The holidays are all but over, with New Years just around the corner. It is too late to be buying gifts, right? Wrong! Plenty of us don’t get presents for certain people in our lives until after the holiday rush. Coworkers, friends, acquaintances…it is sometimes just easier to wait until […]
Gaming
Microsoft’s RoomAlive project and the future of the IllumiRoom experiment
Microsoft came out with an interesting project not too long ago called IllumiRoom, which allowed for full-wall, interactive gaming using physical movements. It utilized the Kinect, and tried to take things to the next level. Now, they are showing off the second version of the project, called RoomAlive. It takes […]
Why Microsoft’s buyout of Mojang might be a bad thing
Minecraft is one of those iconic games that has gained one of the most passionate followings around. Now Microsoft has bought the company who produced it, Mojang, along with the rights to the game itself. That isn’t a good thing. When details of the Xbox One came out, it was […]
NVIDIA announces SHIELD gaming tablet
NVIDIA has announced their own tablet, a device meant to provide a high quality gaming experience. The gaming industry has seen real advances, in everything from graphics and gameplay, just in the past year. From virtual reality to consoles that provide almost ridiculously realistic art, gaming has changed in ways […]
Amazon aims to change the TV business with Fire TV set-top box
Amazon have just announced during a live event their first video streaming device: Fire TV set-top box. The event started with Peter Limp on the stage saying that Amazon is looking forward to solve three major issues of current video streaming devices: search, performance, and “closed ecosystem”. On a first look […]
Sony steps into virtual reality with Project Morpheus
Project Morpheus, the official virtual reality product line by Sony, has been announced this week. It appears that Sony is the latest to follow in the footsteps of Oculus Rift, the 3-D VR gaming headset. In many ways, virtual reality is the next major wave in technology. At least, that […]
OnLive announces new cloud gaming services
Online gaming platform OnLive has announced that they have named former IGN chief Mark Jung as their new executive chairman. Along with this appointment comes new cloud gaming services and multiple platform combination, such as Steam integration. Two years ago, OnLive suffered a major blow when it was forced to […]
