http://gametomorrow.com/blog Discuss the future of gaming Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:56:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Catching up on blogs and saw this blog posting on BusinessWeek about the new iPhone, announced at the Apple WWDC, and that the real sexy is about using the motion detector and developers kit to build games:Today’s previews of new, graphically impressive titles which seem to feature sophisticated gameplay go ... http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/23/businessweek-iphone-games-are-the-real-story/ Emotiv, on the heels of our joint presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show, has formally announced a relationship with IBM to learn how to exploit their novel brain computer interface:"The use of BCI technology represents a potential breakthrough in human-machine interfaces, changing the realm of possibilities not only for games, ... http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/09/brain-computer-interface-one-step-closer-to-reality/ There's a new study from Strategy Analytics predicting massive growth in online virtual world participation over the net 10 years.  The basis of the study seems to be an assumption that a little over 20% of broadband users worldwide will register for a virtual world, but only about 6% will ... http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/05/virtual-worlds-to-grow-to-1-billion-users/ So I was at the Web 2.0 Conference a month ago (good grief, a month ago already?) just down the street at Moscone here in San Francisco.  Web 2.0 is another of my particular interest areas, and I've seen increased interest in it from the games industry as well.  One ... http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/28/games-20/ Well, actually, I just looked at my last post and it's been a month (month!) since the last one so apologies for the quiet of late.  Coming back from Memorial Day, it's a good excuse to warm up the leftovers of the news. Two items in particular grabbed my attention recently: ... http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/27/back-from-memorial-day/ I know Gamasutra and Worlds in Motion, among others, are typically THE go-to-sources for news in the Games and Virtual Worlds industries.  But lately I've been noticing more and more coverage in more mainstream pubs like The Hollywood Reporter, Businessweek, and more.  Not sure if it's just a temporary blip, ... http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/28/more-visibility-of-games-in-hollywood/ Continuing the trend of expanding MMOs and online social environments to broader audiences, comes two stories from The Hollywood Reporter. The first, from April 10, writes about how Nickelodeon is developing two casual MMOs. The first a virtual world based on SpongeBob SquarePants, and the second ... http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/18/spongebob-squaregame/ Rawn Shaw, developerWorks' Community Program Manager, wrote an interesting blog entry about the Age of Conan, and the resultant implications from an online game, social network, and serious game standpoint.  Take a gander. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/rawn '...In a real-world military system, leaders assume that teamwork is a given. They ... http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/24/age-of-conan-and-democratic-armies/ An article in BusinessWeek's March 31 issue talks about how Electronic Arts is morphing video games into movies. The authors, Cliff Edwards and Matt Vella, write as if Electronic Arts is the only company suddenly grappling with the convergence of different media models within a single franchise.  As we ... http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/24/businessweek-misses-the-point-on-games-convergence/ After an over-1-year-hiatus, Bruce Woodcock (http://www.linkedin.com/in/brucewoodcock - sorry, my editor is still on the fritz with hotlinks...) is back with an updated MMOGCHART (http://www.mmogchart.com/).  And for those who thought the exponential growth in MMOG subscriptions was not sustainable, well, the data shows that at least in the short term is ... http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/20/mmogchart-guy-is-back-and-the-news-is-still-good/