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Vivo Launches X50 Series Smartphones & TWS Neo In India

Vivo has launched the all-new Vivo X50 Series of smartphones in India. The new X50 Series consists of two new smartphones- The Vivo X50 & X50 Pro. The highlights of the phones are photography, a sleek but stylish design, and performance. Vivo seems to be quite confident of the newly launched smartphones as the company makes the promise of steady video footage & high level of detail during night photography.

Commenting on the launch, Nipun Marya, Director – Brand Strategy, Vivo India, said, “When it comes to camera innovation, Vivo consumers expect nothing but the best from us. And it is this high expectation that pushes us to launch innovative products again and again. The X50 series is a result of that commitment. Featuring cutting-edge Gimbal Stabilization Technology, Superb Night Camera, 60X Zoom & X-Class Design, the X50 series smartphones enable users to capture stable and high-quality images and videos in a wide range of scenarios, making every shot a masterpiece. Thus, redefining the smartphone photography experience”. He further added, “At Vivo, our endeavor is to offer unique and exclusive experiences keeping in mind our consumers’ ever-evolving choices. The TWS market is seeing an unprecedented fan following in India and we are very excited to announce the launch of the all-new Vivo TWS Neo which will now give consumers low latency along with unmatched music clarity experience. With this launch, we continue to play a pivotal role in introducing global technology and bringing in unique user experiences for the customers in India.”

Vivo X50 & X50 Pro

At the event, the company also launched the new Vivo TWS Neo earbuds which are wireless earbuds that connect via Bluetooth 5.2 and offer a playback time of up to 5.5 hours. The Vivo TWS Neo also features AI noise-canceling for clearer phone calls and several voice-activated smart controls. The earphones are powered by Qualcomm’s 4th-Generation TWS platform-QCC3046, which offers low latency, high precision, and stable listening experience, as well as the latest Bluetooth 5.2 technology with a maximum range of 10m.

Vivo TWS Neo

The Vivo X50 sports a 6.56-inch full-HD+ Flat Ultra O AMOLED Screen while the Vivo X50 Pro comes with a 3D Curved Ultra O AMOLED Screen. Both the phones have a display with HDR 10+ support, 90Hz refresh rate, and 180Hz touch response rate. The Vivo X50 is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 730 coupled with 8GB of RAM, while the Vivo X50 Pro is powered by the latest Snapdragon 765G, which is not just better in terms of performance but also makes the X50 Pro 5G ready. The Vivo X50 Pro also has 8GB of RAM. Both the phones have 256GB onboard storage. However, there is no option for memory expansion via a microSD card. The Vivo X50 also has a 128GB base variant.

In terms of optics, the Vivo X50 offers a quad camera setup. There is a 48-megapixel Sony IMX598 primary sensor with an f/1.6 aperture and optical image stabilization (OIS). Along with that, there is an 8-megapixel wide-angle lens with a 120-degree field of view, a 5-megapixel macro shooter a 13-megapixel depth sensor for portraits. For selfies, there is a 32-megapixel shooter on the front. There are plenty of camera modes like Astro Mode for astrophotography, Extreme Night Vision which the company claims to enhance photos taken in dark environments, Super Night HDR, Pro Sports Mode, Motion AF Tracking, and more.

The Vivo X50 Pro has the same primary camera as the X50, but there are minor changes here and there in terms of the camera setup. The Vivo X50 Pro’s primary camera comes with an industry-leading gimbal camera system, allowing users to take clear photos and videos while in motion, even at night. The phone comes with an 8-megapixel telephoto lens instead of a macro lens which lets the phone achieve up to 60X hybrid zoom. The selfie camera is also the same as Vivo X50. In terms of camera modes, the Vivo X50 Pro comes with Super Clear Night Mode, 3D Stabilisation, Extreme Night Vision, Astro Mode, Super Night HDR, Motion AF Tracking and, more.

The company claims that Vivo X50 Pro’s built-in gimbal module moves in the opposite direction of shaking motions, providing increased stability for the main camera. This system also widens the rotation angle and anti-shake area compared to popular stabilization technologies. There is an animated dot within a circle in the camera UI which reflects the gimbal’s movement and lets users know when the frame is stable.

Both the phones come with an in-display fingerprint scanner and they offer typical connectivity options like 4G with VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS & USB-C port for charging & data transfer. However, the Vivo X50 Pro also offer 5G connectivity. While the Vivo X50 packs a 4200mAh battery the X50 Pro packs a slightly bigger 4315mAh battery. Both the phones support 33 Watt Flash Charge.

