GUEST: When new technology platforms emerge, traditional retail typically gets disrupted — and often in painful ways. Consumers generally benefit from the added convenience and cost reductions from e-commerce in the short-term. However, the dominance of companies like Amazon has resulted in many retailers and small businesses closing up shop and laying off employees. Fortunately,...
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Sonaria tackles the challenges of VR music and sound design
Pollen Music Group has done sound design and composed the music for over two dozen virtual reality films now, including Glen Keane’s Duet and Patrick Osborne’s Pearl, which is the first VR film to be nominated for an Academy Award. Most recently, it created Sonaria, a VR experience for the Google Spotlight Stories platform. Partnering with Chromosphere, it’s the...
Gary Shapiro interview: CES 2018 will have 4,000 exhibitors across 2.6 million square feet
Gary Shapiro is the showman of the greatest technology show on Earth. As the president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), he presides over CES, commonly known as the Consumer Electronics Show. CES 2018 is just around the corner, running from early press events starting on January 7 through January 12. The big...
VR industry could post decent holiday sales to ease sting of a disappointing year
There’s no getting around the fact that 2017 was a big letdown for the virtual reality industry. But at the tail end of a year that saw far fewer sales of VR headsets than projected, the holiday season is set to offer a bit of good cheer. The folks at SuperData recently updated their holiday...
Tigertron debuts its eco-friendly ethos with VR dolphin game: Jupiter & Mars
The Tigertron studio unveiled its debut game, Jupiter & Mars, at Sony’s PlayStation Experience event tonight. It’s a single-player virtual reality puzzler set in a future where humanity is now extinct — however, its influence is still felt in the world’s oceans. Tigertron developed the title in partnership with Australian studios Tantalus Media and Wicked Witch Software, and...
Sony to launch free demo of The Last Guardian VR on December 12
Sony said it will launch a free demo of The Last Guardian for the PlayStation VR on December 12. Shawn Layden, head of Sony’s game business, made the announcement tonight at the beginning of its PlayStation Experience event in Anaheim, California. Layden said he spent much of his career in games overseeing The Last Guardian and...
VR transforms health care: 3D human model coming to a school near you
GUEST: Surrounded by darkness, the looming 20 foot skull is so close I can touch it. With the click of a mouse, the 3D model of the human head and neck pivots and I’m inside the eye socket examining this complex system from the inside out. It’s A viewpoint typically reserved for surgeons on the...
Cuphead wins its biggest prize: the praise of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau
Canada has done a lot to facilitate the growth of its game-development industry, and that passion apparently goes all the way to the top. On Twitter today, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau posted a congratulations to Studio MDHR for winning two categories during The Game Awards event last night for Cuphead. The gorgeous run-and-gun platformer...
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards
Nintendo won quite a few accolades at The Game Awards tonight, and its crowning achievement was the Game of the Year Award for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Breath of the Wild also won the Best Game Direction Award and the Best Action/Adventure Game Award. It was nominated for Best Art Direction...
Bethesda promises to ‘save the single-player gamer’ at The Game Awards
Bethesda has heard your cries, single-player gamers, and it has enlisted the help of Lynda Carter to rescue you. The publisher debuted a tongue-in-cheek video during The Game Awards that imitates those ASPCA ads for animals in need. Only the animals in this scenario are people who prefer the endangered narrative-driven solo gaming experience. The...