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1up’s “What if Video Games Never Came home”

1up’s “What if Video Games Never Came home”

Arcadian May 24, 2012 16

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

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Documentary looks at use of technology in US Army (which sort of includes arcades)

Arcadian October 19, 2011 1

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

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Fleet Commander gives multiple touchscreens a purpose

Arcadian July 19, 2011 1

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

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The Video games of The Simpsons + new VR entertainment system prototype

Arcadian July 10, 2011 1

(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

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Step over motion controls: Play pinball with your mind!

Shaggy June 11, 2009 0

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

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The Immersive Cocoon and thoughts on other technologies arcades can use

Shaggy September 18, 2008 0

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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Post-Edinburgh Interactive Festival Report

Shaggy August 22, 2008 0

Previously we have discussed the Edinburgh Interactive Festival and how our friend Kevin Williams was going to present a seminar about the amusement industry to that show and now we have the details. He

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