The Vivo X50 Series are being manufactured at Vivo’s Greater Noid Facility in India. In terms of pricing the Vivo X50 starts at ₹34,990 for the 128GB variant, while the 256GB variant is priced at ₹37,990. The Vivo X50 Pro is priced at ₹49,990 for the lone 256GB variant. In terms of color options also, the Vivo X50 has two color schemes to choose from- Frost Blue and Glaze Black, whereas the Vivo X50 Pro comes Alpha Grey color. Now, the Vivo TWS Neo earbuds are priced at ₹5990 and are available in two colors- Moonlight White and Starry Blue.

Both phones will be available for purchase starting July 24. However, pre-bookings have started already via offline and online retailers that include Reliance Digital, Croma, Flipkart, Amazon, Vijay Sales, Paytm Mall, and Tata Cliq. Consumers can pre-book these devices to be entitled to attractive offers. Customers booking these devices offline can get up to ₹4000 Cashback with HDFC Bank & ICICI Bank, V-Shield for 6 months at ₹2990, flat ₹2,000 off on TWS Neo. Vodafone & Idea customers pre-booking these devices offline can also get an additional 1-year warranty and extra data. Customers booking these devices online can avail all of the offers mentioned earlier along with the benefit of No Cost EMI for up to 12 months.

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Young Justice: Outsiders - Our 12 Biggest Questions After The Finale

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Young Justice season 3's finale.

The three-part season finale of Young Justice season 3 brought most of the series' subplots to a satisfying resolution, while simultaneously setting the stage for season 4. In many ways the Young Justice finale brought the events of the season full-circle, with the Justice League reuniting after breaking-up in the Young Justice season 3 premiere and the final battle taking place where the season's action opened, in the Royal Palace of Markovia.

Young Justice season 3, episode 24, "Into The Breach" picked up right where the cliffhanger ending of "Terminus" left off, as the Outsiders attempted to locate Granny Goodness' new base of operations on Earth, only to get drawn into a much larger rescue mission. The second part of the finale, episode 25, "Overwhelmed", proved to be the calm before the storm, as various members of the Team and the Outsiders reflected on the recent changes in their lives and tried to figure out where they belonged in a changing world. The final episode, "Nevermore", threw all the young heroes back into action, as they moved to stop the coup of Markovia initiated by a recently escaped Baron Bedlam.

Related: Young Justice: Outsiders Ending Explained: What Happened & What’s Next

The ending of the season was far from happy for many of the main characters, with Halo and Geo-Force both facing heartbreak as their season-spanning romance fell apart. Still, the greater good was ultimately served, with Lex Luthor now ousted from his position in the United Nations and the metahuman trafficking operation that enslaved hundreds of teenagers broken-up. Yet there are still some questions that have been left unanswered by the Young Justice: Outsiders finale.

12. How Does Vic's Footage Prove Anything About Granny?

Victor "Cyborg" Stone established himself as a power to be reckoned with during the events of episode 24, "Into The Breach". It was Victor's bond with a Apokolptian Father Box that allowed him to locate Granny Goodness' hideout on Earth, track her across the galaxy to her space-station, The Orphanage, and free Halo from the mind-control technology that made them into a conduit for the Anti-Life Equation. On top of those feats, he also captured the moment where Granny's avatar, Gretchen Goode, remerged with the New Gods' matron on video.

While Cyborg says that the footage he took will prove that Gretchen Goode was the criminal the Outsiders claimed she is, it's hard to see how that's the case. The New Gods are not a known threat to most people on Earth and there's nothing in a video showing two elderly women being drawn together by a weird energy blast to indicate that Granny Goodness was an intergalactic slave-trader kidnapping metahuman children from Earth. Indeed, as episode 25, "Overwhelmed", opened, a news report indicated that Goode World Studios was still denying the Outsiders' claims and insisting Cyborg's video was a hoax.

11. Did Lex Luthor Give Infinity Inc. Their Powers?

Episode 24 confirmed that Lex Luthor was the power behind Infinity Inc. - a rival team of young superheroes, created to steal the Outsiders' thunder on social media. This was not much of a surprise to comics readers, as Lex Luthor sponsored his own superhero team called Infinity Inc. during the events of the year-long miniseries 52. This came after Luthor publicly claimed to have found a way to safely activate the metagene in anyone and started selling superpowers to the masses. This raises the question of whether or not Luthor created the three members of Infinity Inc. the same way he created the Genomorphs, or if he just recruited three young people who already had superpowers to work for him.

