The top 12 trends of the video game industry
It’s good to step back and get a good look at the various cross-currents in the games landscape. Over the last few weeks I’ve been surrounded by game developers at the Login online games conference in Seattle and the Quo Vadis game developers event in Berlin, both events where I was invited to speak, and have seen several trends emerging — some good, some bad. Here they are:
1. Game startup financings have slowed from last year. Everyone… Continue Reading
Omek Interactive to launch 3-D camera for gesture-controlled games
Aiming at making next-generation games possible, Omek Interactive is announcing today that it has created a new Motion Game System that uses a 3-D camera to capture a player’s movements and integrate them into video game play.
In doing so, the company will be competing with the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation EyeToy already on the market and upcoming technologies from software-based rivals Softkinetic and GestureTek. The company is betting that 3-D camera technology will be… Continue Reading