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From SxSW: Oculus Rift VR Panel Discussion
(Thanks to Adam Coate for the tip!) In August of last year we ran a story where some discussion of VR had hit the mainstream again thanks to John Carmack’s keynote address at QuakeCon
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IAAPA 2012 Videos Part #1
UPDATE: Part 2 of the videos can be seen here. Pictures are nice and all but we know that everyone wants videos. I apologize in advance for the videos as they have no commentary
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The Arcade Network Project
The following video I stumbled across on Youtube is still something that is in the “proof of concept” stages but one I would love to see get into production. Since I first dreamed of
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DNA Conference Overview
For the past few months we have featured an ad on our website for the Digital Out-of-Home Interactive Entertainment Network Association USA Conference that is taking place on October 2nd & 3rd. As those
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Open Discussion: Arcade Hardware
An article about embedded technology with Taito which gives us a place to discuss arcade hardware and technology in general
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First Look: Unique Pac-Man Smash Air Hockey Coming To North America
Pac-Man enters the realm of air hockey but this is much more than just a themed air hockey table. Find out what makes this game unlike any other table currently on the market
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1up’s “What if Video Games Never Came home”
Newsfeed 1205 via 1up.com is doing a “What if” series of articles and videos that covers their idea of what life would be like if some sort of situation in the game industry were
Read More »Documentary looks at use of technology in US Army (which sort of includes arcades)
Newsfeed 1126 via A new documentary is in the works by Piers Sanderson that is taking a look at how the US Army uses technology on every level of what they do from recruitment
Read More »Fleet Commander gives multiple touchscreens a purpose
Newsfeed 1080 via The potential of multi-touch display technology is still in the early stages for out-of-home amusement and we certainly won’t see it tapped out anytime soon. One great example is Fleet Commander
Read More »The Video games of The Simpsons + new VR entertainment system prototype
(Thanks to James for the Simpsons tip. VR system news is Newsfeed 1074 via ) The Simpsons has been on TV for a really long time. I remember being in elementary school and everyone
Read More »Step over motion controls: Play pinball with your mind!
While the gaming world has begun to become swept up in the euphoria of motion controlled video games, one team of researchers in Germany have been hard at work on a new type of
Read More »The Immersive Cocoon and thoughts on other technologies arcades can use
The Stinger Report pointed us to a very interesting article about the future of computers and how we will interact with them via the Immersive Cocoon – think a possible prototype to Star Trek’s
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