Related: Young Justice Outsiders: The Anti-Life Equation Explained

10. What's The Deal With Halo's Rainbow Aura?

Once freed from Granny Goodness' influence, Halo manifested a rainbow aura and was shown using multiple powers simultaneously. Previously, Halo's aura only manifested one color at a time and it always corresponded to whatever power was being utilized at the moment. This is somewhat similar to the powers of the seven Lantern Corps in the comics, which are drawn from an emotional spectrum that ties strong emotions to various colors, such as Red for Rage and Yellow for Fear. All of these powers are said to stem from one source - the White light of Life itself.

While Halo's powers do not have an emotional component and those powers do not correspond to the special abilities of the Lantern Corps in the comics, there does seem to be a spiritual connection of sorts between Halo's powers and the power of Life itself. Halo does represent a unique form of life, having been reborn after a Mother Box soul took refuge in a dead woman's body and resurrection is one of the unique powers of those rare individuals tapped to become a White Lantern. It's also worth noting that Halo was used to tap into the power of the Anti-Life Equation by robbing her of her free will, with Granny Goodness establishing the mathematical proof that Life minus Free Will equals Anti-Life. This would seem to suggest that Halo's powers are a manifestation of Life itself.

9. Is Wally West Truly Dead?

Young Justice: Outsiders episode 25, "Overwhelmed", sees Artemis Crock having an emotional breakdown after Will Harper prepared a romantic dinner for them and suggested that their friendship was developing into something stronger. Artemis felt conflicted, as she was still holding out hope that her fiancee, Wally West (who seemingly died during Young Justice's season 2 finale) might somehow return to life. This led Artemis to contact Zatanna and insist that her friend use her magic to work a spell that will let her talk to Wally's spirit and get the chance to say goodbye. This seemingly ended with Artemis traveling into Limbo and being allowed to be with Wally, briefly living out the life they dreamed of together, before Wally told her that he wanted her to live her life and be happy without him.

At the end of the episode, it is revealed that Zatanna didn't truly have the power to retrieve a soul from the afterlife. Instead, she used her talent for showmanship combined with Miss Martian's telepathy to create a psychic playground where Artemis subconsciously controlled everything she saw and worked through her issues on her own. This raises the question of whether or not Artemis' instincts are correct and Wally West really is still alive on another plane of existence, like the Speed Force.

Related: Young Justice: Who Should Lead the Outsiders, Nightwing or Superboy?

8. When Will M'Gann FINALLY Stop Lying To Her Friends?

The revelation that M'Gann M'orzz used her telepathy to try and help Artemis work out her feelings for Wally West is something of a shock given the earlier events of season 3. A reoccurring theme throughout the series has centered around the ethics of telepathy and how Miss Martian had frequently made morally questionable choices in the name of the greater good. This led to a number of arguments between her and Superboy, who has very strong opinions about altering another person's mind and lying, after having his memories manipulated by the scientists who created him.

The conflict between M'Gann and Conner Kent led to the two of them breaking up between season 1 and season 2, after it was revealed that M'Gann tried to erase Conner's memories of their fighting, because she couldn't stand having him mad at her. The argument came up again in season 3, after Conner learned that M'Gann was part of a secret council of Justice League members who were coordinating with Batman and other splinter-group leaders in secret. While Conner and M'Gann eventually reconciled and agreed to continue their engagement in "Nevermore", one wonders how many more times M'Gann must learn this same lesson and what will happen if Artemis ever learns the truth about her last night with Wally West.

7. What Is The Galactic Conflict Metron Says Is Coming?

A brief scene in episode 25, "Overwhelmed", showed the New God of Knowledge, Metron, abducting Halo and Cyborg while they were babysitting Lian Harper. Transporting the trio to an unknown point in deep space, Halo and Cyborg were horrified to find their voices altered, as they began to speak in the pings and drones of a Mother Box and Father Box, respectively. Metron was quick to assure them that they and Lian were quite safe and that he merely wished to tell them that he had come to accept them as his grandchildren.

While he was not impressed by Cyborg when he first met him in episode 20, "Quiet Conversations", Metron says that he reevaluated both Victor Stone and Violet Harper and came to respect them for their accomplishments as organic beings who merged with the technology he had created to evolve into something stronger. Before he returned them to Earth, Metron told the two young heroes that they had "become extremely important players in the coming galactic conflict." Clearly this will be part of the story of Young Justice season 4, but what exactly is this coming conflict that Metron is talking about?

