Tech giant Microsoft is investing in machine learning technologies to track and influence a gamer's emotions. The corporation is looking to increase its footprint in the gaming industry as it is trying to acquire Activision Blizzard, a leading game developer.
Read MoreTo explore these learning-based approaches and quickly build agents that can make sense of human instructions and safely perform actions in open-ended conditions, we created a research framework within a video game environment.
Read MoreWhat Web3 game designers need to realize is that the extrinsic motivation of money can have an unbalancing effect on the intrinsic fun that players derive from a game. In the early wave of Web3 games, we saw this focus on money go too far but this doesn't have to be the norm forever.
Read MoreVideo games are able to foster intellectual growth within children differently than more traditional learning methods. Field Day Labs creative director Sarah Gagnon said video games are ideal resources for immersive education.
Read MoreAt the time, free-to-play games, where players get most of the game for free but must pay to unlock the rest of the game or improve their performance, were still in their infancy.
Read MoreGame-based learning incorporates game characteristics and principles into learning activities. Learning activities inspire student engagement and enthusiasm to learn. What Is Game-Based Learning? Game-based learning is an active learning technique that uses games to improve student learning.
Read MoreMySchool, a communication-oriented metaverse platform that combines education and games, will be officially released soon by Inventis Co. In the past few years, the paradigm of education has changed significantly due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19.
Read MoreA new book published by Thames & Hudson and an exhibition now on display at the Museum of Modern Art respectively map the interactive worlds of video games and investigate how people conceive of space and time through interactive design.
Read MoreWhy some researchers are using 'serious games' to engage stakeholders in complicated decisions.
Read MoreA team at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity developed a prototype to utilize this increasing background in the gaming world to improve training solutions for the U.S. Marines. The Gaming Environment for Air Readiness prototype was developed over a 12-month period thanks to funding from the Office of Naval Research Global Tech Solutions.
Read MoreWhen my eight-year-old son told me he was making his friends happy and fighting bullies in a video game, I was curious. He told me about Kind Kingdom, a game his school librarian recommended.
Read MoreIn each game, we play there is a story, sometimes a game designed around a story or the other way around. What do we mean by a game designed around a story? Well, we are talking about "Game Mechanics". Game mechanics are fundamental designs in the game that determine playability, and interactivity.
Read MoreWhy are board games an important tool in educating people about climate change? It's not hard to imagine these scenarios: Environmental science students walk into a classroom, see the board game props, and are pleasantly surprised when they learn that the teaching content will be carried out through this game today.
Read MoreOnce the boards were made, Mr. Mofaq and Mr. Barlow introduced the game to students at the university. Continue reading the main story "It is a nice feeling when you rebuild and recreate a game which is not played by people anymore," Mr. Mofaq said in a 2018 interview with The Arab Weekly.
Read MoreThere hasn't been a technology this revolutionary for gaming since real-time 3D. Spend any time at all talking to game creators, and the sense of excitement and wonder is palpable. Of all entertainment, games will be most impacted by Generative AI Games are the most complex form of entertainment, in terms of the sheer number of asset types involved.
Read MoreThere's no escaping the influence of technology these days. It is everywhere around us and has even started to transform the field of education.
Read MoreThey go together when it comes to analyzing the difficulty of a game and it's very hard to actually make something hard. Some people can only relax if a game is testing them every which way, and there are others who just want to breeze through a game and treat it as an extended movie or TV show.
Read MoreNursing is a demanding and challenging profession that requires continuous learning to keep up with the latest developments in the field. Online nursing education has become increasingly popular, providing nurses with the flexibility and convenience to continue their education while balancing their work and personal lives.
Read MoreLowtek's founder Alastair Low, dyslexic himself, has been working tirelessly to educate the games industry about the impact of dyslexia. A couple of weeks ago, Low won a Scottish Games Award for Dislectek, his Unity plugin that lets developers add dyslexic-friendly text-to-speech options in their games. Low's dyslexia has of course shaped the type of games he's making.
Read MoreStudents can learn a lot by setting goals, targets and achievements. The gamification features are used in the classroom through the storytelling mode to guide students to engage more effectively than in the traditional classroom. Gamified learning helps students retain more of what they learn in a fun way.
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