Games/Interactive

 

Fox Brings World Cup Into Social Media Age with Twitter Webcasts (Bloomberg)

Fox’s World Cup endeavor is a sign of how Hollywood is chasing viewers beyond the TV. The hope is that networks can be just as relevant (and profitable) in their coverage even if... More

Verizon’s Oath Debuts Programmatic VR Advertising (FierceCable)

Verizon subsidiary Oath is unveiling what it calls extended reality (XR) ad experiences, including new 3D ad formats and programmatic virtual reality ads. Oath’s programmatic VR ... More

IBM’s Jeopardy-Winning AI is Now Ready to Debate You (Fortune)

IBM took the wraps off an AI system Monday that it calls Project Debater, staging a couple of debates between it and experienced human debaters that show how far its capabilities h... More

IBM, Mediaocean Partner to Integrate Blockchain Across Media Ecosystem (MESA)

Mediaocean and IBM iX today announced the launch of a blockchain consortium for the digital media supply chain. Bringing together some of the world's largest advertisers, agencies ... More

Amazon Tightens Grip on a New Medium: Live Streams of Video Games (NY Times)

In the four years since the sale, video gaming as a spectator sport has gone mainstream, and Twitch has captured the majority of those who want to watch it live. For the dedicated ... More

How Facebook is Stepping Up its Plans to Immediately Gratify Gamers (VentureBeat)

Facebook isn’t a game company, but it knows a lot about games and gamers. During last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, the big video game trade show in Los Angeles, the co... More

SAP, German Football Debut New Tech at World Cup (MESA)

SAP introduced technology innovations to the SAP Sports One solution to help the German national football team play at peak performance during the World Cup in Russia. SAP and the ... More

January is the New November, and Other Surprising E3 Trends (Wired)

Not that long ago, the fourth quarter of the calendar year—October to December—was the time for big videogame releases. That's when everything that was anything came out, just ... More

CEO: Cisco 5G Innovations Launching This Year (ZDNet)

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has told ZDNet that Cisco is working on a 5G innovation to be launched later this year with customers, pointing out that the networking giant is responsible... More

Oculus to Stream Select World Cup Matches in VR (Variety)

Facebook-owned Oculus is going to stream a handful of Word Cup matches in virtual reality (VR), for free: Starting with Sunday’s face-off between Mexico and Germany, Oculus will ... More

IBM’s Watson ‘Paints’ Poster for Wimbledon Championships (The Drum)

The All England Lawn Tennis Club – the organisation behind the annual Wimbledon tournament – has further strengthened its relationship with IBM by allowing the tech firm's AI t... More

Cisco CEO: AI Enables Every Tech We Build (ZDNet)

Artificial intelligence is an enabler of technology rather than being a business itself, according to Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins, who told ZDNet that AI is critical in sitting behind ... More

Adobe Has Created Five Fonts from the Lost Lettering of Original Bauhaus Designers (Adweek)

Adobe has set its sights on the Bauhaus, the short-lived (1919 to 1933) but immensely influential German school of design. And lettering, rather than furniture and architecture, is... More

Legal Gambling Could Spur Bettors to Watch More TV (B&C)

Legalized betting on sports could lead potential gamblers to watch more sports live on TV, according to a study by National Research Group. NRG found that 79% of current and potent... More

Facebook Steps Up Battle with Twitch, Adding New Features for Video-Game Streamers (Variety)

Facebook wants to entice more video-game broadcasters — and their fans — to use its platform, rolling out several features that will ratchet up competition with category pionee... More

Adobe’s Project Aero to Let Designers Create AR Content Using Existing Creative Cloud Tools (9to5Mac)

Adobe has introduced what they call Project Aero, a new AR authoring tool for designers and developers. While details are limited at this time, Adobe has promised that Project Aero... More

A Vision for the Future of Content Management: Chris McLaughlin of Nuxeo (CMS Wire)

McLaughlin: "There are lots of reasons to get excited about the content management industry today. Indeed, you used the term “transformational,” so let’s talk about some thin... More

How to Make Your IoT Vision a Reality (HCL Blog)

IoT technology holds tremendous potential for businesses, and savvy leaders are looking to leverage it as soon as possible. Apart from the navigation of technology adoption, it is ... More

Sony Pictures Launches Innovation Studios Facility (Variety)

Sony Pictures Entertainment is in the process of building out a new state-of-the-art digital technology facility dubbed Innovation Studios, which is scheduled to open later this fa... More

5G – Riding Wireless’s Next Wave (Twice)

The race to build out “fiber in the sky” is on. The next-gen mobile standard known as 5G is poised to create a new platform that is not just faster, but much more agile than to... More

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