Related: Who Is Metron? Young Justice's New God Of Knowledge Explained

6. Why Is Lex Luthor Talking Like Donald Trump?

When DC Comics' timeline was first rebooted in 1986, comic creator John Byrne decided to modernize the character of Lex Luthor and merge the two most popular public images of the character - the scheming land baron Gene Hackman portrayed in Superman: The Movie and the super-genius scientist of the Silver Age comics. The end result was a new Lex Luthor who had built a financial empire around his technological achievements, investing his finances in a wide variety of ventures. In this, Luthor was meant to criticize the "greed is good" zeitgeist of the era and act as a dark counterpart to Superman, as Lex sold his own twisted vision of what the American Way meant and put his name on everything he could.

Byrne later admitted that he had modeled the new Luthor on Donald J. Trump (via CBR), years before Trump got into politics. Young Justice initially made some subtle nods to this over the course of season 3, with Luthor using his position as UN Secretary General to line his pockets by promoting his businesses while attending to political affairs and calling the behavior of the Outsiders, "Sad. Very sad." The nods became less subtle in the season finale, with Luthor noting in episode 25 that there were "good people on both sides" of the Markovian conflict and dismissing the criminal charges pressed against him in episode 26 as "fake news."

5. Who Is Tod Donner?

Young Justice has introduced some fairly unknown characters from the comics into its reality, but news anchorman Tod Donner may be the most obscure one yet. Created as a parody of Nightline host Ted Koppel, Donner originally appeared in a few issues of the 1987 Captain Atom series. Amusingly, he is better recognized on-line for a cameo role in the Young Justice tie-in comic book.

Related: Every Minor DC Character Cameo In Young Justice, Season 3, Part 1

4. Who Is Zviad Baazovi?

Geo-Force is persuaded to seize the throne of Markovia for himself by Zviad Baazovi, Markovia's Ambassador to the United Nations. It is Baazovi who led a mob to the Royal Palace just in time to see Geo-Force murder Baron Bedlam and led them in cheering Brion's actions. It is later revealed, near the end of episode 26, "Nevermore", that Baazovi is a telepath with a gift for persuasion that lets him "nudge people toward their own worst impulses." Baazovi is also revealed to have taken the open seventh seat among the leadership of The Light.

In the original Outsiders' comics, Zviad Baazovi was the name of an agent known as The Bad Samaritan. Employed by the spy organization Checkmate, he came into conflict with the Outsiders on several occasions. The comic book version of Zviad Baazovi did not have any superpowers but did possess an extreme sensitivity to light that required him to wear sunglasses or specially treated contact lenses at all times.

3. Who Will Lead The Team Now?

Near the end of episode 26, Nightwing called a meeting at the Justice League's Watchtower, assembling nearly every active member of the Justice League, Outsiders, Batman Inc. and the Team. This gave their leaders a chance to reveal to everyone how they had secretly been working together for months after seemingly splitting up. It also gave Aquaman, Wonder Woman, and Miss Martian the chance to formally resign from their leadership roles, due to how they had betrayed the trust of their teammates.

While Black Lightning is elected as the new Chair of the Justice League, it is unclear who will now be leading the Justice League's covert Team for teenage heroes. Ironically, nearly half the Team's current membership were involved in the scandal requiring a new leader be elected. Given that, the most likely candidate seems to be Tigress, who is the most experienced member of the Team who was not a part of Batman's secret war council.

Related: Young Justice: Outsiders - Every DC Hero In Black Lightning’s Justice League

2. Who Is The Waitress At Bibbos?

The final scene of "Nevermore" showed the founding members of The Team and their families getting together for a private party at Bibbo's diner in Metropolis. The assembled heroes were attended to by a blonde waitress, whose hair was tied back in a pony tail. The final shot of the episode was a close-up on the waitress' hand as she refilled M'Gann M'orzz's coffee cup, revealing that she was wearing the signature flight ring of the 30th Century Legion of Superheroes.

Precisely which member of the Legion this could be is unclear. The most likely suspect is Saturn Girl - a telepath from Saturn's moon, Titan, who is usually depicted as a blonde woman who keeps her hair in a pony tail. Saturn Girl was one of the founding members of the Legion of Superheroes and there's currently a subplot in the Doomsday Clock miniseries about her traveling back in time to the 21st Century. Another possibility is that the blonde woman is Supergirl, who has yet to be introduced into the reality of Young Justice and did travel forward in time to join the Legion of Superheroes in some versions of their history in the comics.

