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‘I can't imagine working on something of more significance right now,’ says firm’s Alan Yates on importance of headsets such as the Vive
Read More »A force awakens: Magic Leap and Lucasfilm launch collaborative mixed reality lab
‘Semi-secret’ research outlet will work on experiences themed around Star Wars for tech firm’s AR tech
Read More »Polish government launches €18m fund for ‘innovative’ games
'We want to catch up with booming gaming markets in [the US] or Canada'
Read More »SuperData: $6.2bn generated from digital game sales in April
Digital game sales around the world rose by five per cents, reaching $6.2bn according to research firm SuperData. The company says that digital console saw the fastest growth, with a 23 per cent spike in revenue year-on-year. Meanwhile, audience rose 15 per cent. Mobile, MMO and PC games also saw …
Read More »EA forms Frostbite Labs to focus on developing future tech
Virtual humans in VR and ‘deep learning’ among ‘longer-term’ topics being researched by 30 to 40-strong team
Read More »Cliffy B goes (nearly) bald to raise money for cancer research foundation
Gears of War designer and Boss Key founder raises nearly $10,000 for St. Baldrick’s
Read More »‘We should analyse games as we do cinema and literature’: EU awards €2m to outline game design theories
Researcher Espen Aarseth to lead five-year study into game analysis, which he also hopes will combat stereotypes about addiction and violence
Read More »Number of Steam releases doubled in 2015
EEDAR believes that almost 3,500 titles hit the PC marketplace last year
Read More »Microsoft demonstrates Star Wars-like 3D holograms using HoloLens
‘Holoportation’ technology projects real-time recreations of people and objects into real-life environments
Read More »INFOGRAPHIC: Nearly 2,000 app developers made $1m this year
New study from Pollen VC and Priori Data dispels some of the myths about the lack of success in mobile
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