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Worldwide shipments of AR and VR headsets expected to grow with a compound annual growth rate of 58…

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| Jun 19, 2017

Worldwide shipments of AR and VR headsets expected to grow with a compound annual growth rate of 58%, says IDC Picture credit: IDC Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) continue to gain momentum in the mainstream tech media. According to recent forecast data from the IDC, (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker, dedicated… Read the full article…
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Crazy Game Called LIFE

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| Jun 19, 2017

Crazy Game Called LIFE Life is a crazy game we play. We are all inn like it or not. It’s a game with no real ending or beginning, It looks like your winning, than your losing. The rules never do stay the same. But some how we struggle through and make it. Well, there is a… Read the full article…
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Ars enters VR and destroys multiple starships in Star Trek: Bridge Crew

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| Jun 19, 2017

Ars plays Star Trek: Bridge Crew (video link) Ars and Star Trek go together, as the great philosopher once said, like peas and carrots. You won’t find a dorkier bunch of editors assembled in any one place on the entire Internet—and that’s why playing Star Trek: Bridge Crew was such an easy fit. The VR… Read the full article…
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new games, old heartbreaks

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| Jun 17, 2017

When I was a wee little babby nerd, I haunted the library. I’d finally gotten to the part of highschool where I could spend one afternoon a week at the local public library. It was glorious. (please understand?—?I lived on a small, isolated, awful island primarily inhabited by the elderly and the drug addicted, the… Read the full article…
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Watch us play Total War: Warhammer’s Battle of the Fallen Gates

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| Jun 16, 2017

Sega’s The Creative Assembly recently began showing off the gameplay for real-time strategy game Total War: Warhammer II, which will have a massive campaign across four continents. We’ve got some video of one of the first battles that the developers are showing. The game is a sequel to last year’s Total War: Warhammer, which debuted in May 2016… Read the full article…
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Minit is a wildly creative indie game where you die every 60 seconds

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| Jun 15, 2017

It’s not often you come across a video game concept you’ve never seen before. Here at E3, gaming’s biggest and most lavish marketing extravaganza, it’s more common to find yourself inundated with sequels, reboots, and remakes than to stumble on a creative, original idea. That’s precisely what makes Minit, a new indie game from developers… Read the full article…
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Review — Oh… Sir!! The Insult Simulator

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| Jun 15, 2017

May the best insult win in Oh…Sir!! The Insult Simulator, a game that would make Monthy Python proud! Oh… Sir!! The Insult Simulator is a remake of Oh… Sir!!, which was the result of the Global Game Jam, an event where game developers are tasked with creating a game from scratch in 48 hours. Oh… Sir!!… Read the full article…
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No PSVR successor in the near future

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| Jun 14, 2017

Any bets if Shu is a coffee or tea guy? Because Sony’s not ready to talk about it yet If you were hoping for a successor to PlayStation VR, it looks like you’ll have to wait a bit longer. When speaking to JagatPlay, the always pleasant Shu had this to say: We are not planning to make any changes…. Read the full article…
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How Sega found its third-party identity with PC gaming, Atlus, and its classics

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| Jun 14, 2017

Sega may be in the best shape it’s ever been since when it ruled the game industry in the mid ’90s. That was back when Sega was a first-party developer with its Genesis console. A series of failed systems forced the company to move to third-party in the early 2000s. It was a tough transition, but… Read the full article…
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WebVR controllers and Chromium’s Gamepad API.

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| Jun 13, 2017

TL;DR: The Gamepad API can be a quirky thing. But if you’re building Three.js-based interactive WebVR experiences you can just use this generic VRController.js and call it a day. I’ve been building virtual reality experiences with the WebVR API for some time now—primarily for the HTC Vive, but the beauty of making virtual reality for the… Read the full article…
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Keep your camera steady for every photo with this stabilizer rig

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| Jun 13, 2017

Smartphone cameras have come a long way in a short period of time, but there is still one major limitation: Your hands. Keep steady for every shot you take with the help of the Ztylus Stabilizer Rig Kit for Smartphones, on sale now for 26% off the retail price. Blurry photos taken by jittery hands… Read the full article…
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Designing for non-visual interfaces — The navigation of sonic space. [Pt.1]

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| Jun 12, 2017

Product, Sound and Brand are old friends, of course. From television advertisements and radio jingles, to AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’?—?audio has always played an important part in communicating brand values. Whether it’s Apple Mac’s booming start-up sound, full of reassurance and the promise of a new (anodised) world, or those overtly chipper 4 notes accompanying… Read the full article…
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“Nier: Automata” zig-zags through an expectation obstacle course

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| Jun 10, 2017

We take stories for granted. We have heard too many. When someone starts telling us a new story, our brain starts looking for blanks to fill in, tendencies to follow. Aliens have invaded Earth. You are the last line of defense. That gave you some images. You, fighting amidst your fleeing people, trying to hold the menace back… Read the full article…
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Don’t change your plans to not see The Mummy

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| Jun 9, 2017

Enlarge / More pupils means more evil. (credit: Universal Pictures) I’m surprised it has taken this long for Tom Cruise to tank an otherwise decent film. His Scientology-related controversies haven’t been followed by any big film failures—far from it, considering that he has multiple decent Mission: Impossible and Jack Reacher films under his belt at this point…. Read the full article…
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Smiling during victory could hurt future chances of cooperation

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| Jun 9, 2017

Researchers have studied how reacting with a smile affects game outcomes, hoping one day to empower virtual humans with this knowledge. Read the full article…
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I help businesses and brands thrive through customer-centric value creation.

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| Jun 6, 2017

Hi there! My name is Rupert. I’m a strategic and conceptual User Experience Designer with more than 15 years of versatile experience. As a freelance UX professional, I will ask, question, frame, structure, visualize, ideate, sketch, map, model, prototype, discuss, iterate and mentor to enable the creation of successful digital products and services. As a speaker… Read the full article…
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How Nintendo created its wild new cast of fighters for Switch game Arms

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| Jun 6, 2017

When the developers at Nintendo began concept work on Arms, a new fighting game coming to the Switch later this month, they weren’t sure what kinds of characters it should include. Early on, they toyed with the idea of featuring familiar Nintendo faces like Mario, Link, and even the Wii Fit trainer. But the key… Read the full article…
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SteamVR is coming to Mac—and Apple says it will actually work

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| Jun 5, 2017

Enlarge / First-ever HTC Vive demo from Apple on a Mac system. (credit: Apple) Apple’s Monday WWDC keynote included a quick-fire presentation about gaming content on Macs—but the biggie was VR, along with a path for underpowered Mac systems to potentially get up to speed to running it. Senior Vice President Craig Federighi confirmed that “Valve… Read the full article…
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Digital de surface et Digital des profondeurs

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| Jun 3, 2017

Digital de surface et Digital des profondeurs Au sein de l’entreprise et de l’administration, la notion de transformation digitale est souvent floue, mal interprétée, segmentée à des fins simplificatrices suivant des périmètres métiers ou techniques. Les conséquences sont que cette transformation s’en trouve fortement dénaturée et éloignée de ses enjeux tactiques. Nos habitudes de pensée,… Read the full article…
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Crazy VR game lets you explore a world made from 4D mathematical models

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| Jun 3, 2017

Enlarge / Prepare to unlock a new world of dimensional perception thanks to the mind-blowing VR app 4D Toys. (credit: 4D Toys) I’m hesitant to describe a virtual reality experience as a “killer app” ever again, but I’m oh so tempted once more. I just emerged from a glimpse into the fourth dimension by way of… Read the full article…
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