Related: Young Justice: Outsiders’ Baby Lobo Post-Credits Scene Explained

1. What Could Bring The Legion Back To The 21st Century?

The biggest question raised by the appearance of the woman with the Legion of Superheroes ring is just what prompted her to journey over 900 years into the past and how many other Legionnaires might have come with her. Time travel is not an easy thing to achieve in the DC Universe and the Legion of Superheroes only attempt it in the most dire circumstances. Clearly something big must be about to happen, and whatever it is will almost certainly be a major part of the story of Young Justice season 4.

More: What To Expect From Young Justice Season 4

source https://screenrant.com/young-justice-season-3-finale-questions/

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The Winnipeg-based artist makes multi-media work at the intersection of film, poetry, politics, and architecture.

by Mónica Savirón | 19 MAR 2019

Rhayne Vermette; courtesy of the artist. Punchers, burins, blade knives, and guillotine splicers invade Rhayne Vermette’s working space. Born in Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba, and residing in Winnipeg, for this self-taught artist, collage, photography, and film are the tools that demolish the house of rhetoric. Inspired by architects who infused a reinterpretation of building with wood, glass, and stone, Vermette questions methodological foundations and surroundings—in her case, to make the towers fall. What once was defined as path and pillar do not govern the artist or her work. She breaks down structures that mirror the dysfunctional models and causalities of closed structures. Her schemes and patterns are not affixed or in service to a system. Instead, she shows what is beneath the logic of

make-sense

enunciations, and their own relational dynamics. By deconstructing edifices of rules, meaning takes its power back. Scratches, flares, glue, and tape are the weapons of the artist’s anti-language.Highly laborious and musical, Rhayne Vermette’s works are moving fragments of a whole that transform themselves both poetically and politically. A female character in a film (

Take My Word

, 2012) will continue evolving in another a year later (

Full of Fire

). Each image is a composition of movable motifs that respond and react in disregard to categorical, self-contained conventions. The artist choreographs shifts and alterations in what had been previously built up as truth or context, stratification and alienation. In one of her first films,

Tricks are for Kiddo

(2012), multiple little pieces of 16mm found footage gets overlapped in varying densities and taped to clear leader into different positions. An animation results from reshooting the collage on an optical printer while running the film at constant speed. Scenes that were not meant to convene are assembled together over the flying carpet of the celluloid strip, unmatched juxtapositions in the stream of consciousness.

Tricks are for Kiddo

, by Rhayne Vermette; courtesy of the artist. 2012, 2 minutes, HD from 16mm, color, sound,The concept of rebuilding from what is broken or left out also resides behind Vermette’s

Black Rectangle

(2013), a film that relates to Kazimir Malevich’s painting

Black Square

(1913). The Kiev-born artist adopted the cracked, non-representational, geometric form as a “refuge” for the cultural and social revolts that would lead to the October Revolution. Both protecting and hiding, in Vermette’s film black rectangular sections adhered to transparent celluloid act as barricades or curtains. The placement of each element within the frame is marked by the white spacing that surrounds or cuts them, as in 19th century French poet Stéphane Mallarmé’s theory of

espacement

between words on a page (

Poem. A Throw of the Dice Never Will Abolish Chance

, 1914). Thanks to these delimitations, clusters of similar materials manage to show their own singularities. A closer visual connection comes from Marcel Broodthaers's interpretation in 1969 of Mallarmé’s poem, a translation in graphic forms: black blocks substitute the words, their width stretching in relation to the original type size. In

Black Rectangle

, the obstructing shapes take over the optical track field of the 16mm frame, and create an ominous, seemingly destructive, popping and cracking sound when they travel through the gate of the film projector. Ideas of place and absence translate into visual and audible breaks in the action through rhythmic repetition or silence, an idea developed in Jacques Derrida’s chapter

Différance

(

Margins of Philosophy

, 1972): “An interval must separate the present from what it is not in order for the present to be itself, but this interval that constitutes it as present must, by the same token, divide the present in and of itself... this interval is what might be called

spacing

, the becoming-space of time or the becoming-time of space.” Vermette’s body of work pushes this theory towards a feminist perspective: what matters is not the story that gets repeated as believable, but who is allowed to talk and what their silences speak to.

Kazimir Malevich’s

Black Square

, 1913. Reproduction from the State Tretyakov gallery, Moscow.

Excerpt from

Poème. Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hazard

, by Stéphane Mallarmé, 1897: “WILL ABOLISH / AS IF / An insinuation / in the silence / in some close / acrobatics”.

Image from Poème.

Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hazard

, by Marcel Broodthaers, 1969.

