Virtual reality is booming in the workplace amid the pandemic. Here’s why Once again the era of virtual and augmented reality might be upon us. After years of promises and false starts, Covid-19 has driven a record number of workers remotely and could finally usher in their regular use of VR and … [Read more...]

NCS Announces 2020 Modeling & Simulation Hall of Fame Inductees  Orlando, FLA.  -- The National Center for Simulation (NCS) announced three new members for induction to the NCS Modeling and Simulation Hall of Fame. Dale P. Bennett, a retired Lockheed Martin executive who was a driving force for … [Read more...]

Must Read AR/VR Books in 2020 Broaden your horizons with these top-rated AR/VR books covering various aspects of content creation and technology impact on our lives. Reading AR/VR books is one of the best ways to keep in touch with the evolution of immersive technologies. These books are great … [Read more...]

U.S. Becomes Top Buying Country Worldwide for Game-based Learning Surge in Corporate Purchases Drives Revenue Total Past China Sales ORLANDO  — The U.S. has become the top buying country for serious games, according to a new forecast report done by analyst firm Metaari. The rapid growth rate of … [Read more...]

National Center for Simulation Awards $10,000 in Scholarships; Expects to Exceed $35,000 by Summer’s End Orlando, Florida.  The National Center for Simulation (NCS) announced the award winners for the 2020 NCS Henry C. Okraski scholarships. Ten graduating high school students from Orange and … [Read more...]

AR and VR: The future of work and play? Virtual reality and its more outward-looking cousin augmented reality are set to transform both entertainment and employment, but it's still early days. Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are often mentioned in the same breath, but there are … [Read more...]

South Australia Introduces New Rebate For Video Game Development South Australia’s government will allow video game developers to apply for a 10 percent rebate on production expenditure, a first for taxpayer-funded video games support in Australia. The rebate is an extension of South Australia’s … [Read more...]

Casual To Serious: The Effects of The Lockdown on Gamers As we self-isolate, we are seeing an increase in both participation and viewing in gaming. Reports from Verizon show gaming usage went up 75 per cent in the week after quarantine went into effect (Verizon Usage Report, March 2020), and on the … [Read more...]

GLF Live with game designers Elizabeth Newbury and Alan Gershenfeld Live discussion on the growing genre of climate games Games are some of our most effective teachers. They pull us into their small worlds with the enticement of entertainment and of winning, teaching us their own particular rules … [Read more...]

Free Webinar on the 2020-2025 Global Serious Game Market on May 20th Sam Adkins Presents Key Findings from the New Worldwide Game-based Learning Market Report by Metaari Sam S. Adkins will present key findings from the new Metaari (formerly Ambient Insight) report called "The Worldwide 2020-2025 … [Read more...]

Opportunity for Developers: Request for SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposals Addressing COVID-19 The Division of Innovation and Industrial Partnerships (IIP) of the Engineering Directorate invites US-based small businesses to submit Phase I proposals focused on the development and deployment of new … [Read more...]

SERIOUS GAMES MARKET SURVEY ON EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES BY 2023 TOP KEY PLAYERS: BREAKAWAY, LTD., DESIGNING DIGITALLY, INC., DIGINEXT, IBM CORPORATION Serious game is a game-based initiative designed for training and education, which are other than pure entertainment. These kinds of video games are … [Read more...]

New Metaari Forecast for Worldwide 2020-2025 Game-Based Learning Market Shows North America Sales Will Soon Outstrip Asia Pacific as Game Revenues in China Slow ORLANDO  – Revenue from the Game-based Learning Industry continues to have a phenomenally high growth rate – 27.% – projected for the next … [Read more...]

NASA builds a video game to help save endangered coral reefs Researchers are trying a number of different ways to save endangered coral reefs from dying off, as they're negatively impacted by ocean pollution, climate change and several other factors. Now, NASA is asking video game players for … [Read more...]

COVID-19 IMPACTS ON MILITARY SIMULATION AND VIRTUAL TRAINING MARKET GROWTH RATIO ANALYSIS WITH TOP PLAYERS LIKE CAE, L3 LINK SIMULATION & TRAINING, LOCKHEED MARTIN COVID-19 Impacts on Military Simulation and Virtual Training Market Growth Ratio Analysis with Top Players Like CAE, L3 Link … [Read more...]

Not enough VR headsets to meet demand. Thanks / no thanks, COVID-19. Also, very cool, but, as a homeschool tool, probably out of reach for most.   About a month ago, when a lot of people started working from home, I said I was surprised virtual reality hadn’t become a bigger part … [Read more...]

Computer games: More than a lockdown distraction By Chris Baraniuk, Technology of Business reporter At a time when there are so many restrictions on daily life, people are turning to games in order to satisfy certain basic psychological needs, says Prof Andrew Przybylski at the Oxford … [Read more...]

Serious Games Market value is expected to garner $9,167 million by 2023 | 19.2% CAGR Increase in need for better user engagement platforms, emergence of social networks, and significant adoption of virtual reality are expected to propel the growth of the global serious games market. Rise in need … [Read more...]

Will COVID-19 Change the Fate of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality? With millions of people forced to work remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the very nature of how companies do business is changing rapidly—the only question is whether these changes are permanent, or if we’ll all revert … [Read more...]