Current interactive systems enable users to communicate with computers in many ways, but not taking into account emotional communication. A PhD thesis presented at the University of the Basque Country puts forward the use of avatars or virtual Internet personages as an...
I have to admit, video game movies usually don't do very well. It's very difficult to translate a more interactive, hands-on experience into a passive one like a movie, and often the gimmicks or sheer fun of playing the game helped a gamer look past a shoddy plot and poor...
Viewzi is a new visual search engine that attempts to deliver a fun and interactive way to find online content. Recently out of beta (although the Web site still displays the beta tag), Viewzi focuses on the user experience by offering different "views" to organize the...
Robovox arrived to Ljubljana to give people a voice. I heard that it will come to Ljubljana but still seeing a 8m high robot is quite impressive." RoboVox is a large (8m high) interactive public sound installation by...
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Why, Bruce, why!?! At least it's not a Uwe Boll vehicle:"Bruce Willis is in negotiations to play a death row inmate in "Kane & Lynch," a thriller based on a video game.Willis' character, Kane, and a schizophrenic killer named Lynch, are sprung by Kane's former team so...
Diane Willow + Experientiae Electricaeco-presented by Year Zero One and Pixel Gallery for the Subtle Technologies Festivalcurated by Camille Turnerhttp://www.year01.com/lightLiving Light is an exhibition of...
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Jakob Nielsen's annual report on web habits shows that users are more and more task driven when they go online. More than half of pageviews are guided by search, with only 40% generated by visits to a given homepage....
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"China has been a holdout in joining the world of next-generation mobile telephony, while consumers in Seoul and Tokyo enjoy blistering network speeds, greater voice capacity, and a range of interactive data features."
The highly anticipated 'Grand Theft Auto: IV' has raked in 500 million dollars in its opening week, setting videogame records and leaving all other competition in its virtual dust."Take-Two Interactive said...
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Any video game that is poised to become the biggest and fastest-selling entertainment property of all time is bound to provoke strong reactions to its content.But when that game happens to be GTA IV, with its heady...
It's fascinating to note that a game you may not have heard of, let alone seen a trailer for, could become "the most lucrative launch in entertainment history" this week.To say that expectations for "Grand Theft Auto...
Do you love Jazz? Listen to live-streaming of the Absolute Best Jazz Radio on WWOZ website from anywhere in the world! Just click the Pink 'Tune In- Listen Online' radio button.Sometimes they even play original recordings from the early 1900s, though much was lost in the...
Politisite Political Projections : PennsylvaniaWeb Posted on April 21, 2008By Albert N. Milliron, Chief Political Correspondent,Iron Mill Interactive Media, Inc / Politisite.comPolitisite uses a Trending / Momentum...
Even the venerable NYTimes is not immune to the dramatic downturn in newspaper revenues."With ad spending overall down just under double digits at 9% for the first quarter, the New York Times' results -- most likely...
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