Caption:

Black Rectangle

, by Rhayne Vermette; courtesy of the artist. 2013, 2 minutes, HD from 16mm, color, sound. Indexes of power, the quick images’ shallow depth is brought into the open in Vermette’s work by aggregating layers, both in space and in improbability. The shards of celluloid she brings together from inside the frame or the sprocket hole area, and the sequential cuts, being sharp or dissolved, shed light on materiality and memory. Similarly, the sounds mixed from different sources and at equal volume levels interfere intelligibility. Vermette’s web of sounds mirrors the frustration and aggressivity that take place in communication. Wavering from high to low, and from left to right, sounds have the effect of implacable, movable wind around obelisks of Babelian misunderstanding. By shifting hierarchy among sounds, Vermette may baffle expectations of inattentive listening. A different approach to perceiving sound allows for the creation of new expressions and, therefore, new ways of thinking. Existentially and syntactically, tacit subordinations (“the way things are”) have no part in the calligraphy and cartography of the artist’s work. Constructions are, ideologically and formally, torn down—the beginning and the end of disbelief. It is inevitable to associate Vermette’s interest in structures, or her detachment, with the Structural/materialist film movement. The repeated use of contrasting patterns and geometric shapes at different exposures and focal lengths speaks to a methodology in which time affords dimensionality. The most important aspect of the presentation of an image is its framing and the passing time between moving parts: the entr’acte. The process and its artificiality are the film. The square or rectangle that surrounds the image is the same of a window, of a house’s wall, the artist’s room, and the flat table she works on. Vermette is interested in what those spaces permit, and how they can be animated through scale, perspective, duration, and imagination. She challenges materials and constructions, and breaks them down to chaotic configurations that, in turn, become a vindication of basic forms. Through fixed camera-pointing, loops, and transitions, perspective gets displaced. “Only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is,” we hear in Vermette’s film

Les Châssis de Lourdes

(2016), made with footage the artist’s father had shot in their family home. The quote is from David Byrne in his film

True Stories

(1986) after his band’s concert,

Stop Making Sense

, and regarding the nature of the chronicles published in tabloid newspapers at the time. His narration is a fitting and cohesive explanation of the metaphysical concerns that ignite Vermette’s work: the evolution of aspirations through time and experience or, what is the same, the pursuit of life after catastrophe.

Still from

Domus

, by Rhayne Vermette; courtesy of the artist. 2017, 15 minutes, HD from 35mm, 16mm and Super-8mm, color, sound.Vermette’s work as a whole is neither experimental nor documentarian or fictional, but something mutable that brings together elements from all those categories, a kind of multi-media architectural settlement of the mind where ruins and reigns collide. For Vermette, the film frame is not a cage or rigid container, but one of those homes whose structures are capable of swinging during earthquakes, adapting to the changing phases, morphing and readjusting, moving along. This is reminiscent of Japanese building design, but also of Italian Carlos Mollino’s work, which Vermette has studied for many years, and served as inspiration for her films

Turin

(2015) and

Domus

(2018). Reflecting on a utopian architecture, and with the versatility that mixing 35mm, 16mm, Super-8mm, black and white paper copies, and negative film affords,

Domus

frees itself from plots, maps, and models. Vermette recites stanzas that channel the free spirit of her subject, inspired by artist Al Jarnow’s time-lapse, stop-motion film

Celestial Animation

(1985):

In this space,divided by time,defined by light,we wait. Through what filter does a dream emerge instrument of precision a constructive prosceniumfor a perspective of vision waiting by night in the shadow of its framea darkness crowds the landscape and crouching behind this cold partitionborn from memoryand new to my languagehe comes.

Vermette utilizes cutter knives to craft line-based compositions on celluloid the way Mollino used pencils to sketch his buildings. Mollino had a Surrealist eye, and the dream-like two-room apartment he designed and built in Turin, the Casa Miller, was the set to stage his photographic work. He manipulated negatives, prints, and Polaroid film to achieve, if nothing else, at least his conceptual desires. An image of the interior entrance of this apartment became the front cover of the leading architectural journal

Domus

in 1937. In his photographs, the arrangement of furniture, fabrics, shapes, and bodies highlights what his vision as an artist was about: the creation of spaces that bring closer material architecture and sentient beings, shelters to be sentimental shells meant to last. Vermette sees this same potential in the malleability of celluloid, its organic ability to transcend. Connection and progression do not happen naturally, though. They need to be conjured, repeatedly, and often incited by failure. That is the case in

