Video

“I’ve heard or have been a part of concerts in Kresge for 37 years," says composer Jamshied Sharifi '83 about Jacob Collier's 2016 performance at MIT, "and that night tops them all.”

MIT Video Productions nominated for a third Emmy

June 1, 2018

“We want to give teachers whatever tools they need to connect the joy, wonder, and fun in our videos to the underlying concepts that their students are learning,” says OK Go lead singer Damian Kulash, who is working with MIT alumna AnnMarie Thomas to parlay STEAM principles from his music videos into PK-12 lessons.

Rock music helps students and educators explore engineering

Playful Learning Lab, founded by AnnMarie Thomas ’01, is collaborating with rock band OK Go to create hands-on PK-12 engineering experiences.

April 20, 2018

“When’s the last time it felt as if an entire theater were about to levitate?” writes Matt Wolf in the New York Times. “The blissful overdrive of Jay Scheib’s production can affect even a relative outlier — ‘Bat Out of Hell’ is all but blasting an adoring audience out of their seats.” Actors Andrew Polec (left) as Strat, Phoebe Hart (center) as Bessamey, and Isaac Edwards (right)...

Q&A: Jay Scheib on theater, daring, and love

MIT professor directs award-winning rock musical “Bat Out of Hell.”

February 27, 2018

Diana Thater: "Snake River, 1994" (Three video monitors, three media players, digital files, 30 minutes each)

Q&A: Henriette Huldisch on video, art, and technology

New exhibition at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, "Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995," is part of a region-wide collaboration.

February 19, 2018

The #ThisisMIT contest asked students to submit short videos focusing on what defines their MIT experience outside of the lab and classroom.

Students share their passions outside the classroom

#ThisisMIT video contest gives students a chance to indulge their creativity and submit short videos showcasing the magic of MIT.

January 18, 2018

Vivienne Sze, who was part of a team that developed a new video-compression standard, holds an Engineering Emmy Award recognizing the group's work.

Vivienne Sze shares Engineering Emmy Award with colleagues

Associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science was part of a group that earned acclaim for work on a new video compression standard.

November 30, 2017

Winners of the 2017 Better World Media Contest: At left, Max Freitas and his D-Lab project partner Hope Chen (pictured, with patient) developed and field tested prosthetics with Rise Legs through MIT-India. Right: Dou Dou '17 brought over 80 Israeli and Palestinian high school students together by teaching them computer science and entrepreneurship through MIT-MEET.

Tackling the world’s challenges in the field

MISTI media contest showcases MIT students working to build a better world.

October 2, 2017

In experiments, Pensieve could stream video with 10 to 30 percent less rebuffering than other approaches, and at levels that users rated 10 to 25 percent higher on key “quality of experience” metrics.

High-quality online video with less rebuffering

CSAIL’s machine-learning system enables smoother streaming that can better adapt to different network conditions.

August 14, 2017

Watch 3-D movies at home, sans glasses

CSAIL system converts 3-D movies into a more TV-friendly format.

July 12, 2017

MIT winners at the 2017 New England Emmy Awards: (left to right) John Freidah of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; and Larry Gallagher, Jean Dunoyer, and Joe McMaster of MIT Video Productions.

Two MIT documentaries win New England Emmy Awards

The Department of Mechanical Engineering's “Water Is Life” and MIT Video Productions' “A Bold Move” take home top honors in separate categories.

June 28, 2017

Researchers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have designed a new system that can efficiently search through hundreds of hours of video of laparoscopic surgeries to identify relevant events and visual features.

Shrinking data for surgical training

Technique that reduces video files to one-tenth their initial size enables speedy analysis of laparoscopic procedures.

June 16, 2017

A new prototype display could show 3-D movies to any seat in a theater, with no eyewear required.

New movie screen allows for glasses-free 3-D at a larger scale

Prototype display enables viewers to watch a 3-D movie from any seat in a theater.

July 25, 2016

Left to right: Elizabeth Choe ’13, executive producer; George Zaidan ’08, director; and Whitney Hess PhD '16 film “Choose-Your-Own-Chemistry-Adventure” for “Science Out Loud” from MIT+K12 Videos.

New season of "Science Out Loud" sparks curiosity

A new season of "Science Out Loud," produced by MIT students and alumni, brings the Institute's pK-12 vision to the public.

June 23, 2016

Ship in a bottle

MIT.nano is one of the most ambitious — and challenging — construction projects in Institute history. Why did we make it so hard for ourselves?

November 4, 2015

System automatically converts 2-D video to 3-D

Exploiting video game software yields broadcast-quality 3-D video of soccer games in real time.