Stories By Dr. Chris Harz
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Festivals and Events
XRDC 2019: The Future of Immersive Technology
November 8, 2019The different flavors of virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality are now collectively called “XR”...
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Gaming
Featured Games at the E3 and GDC in 2019
June 24, 2019The global videogame market is huge, at around $135 billion in 2018 (according to NewZoo), and...
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Gaming
GDC 2019: The New Face of Streaming
April 8, 2019One of the most-awaited reveals at the recent GDC was Google’s Stadia, a much-hyped new cloud-based...
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Festivals and Events
CES 2019: An Animated Future
January 30, 2019The recent CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas was bigger than ever, with over 4,500...
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Festivals and Events
XRDC 2018: The State of the Art of XR
January 3, 2019The recent XRDC (XR Developers Conference) in San Francisco featured a remarkably diverse cast of advanced...
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Gaming
Understanding Blockchain for Video Games (Part 2)
May 4, 2018Missed Part 1? Read it here. Blockchain was a major new presence at this year’s Game...
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Features
Understanding Blockchain for Video Games (Part 1)
May 3, 2018Blockchain was a major new presence at this year’s Game Developers Conference, in booths, meetings and...
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Festivals and Events
GDC 2018: Tools for Better Storytelling
April 8, 2018A common mistake that game (and movie) designers make is ignoring basic storytelling elements. It bears...
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Festivals and Events
GDC 2018: An Overview of the Show
April 3, 2018The Game Developers Conference for 2018 set a record attendance of over 28,000 to fill up...
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Festivals and Events
GDC 2018: The Best Independent Games
April 2, 2018The 20th Annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards were one of the highlights at this year’s...
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Gaming
‘Breath of the Wild,’ ‘Cuphead’ Win Big at GDC
March 30, 2018San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference (March 19-23) this year resembled an anthill of supercharged gamers, many...
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Festivals and Events
GDC 2018: VR on the Go
March 27, 2018The longest waiting line at the Game Developers Conference was for the Oculus Go (OGO), the...
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Festivals and Events
GDC 2018: The VR Winners
March 26, 2018There was a lot to like in Virtual Reality at this year’s Game Developers Conference in...
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Festivals and Events
GDC 2016: The Growing Games Market for Seniors
April 11, 2016The landscape of the videogame market is a very challenging one for new game creators. Large-scale...
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Top Stories
GDC 2016: The New World of Audio for VR
March 30, 2016VR audio started with military simulations such as DARPA’s SIMNET, the $240 million project in the...
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Festivals and Events
GDC 2016: Virtual Reality Games
March 29, 2016Virtual Reality buzz permeated the 2016 GDC. Market analyst PitchBook reported that investors poured over $4...
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Festivals and Events
GDC 2016: Creating Films and Content for VR
March 28, 2016In addition to pure single- or multiplayer games in virtual reality, several studios are also producing...
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Festivals and Events
Market Report: GDC 2016
March 24, 2016The year 2016 marks the 30th Game Developers Conference. Attendance keeps growing, and pushed over 27,000...
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Gaming
E3 2015: The Excitement is Back!
June 19, 2015Long ago, in ancient history (about 2005), E3 was the hottest show of the year, with...
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Gaming
Making Money from Free Games, Part 3
April 10, 2015This is the third in a series of articles on a hot topic for game animators...
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