Tudor Village: A One Shot Deal

(2012), a film where Vermette explores the town’s sounds, and her experience trying to capture with her camera a lunar eclipse. Embracing mistakes and defeat, her meticulous work reflects on those aspects of the artistic process that are outside control. The deviations and strangeness of derailing lead the way to wider reach and depths.In search of that place that resembles the trace of the heart, Vermette’s work draws a consistently evolving trajectory. Now in preparation of a scripted film with an all-female crew, she questions her familiar modus operandi, switching the order and routines of her creative process, the labyrinth’s corridors and itineraries. Actors and performative acts further the implications of art as destruction, testing models of command, pushing the artist’s creative walls, and expanding the terrain as in a panoramic shot. The art of architecture in film is no other than light projected in the darkroom of the mind, a sensorial space for the construction of other words, worlds, and politics, those beyond the burned house in the time of rebirth.

Rhayne Vermette transferring the final scene of

Domus

. Image by Ed Ackerman.

The Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF, will present the special program "Enfolded Space: The Work of Rhayne Vermette" on March 20 with the artist in attendance.

Under the title "Armed Woman at Desk," this piece will appear in a forthcoming collection on the work of Rhayne Vermette, edited by Stephen Broomer, and published by Sightline Books.

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The Very Eye of Night

is a series of columns on nonbinary and female avant-garde film and video artists. The title refers to Maya Deren’s last completed film.

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Is the Nooie Cam 360 the Affordable IP Cam You’re Looking For?

Our verdict of the Nooie Cam 360 IP Security Camera and Baby Monitor: Looking for an affordable IP camera that doubles as a security camera and baby monitor, complete with usable software for instant checking? If so, Nooie Cam 360 is ideal for your purposes.810

IP security cams that double as pet cams and baby cams are nothing new. So, why should you give the Nooie Cam 360 your consideration?

Well, the name, 360, indicates just what the camera can do: rotate and spin through 360 degrees, covering every inch of the chosen area of observation. But is that enough? IP cameras with wireless capability are often tricky to sync. They’re also difficult to place and install, while viewing the feed can be frustrating.

But does the Nooie Cam 360 suffer from these problems?

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What’s in the Box? Unboxing the Nooie

The affordable Nooie cam ships in a smart box. While confident packaging is not a sign of hardware quality, it is always a promising sight. Brown card and a striking logo with gold embossed lettering indicate what is inside. The box itself is split into three sections:

Upper: storing the quick start guide

Middle: where the cam is found

Bottom: screws, cables, mounting plate

The camera itself is a plain-looking device, no doubt designed to blend in and avoid drawing attention. A tiny LED is the only indicator that it is switched on.

Unboxing the Nooie Cam 360, you notice a couple of intelligent design choices. First, the power cable uses a micro-USB connector, which has been mounted in a squat cylinder of plastic. This matches the color of the camera, and slots into the similarly sized hole on the back of the device. Very tidy.

There is also a hidden microSD card slot, which you’ll find by rotating the camera lens upward around 30 degrees. Due to the color scheme of the cam (beige and white for the main body, black for the camera module) it’s a good idea to use a black microSD card. Many cards are colored red or white, but these might be spotted.

Nooie Cam 360 Features

What can you expect from the Nooie Cam 360?

Well, as noted, there is the 360-degree camera, although it’s is actually a 355-degree camera. It can also cover 94 degrees vertically, and the lens has a 101-degree field of view. In short, you’re unlikely to miss anything.

It also records and streams footage in high definition and IR night vision. This is possible thanks to a high-quality sensor and 1080p HD camera lens. Two 940nm infrared LEDs assist the night vision, which works up to 32 feet (10 meters) in pitch-black conditions. You can also disable the status light.

A strong reason to choose the Nooie Cam 360 over other devices is automatic motion tracking. This enables the camera to follow the action around the room, whether an intruder, or a child in their nursery.

Meanwhile, Nooie provides a mobile app for use with the camera. There is apparently no way to access the feed from a PC. However, Android and iOS users can take advantage of the app and direct control of the camera. Pan and tilt controls let you observe the room in HD video.

Motion and sound detection are also built-in, enabling the app to send real-time notifications to your phone. Note that motion detection can be disabled if preferred.

Also present is two-way audio, which lets you talk to whoever is being observed by the cam. You’ll need the mobile app for this to work, which requires permissions to access your device microphone. Nooie has employed anti-noise tech to offer the best audio quality for this.

Continuous recording is available, either via microSD card or the seven-day AWS cloud storage. We’ll look at which option is best below.

