Games/Interactive

 

The Fall and Rise of VR: The Struggle to Make Virtual Reality Get Real (Fortune)

Virtual reality has been the next new thing for five years and counting. Clunky headsets, a dearth of content, and lack of consumer interest have caused VR to stall. Can this much-... More

Why Game Streaming Will Finally Work (OneZero)

The future of gaming won’t require a powerful console sitting under your TV. In fact, it’s boxless, wireless, and streaming from a magic server, miles and miles away. At least ... More

State of AI in Animation (Adobe Blog)

AI challenges creative conventions and puts cutting-edge animation capabilities within reach.... More

Google to Push AR in Ad Campaigns (TVB Europe)

Google is reportedly pushing augmented reality capabilities for its content and advertising offerings, including work on 3D display formats in its programmatic ad platform DV360. T... More

Here’s Why Digital Marketers Need to Leverage the Power of AI (Tech Wire Asia)

Digital marketing has come a long way since businesses first started buying ads on search and display platforms such as Google and Facebook. Today, not only do ad platforms offer c... More

Adobe Lightroom Arrives in the Mac App Store (TechCrunch)

The pro-focused photo-editing tool Lightroom is now available on the Mac App Store, marking the first major Adobe app to be available through the revamped version of the platform. ... More

5G and Blockchain: What to Expect (ReadWrite)

5G and blockchain are two potentially disruptive technologies that could shape the future of technology and telecommunications. The 5G rollout has already begun in select cities in... More

Study Shows Rise in Podcast Listening By Millennials, the Biggest Audio Generation (Billboard)

Audio listening in the U.S. is at an all-time high, driven by millennials and Gen Z music fans, who listen to more content than all others -- more types, more often and from more s... More

Las Vegas is Becoming a Virtual Reality Hub (Variety)

Walk into the Linq on the Las Vegas strip these days, and you might not immediately realize you just stepped into a casino. Instead, you’ll stumble across a series of living-room... More

Disney’s New ‘Lion King’ is the VR-Fueled Future of Cinema (Wired)

The Lion King was filmed entirely in virtual reality (well, save a single photographed shot). All the locations you know from the original—Pride Rock, the elephant graveyard, Raf... More

BBC to Broadcast Every Match at Wimbledon Live in HD (TVB Europe)

The BBC is to make every match from Wimbledon’s 18 courts available live in HD for the first time ever. BBC Sport’s digital service will see every match available live and on-d... More

EA Mulls Its Own Game Streaming Platform Amid Growing Competition (THR)

One of the main trends driving last week's E3 convention in Los Angeles was the advent of video game streaming services, such as Microsoft's Project xCloud and Google's Stadia, bot... More

Adobe’s Upcoming iPad Painting App is Called Adobe Fresco (Engadget)

Adobe's forthcoming iPad art app - Project Gemini - is being rebranded as Adobe Fresco, a nod to the centuries-old Italian painting technique. The company revealed that the latest ... More

Leveraging 5G to Drive Innovation and Creativity in Hollywood and Beyond (Luxoft Blog)

The Media and Entertainment industry is experiencing an unprecedented wave of technological advancements that will continue to disrupt and advance the industry. This disruption can... More

Netflix Takes Baby Steps Into Video Gaming (Fortune)

Netflix made its presence known at gaming conference E3 this year. The company, known for its streaming video service, is getting its toes wet with video games. It’s just one of ... More

Tech Pundits Can’t Stop Talking About Experience Management (Forbes)

Does the future of business have… feelings? With industries the world over being digitally disrupted and consumers having more social influence over their favorite brands, the an... More

Adobe’s Prototype AI Tool Automatically Spots Photoshopped Faces (The Verge)

The world is becoming increasingly anxious about the spread of fake videos and pictures, and Adobe — a name synonymous with edited imagery — says it shares those concerns. Toda... More

Why Machine Learning is the Future of Business Culture (Forbes)

Today ML has the ability to compute vast quantities of data and to collect metrics while developing more intelligent algorithms that will be able to perform complex tasks.... More

eSports to Break the $1 Billion Barrier in 2020 (Rapid TV News)

The rise of eSports has seen industry revenues are on track to exceed $900 million in 2019 year and poised to break the billion-dollar mark in 2020, according to a new industry rep... More

E3 2019: Is the Video Game Industry Ready for Pop Culture Saturation? (Los Angeles Times)

With the industry’s eyes on greater reach — and aspects of play turning up everywhere from our theme parks to our television shows — perhaps it’s no surprise that hot topic... More

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