Sentences with phrase «game research»

The outreach of games research is not limited to scholarly publishing or university classrooms.
There has been a natural focus within games research on the social aspects of online gaming in recent times.
We have a tendency to consider ourselves unique and unpredictable, but digital games research shows that this is far from the case.
What actually drives all these diverse projects is the company's strong ties to and interest with cutting - edge game research.
«It took them a long time, but Nintendo finally realized that the $ 30 billion mobile gaming market in 2015 is too big to ignore,» said Peter Warman, analyst at video game research firm Newzoo.
The following comes from Piers Harding - Rolls, head of games research at IHS Markit...
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The video game research project is taking place in Singapore's Fusionopolis — a new 120,000 square - meter, two - tower complex that houses research labs, serviced apartments, a fitness club, a swimming pool, shops, and even a movie theater.
In 2015, mobile gaming is projected to overtake console gaming in revenue, according to recently released data from Newzoo, an Amsterdam - based games research firm.
This pilot, which takes state - based standards for high school art and math and reimagines them through the multimedia platform of building video games from scratch, was conceived and created by USC professor Lucien Vattel, associate director for game research at the university's Viterbi School of Engineering.
The new activities include hands - on volunteering with the in - house game research team, magical Star Gazing experiences and fishing excursions on the Douw Steyn dam.
This is part three of a multi-part series reflecting back on the games developed during the first year of the Singapore - MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, a five - year research initiative created to address important challenges faced by the global digital game research community and industry.
What I explain in the article, although focused on adventure games, is my understanding of what games research may be (we games researchers are still figuring that out).
For Julian Togelius, one of the foremost experts on AI games research now based at NYU, the next step is active player modelling — he envisages an AI level designer that doesn't just react to inputs, but is actually curious about the player and their preferences, and wants to find out more.
Adventure games research requires being able to play games critically and, more importantly, knowing the field of game studies in order to situate the work.
Video game research outfit EEDAR has published data corroborating what many have long suspected: most people play mobile games not for fun, or a challenge, but chiefly to pass some time.
She teaches game research, design research and game design at the University of Tampere (and sometimes also elsewhere).
GAME - PLAYING ALGORITHM OUTPLAYS HUMANS AT ATARI GAMES The research project carried out by DeepMind Technologies, the British startup that Google acquired last year for $ 400...
Yet, in 2012, video game research firm Electronic Entertainment Design and Research looked at a sampling of 669 games where the protagonists had discernable genders — only 24 games had exclusively female protagonists.
Researchers of the Institute have been and are currently involved in numerous externally funded research projects, editorial boards of top academic journals and programme committees of the most prestigious conferences in games research.
Although individual researchers vary in their disciplinary backgrounds and each follow their own path within game research, a unifying focus among researchers at the Institute is the intersection of player experience and game design.
«While this early adoption phase is important to build sales momentum, it can only take the Switch so far,» said Piers Harding - Rolls, head of games research at IHS Markit.
According to video game research firm Newzoo, game sales of Activision's (ATVI) 2013 title Skylanders Swap Force sold about 3.9 million copies to date, slightly lower than the 2012 Skylanders Giants version at 4.65 million, which was comparable to Skylanders Spyro's Adventure sales in 2011.
Before that, he spent six years at Lazard Capital Markets developing the company's internet and video game research.
It's a big promise, and to shepherd her game into the healthcare arena, McGonigal has taken an «entrepreneurial sabbatical» of undetermined length from her role as director of games research and development at Palo Alto, Calif.'s Institute for the Future.
This is something I learned while working with the Institute for the Future, a non-profit forecasting group in Palo Alto [where she is director of game research and development].
McGonigal is director of games research and development at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California.
Jane Mcgonigal is an American game designer who serves as the Director of Game Research & Development at Institute for the Future and the Chief Creative Officer at SuperBetter Labs.
Social believability within games research and game AI deals with analysing the functions and expressions of Non-Player Characters (NPCs) in game worlds.
A previous study found that 92 % of gamers research a title before buying, and that brand - released game video is the most influential piece of publisher content.
Yet, in 2012, video game research firm Electronic Entertainment Design and Research looked at a sampling of 669 games where the protagonists had discernable genders — only 24 games had exclusively female protagonists.
While a bit grind - heavy, being able to work for infinite cash lets me experiment freely with configurations, instead of having to do out - of - game research.
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