Connecting the Nooie Cam 360 to Your Wi-Fi Network

To begin using the Nooie Cam 360, you’ll first need to connect it to your wireless network. This is done via the mobile app, which you can grab from the iOS and Android app stores.

Once the camera is plugged into the mains, it will power up, the red LED blinking. Syncing to the wireless network is managed via the app, by tapping +Camera, selecting the model, and entering the Wi-Fi credentials.

Syncing the camera to the mobile app and setting it up on the network will take a few moments. There may also be the opportunity to install and pending firmware updates. We omitted this on the first run, and which appeared to relate to an issue with the camera’s microphone. While initially failing to work, after we installed the update, the microphone was operational.

While the Nooie Cam 360 can be viewed via a mobile device, it’s not limited to your hardware. Sure, the necessary IP cam privacy and security features are present, but that doesn’t mean you can’t share the feed.

The Nooie app settings screen features a Camera sharing option, which lets you share the feed. Note that the recipient must have the Nooie app installed and an account set up.

It’s a feature best used by partners, perhaps to observe a pet or child while the other fills the dishwasher.

Positioning and Mounting Options for the Nooie Cam 360

How you mount the Nooie Cam 360 will depend on how you use it. The device is not designed for external use and shouldn’t be mounted anywhere it can be affected by moisture.

The camera has a sturdy base that supports the not-quite 360-degree rotation. It’s non-slip, although this means it is more like to topple if knocked. Safe positioning is achieved by placing the camera on a shelf, or some other hard-to-reach surface. You can also mount the device on a ceiling, thanks to the included mounting plate, screws, and plugs.

This comes with a handy clip at the back to guide the power lead through. In most cases, you’ll need some additional adhesive clips to guide the cable to its destination.

Viewing the Nooie Cam 360 Feed on Your Mobile

To see the feed from your Nooie Cam 360, you’ll need to install the mobile app. Android and iOS users are supported here, and the app is surprisingly easy to use. Indeed, it is among the best we’ve seen of this type.

Some IP cameras ship with good quality hardware but are let down by the software. This might be the device firmware, or the mobile app. In this case, both firmware and mobile app seem to be perfect. The camera receives regular updates (it was updated twice during testing) while the app offers full control of the device. Other Nooie cameras can also be managed using the app.

Dragging a finger across the screen lets you rotate the camera, tilt up and down, and generally view the area. Clear menus let you toggle settings. For example, if you mount the device on the ceiling, it will be upside down. The app features the option to rotate the image 180 degrees to facilitate this.

The app will also notify you of motion and sound detection. This gives you a once-tap view of the footage, letting you easily check what is unfolding before the camera.

Storing Footage on the Nooie Cam 360 or the Cloud

Two options for footage storage are available. By default, the cam is on a short loop, and live footage can be viewed remotely. For storage, you can:

Insert a microSD card

Subscribe to cloud storage

Each has its advantages and disadvantages. For instance, while the microSD option is cheaper, you’ll need a top-rated card and high capacity. Otherwise, it won’t retain too much footage.

On the other hand, the paid option gives you as much access to the footage as you will need. This costs $5 a month for seven-day cloud storage.

What’s the Best Use for the Nooie Cam 360?

With a security cam of this kind, you have several options for use.

For example, it can be placed in any room in the house, observing doors, windows, corridors, and other transit points. The infrared feature means it can be used in the dark and motion detection delivers instant notifications. With its comparatively low cost, you could install several devices—the app can handle more than one Nooie Cam 360.

On the other hand, you could simply use the camera to keep an eye on your little one. It’s small enough to place anywhere, as she or he plays or sleeps. Of course, a baby monitor is not a substitute for actual parenting, so use this in conjunction with regular checks.

For testing, I used the Nooie Cam 360 predominantly to keep an eye on my parent’s house while they vacationed. With the wireless internet left up and running, it gave me an instant glimpse of the property’s main reception room. This meant I could avoid dropping by twice daily, saving time while maintaining a watchful eye.

Nooie Cam 360: An-Easy-to-Use Baby Monitor and Security Camera

Unusually for an IP camera, the Nooie Cam 360 straddles the two uses of security cam and baby monitor perfectly. Easy to set up, and with a competent, simple mobile app, the Nooie Cam 360 is everything you could want from an indoors IP cam.

If your Wi-Fi is strong enough in the location the camera is placed, it should be responsive and reliable. Aside from this, the only real issue is the limited length of the mains power cable, and its unsuitability for outdoor use.

Other than that, this is a great option, and considerably cheaper than most HD baby cams on the market.

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