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College basketball picks, schedule: Predictions, odds for Duke vs. Georgia Tech, other key games Tuesday

Jaime E. Love

Tuesday’s college basketball schedule looks like a good one with six teams ranked in the AP Top 25 in action, including a pivotal Big 12 showdown between rivals No. 5 Texas and No. 24 Oklahoma, and unranked Kentucky heading to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to face No. 9 Alabama.

The headliner is the Red River rivalry as the Sooners, coming off an impressive win over Kansas, look to bag their biggest get of the season. They’ll get a chance to do so against a shorthanded Texas team, too, as Texas will be without head coach Shaka Smart after he announced Monday he tested positive for COVID-19. It’s also Texas’ first game in 10 days after an extended hiatus because of COVID-19 issues within the programs of two opponents it was initially expected to play during that span.

Also on deck Tuesday is Duke-Georgia Tech as the Blue Devils look to avoid their

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College Basketball Choices, Schedule: Predictions, Odds for Duke vs. Georgia Tech, other important games Tuesday

Jaime E. Love

News Highlights: College Basketball Choices, Schedule: Predictions, Odds for Duke vs. Georgia Tech, other important games Tuesday

Tuesday’s basketball schedule looks good with six teams in the AP Top 25 in action, including a pivotal Big 12 showdown between rivals No. 5 Texas and No. 24 Oklahoma, and unranked Kentucky headed for Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to cope. No. 9 Alabama.

Headlining the Red River rivalry as the Sooners, who took an impressive win over Kansas, are looking to take their biggest win of the season. They will have the chance to do this against a gritty Texas team as well, as Texas will be without head coach Shaka Smart after he announced on Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19. It is also Texas ‘first game in 10 days after an extended hiatus due to COVID-19 issues in two opponents’ schedules initially expected during that period.

Tuesday is also on Duke-Georgia

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Why Hollywood needs computer games tech more than ever

Jaime E. Love

Kim Libreri, an award-winning visual effects artist based in Northern California, has worked on movies including Artificial Intelligence and War of the Planet of the Apes.

For nine years he has been working with a piece of technology better known for computer games, in particular the smash-hit Fortnite.

The Unreal Engine, owned by Epic Games, provides the building blocks and tools that a computer game developer needs, but is increasingly an attractive technology for TV and film producers.

The latest version of technology, Unreal Engine 5, is coming out next year, and Epic has been heavily trailing its features.

It should allow visual effects artists like Mr Libreri to slot graphics and images straight into a scene, with little fuss.

“With traditional filmmaking, a director and cinematographer might shoot a scene on set -then down the line, hand footage and creative direction off to a team of virtual reality artists

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