Games/Interactive

 

Are Voice Interfaces Finally Making Themselves Heard? (CMO)

While neither Amazon nor Google have disclosed home many in-home voice assistants they have sold, most analysts estimate between 15 million to 25 million devices are in service tod... More

New IBM Cloud Video Features Enhance Viewer Navigation of Content (MESA)

IBM has added new features to the chaptering capabilities of its IBM Cloud Video enterprise solution that are designed to make it easier for viewers to find specific content in vid... More

How Streaming Changed the Gaming Ecosystem (The Ringer)

Video game streaming has really taken off only in the past few years as various consumer-grade technical innovations have caught up with one another. Home recording equipment is ch... More

IHS: eSports Video Market Booming (Advanced Television)

The market for esports video continues its rapid growth worldwide. Total hours viewed in the genre exceeded 6 billion globally in 2016, up 19 per cent from 2015, according to a rep... More

The Next Big Step for AI is Getting Out of the Cloud and Onto Your Phone (Quartz)

You want AI on your phone. It’s faster, more secure, you can use it regardless of the availability of cell service or wi-fi, and perhaps just as importantly, you can look down in... More

Twitter Ushers in New Era of AI Powered Tweet Recommendations (The Drum)

Twitter has become the latest business to fall for the charms of artificial intelligence after alighting on the technology to provide more accurate tweet recommendations in members... More

Verizon Digital Media Services to Power Gravity Point TV’s Virtual Reality Hub (MESA)

Verizon Digital Media Services today announced that it has been selected by Gravity Point TV, a leader in the worldwide virtual reality (VR) services space, to exclusively power th... More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Says AI is in a ‘Golden Age’ (CNBC)

Artificial intelligence development has seen an "amazing renaissance" and is beginning to solve problems that were once seen as science fiction, according to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.... More

The NBA’s eSports Playbook (attentionecono.me)

The revenue generated in esports or gaming video content doesn’t reflect that scale yet. That’s part of the opportunity the NBA sees: esports is an inventory that lacks proper ... More

The Podcasting Industry Still Hasn’t Dealt with Security Threats (Observer)

Most podcasts are given away for free (though not all), but that doesn’t mean they want their work to go out early or to go on channels they don’t control. Additionally, brande... More

PwC: Artificial Intelligence Will Be the Business Advantage of the Future (CMO)

Business decision makers are optimistic about artificial intelligence and the impact it will have on their businesses, according to a new study by PwC. “A Revolutionary Partne... More

Facebook Bows Out of Bidding War for Big-Time Sports – For Now (Bloomberg)

Facebook, which has 1.94 billion monthly users, had made its pitch for such content. The company was one of four finalists for the NFL’s 10-game Thursday night package, and earli... More

Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality Boost Storytelling (Variety)

An alphabet soup of tech acronyms is on Hollywood’s menu these days, with VR and AR as the specials du jour. Those outside interactive media can be forgiven for not knowing how v... More

Technicolor Experience Center’s Marcie Jastrow: ‘Alien Covenant: In Utero’ Shows Studios, Production Companies How VR Can Be Leveraged to Maximize Theatrical Assets (Future Trust)

Jastrow: "I think the biggest issue you have at this point is the fact that VR is still nascent. There are still a lot of issues surrounding pipeline and image quality. We have to... More

Why eSports Represents an Untapped Brand Opportunity (The Drum)

eSports is on the brink of becoming a billion-dollar industry. It’s growing exponentially fast, and in Asia it was recently announced that eSports would become a medal event at t... More

Xbox Chief: We Need to Create a Netflix of Video Games (The Guardian)

Something big has happened to the video game industry over the last five years – you may have noticed. All the old rules about consoles – the fact that they enjoyed five-to-eig... More

Why Instagram Is Becoming Facebook’s Next Facebook (NYT)

Not long ago, the Facebook-owned photo-based social network grew at a steady clip. Every nine months, without fail, Instagram added another 100 million users somewhere in the world... More

Oracle Delivers Artificial Intelligence Across its Customer Experience Cloud (TechCrunch)

Oracle announced a slew of AI-driven capabilities across its Customer Experience Cloud Suite today that are designed to help users to deliver better, faster and more personal expe... More

Fox Continues to Explore VR’s Selling Power with ‘Alien: Covenant In Utero’ (Fast Company)

Fox and director Ridley Scott are increasingly dipping their toes into virtual reality—and that’s good news for science fiction and horror fans. Today, Fox is launching a new v... More

Accenture, DFKI Collaborate to Help Organizations Benefit from Artificial Intelligence (MESA)

Accenture and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) have formed an alliance to enable clients to take advantage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies... More

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