Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2001
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Behind Steve Perlman's Big Score
Paul Festa, C|Net Newsmakers, April 23, 2001
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A couch potato's dream
Bay Area a hotbed of interactive technology
Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle, June 24, 2001
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Week Ahead, The Week That Was
Charles Cooper, ZDnet.com, April 27, 2001
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International Herald Tribune article
(Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) John Markoff, New York Times Service, April 24, 2001
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WebTV Founder Garners $67M First Round For New Startup
Venturewire.com, April 24, 2001
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Rearden Steel Technologies Secures $67 Million First Round
Paul Shread, InternetVC Watch, April 24, 2001
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Secretive Start-up Gets $67 Million in Funding
Matt Marshall, San Jose Mercury News, April 23, 2001
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What Is Rearden Steel?
David Sims , TheStandard.com, April 23, 2001
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Rearden Steel Raises $67 Million Seed Funding for Reported Set-Top Box
DigitalMediaWire.com, April 23, 2001
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OUTSIDE THE BOX: Spielberg, Steel & Silicon
Shelley Souza, Optionetics.com, April 23, 2001
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Rearden Steels Up with $67m in Funding
Steve Copland, the451, April 23, 2001
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Investors Don't Shrug at Rearden Steel
Frank Thorsbeg, LocalBusiness.com, April 23, 2001
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WebTV Founder Snares $67M for New CE Venture
Webnoize.com, April 23, 2001
2000 News Coverage
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2, 4, 6, 8, Now It's Time to Incubate
Gary Arien, Multichannel News, April 24, 2000
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WebTV co-founder resurfaces at head of new venture
Jim Davis, News.com, January 12, 2000