Games/Interactive

 

Fox Sports, NextVR Take a Bigger Swing at US Open (Multichannel News)

Taking another swing at live virtual reality production, Fox Sports (via its Fox Sports Lab unit) is teaming up with NextVR for a VR offering from this week’s U.S. Open Champions... More

Perpetually on the Hunt for Young Men, Brands are Betting on eSports (Digiday)

The interest from brands has been so great this year that talent agency WME IMG recently hired two more salespeople to service the accounts. “Of the top 10 advertisers globally, ... More

Salesforce Bets on Citizen Developers to Build the Next Wave of Business Apps (SiliconAngle)

If there’s any truth to the idea that every company is a software company, then perhaps every company employee needs to learn how to create software. Or at least that’s what Sa... More

Slack Is Adding Artificial Intelligence to Its Chatbot (Inc.com)

Pretty soon, Slack won't just be a tool that makes doing your job easier--it will also tell you how to do it. That's what the company's head of learning and intelligence Noah Weiss... More

IBM’s Chief Innovation Officer Looks Back On Nearly 40 Years Of Breakthroughs (Forbes)

American industry has a rich heritage of top-notch corporate labs. Bell Labs created not only the transistor, but also other fundamental breakthroughs, such as the laser and inform... More

The Future of Apple’s App Store is Subscriptions (The Verge)

Apple’s annual conference for developers, which kicks off next Monday, is normally when the company previews its newest software for iOS and Mac OS X. But this year’s WWDC isn�... More

E3, Fading Catnip for Video Gamers, Tries a New Approach (New York Times)

It is a holy week in every gamer’s calendar. Each June, 50,000 members of the video game industry descend upon Los Angeles for the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, the indus... More

Source Digital: Personalization and the Omni-Screen (MESA)

For Source Digital, the company’s technology and platform monetization strategies center around a simple combination of ideas: personalization, smart content, and the omni-screen... More

Will Gamers ‘Like’ Facebook’s New Streaming Service Enough To Switch From Twitch And YouTube? (IBT)

Moving to become a big player in gaming, Facebook announced a partnership Monday with Blizzard to let players of games like "Warcraft" and "Hearthstone" stream their sword-wielding... More

Cine Gear: Virtual Reality Stitching Can Cost $10,000 Per Finished Minute (Hollywood Reporter)

Today's virtual reality camera systems use multiple cameras or lenses with images “stitched” together to create the 360-degree environment — but that can be hard work and pri... More

Game, Set, Match: Wimbledon Inks a Three-Year Deal with Snapchat (Digiday)

Wimbledon has a long, proud history as the home of British tennis. It is also, to be fair, a bit stuffy. Enter Snapchat, naturally. The tournament, which kicks off June 27, has ink... More

Twitter Is Testing Carousel Ads for Video and Photo Tweets (Adweek)

Twitter is launching a new ad unit that allows brands to combine multiple tweets in a single ad unit. The product, called Promoted Tweet Carousel, lets marketers use a brand's twee... More

Fox Sports is Bringing Drones to Sporting Events (Digiday)

Picture this: You’re watching the U.S. Open on Fox, and you see a gorgeous flyover shot of the golf course. It’s in high definition and presents a bird’s-eye view of all the ... More

Tata, Formula One Launch VR Connectivity Innovation Prize (Rapid TV News)

The company is the the official connectivity provider to Formula One, and the official managed connectivity supplier of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team and the aim of th... More

First Movie Filmed on Snapchat Debuts on Vimeo (Variety)

“Sickhouse,” a horror movie starring digital celeb Andrea Russett based on 10-second video snippets posted to Snapchat, is now available for purchase — another test of whethe... More

Salesforce Will Acquire Demandware For $2.8 Billion In Move Into Digital Commerce (Forbes)

As Salesforce continues to branch out into new types of cloud computing customers, it’s willing to pay steep prices to buy what it can’t build. The latest proof is Salesforce�... More

Slack Consultants Are Bringing the Chat App to Corporate America (Bloomberg)

For $1,000 a day, David Markovich will teach the old people in your office how to use Slack. Don't know what Slack is? He can help. The 27-year-old runs ChatOverload, a consulting... More

Weta Workshop Expands Aspera Deployment to Handle Large 3D, Video File Transfers for Concept Design and Practical Effects (MESA)

IBM today announced that Weta Workshop, the award-winning concept design and manufacturing arm of the Wellington-based Weta Group of Companies, has upgraded and expanded its implem... More

Soon You’ll Buy Consoles the Way You Upgrade iPhones (WIRED)

As E3 Expo approaches, it’s looking likely that we’re going to see another console war break out. Only this time, the consoles won’t just be going to war with each other—th... More

Three Million People Now Use Slack Every Day (Recode)

Slack now boasts three million daily active users, up from two million as recently as December. The number of paid seats — users whose companies are at the paid level of service ... More

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