Monthly Archives: March 2009

Essential facts about digital games industry – 2008 report / Fatos essenciais sobre a indústria de jogos digitais – relatório de 2008

Posted on March 22, 2009 by awfurtado

[versão em português abaixo] I just came through the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) Essential Facts 2008 report for digital games. I believe it was released months ago; anyway, a couple of things caught my eyes: About 65% of American households … Continue reading →

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[echo] 3D Immersive Xbox games? / Jogos Xbox imersivos 3D?

Posted on March 19, 2009 by awfurtado

[versão em português abaixo] Speaking about gestures, something interesting was reported here. It’s suspected that Microsoft might acquire a technology to enable immersive 3D games, without the need of any device at all. It seems some envisioned scenarios for the … Continue reading →

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[echo] Unveiling the sixth sense / Revelando o sexto sentido

Posted on March 12, 2009 by awfurtado

(versão em Português abaixo) Since Minority Report, the concept of “gestures” has taken UIs to the next level. While gestures are already enabled today in software by frameworks such as WPF, the presentation below shows we’re not too far away … Continue reading →

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2019 vision: what about games?

Posted on March 7, 2009 by awfurtado

The video below, from Office Labs, has been published all around the blogosphere. It shows Office Labs vision for 2019. http://images.video.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf   I identified lots of my own needs there, such as receiving the best route to go through in … Continue reading →

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SharpLudus v0.2 released: XNA shakes hands with model-driven development

Posted on March 3, 2009 by awfurtado

[versão em português abaixo] Today I’m officially announcing the release of a SharpLudus version that enables an end-to-end development experience, supported by visual modeling, to the creation of XNA games. SharpLudus v0.2 presents the Game Definition DSL (domain-specific language), in … Continue reading →

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