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Game Uses iPhone Sensors To Create New Gaming Expe-> 0

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andylim

on Thursday December 08, @10:02AM

andylim writes "RJDJ has created a new game called Dimensions that uses all of the iPhone's sensors to create an augmented gaming reality. In other words, instead of playing a game only using the touchscreen, Dimensions lets you use sound and movement too to progress through the game. "Dimensions is different. It's designed to be played in parallel with your normal life and it gives you a very personal experience that adjusts to your environment and actions." Could this be the future of iOS gaming?"
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Is This The Future Of Bedtime Stories?-> 0

Submitted by andylim on Thursday March 17 2011, @12:40PM

andylim writes "BoingBoing has written up an iOS app called Nursery Rhymes with StoryTime that let's you remotely read stories to your children. As some of the comments point out it's a sad video, "Oh god...that was just about heart-breaking. The little girl, listlessly pawing the screen, clearly missing her Father, who has been rendered a disembodied voice...ugh." That said, the use of technology is very cool. Is this the future of bedtime stories?"
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Star Wars Augmented Reality iPhone Game 0

Submitted by andylim on Friday November 05 2010, @06:23AM

andylim writes "THQ Wireless is set to release an augmented reality iPhone game based on Star Wars, that will see you firing the Millennium Falcon's big gun at hordes of TIE Fighters as they zoom around your current real-world location. The Death Star is also included as a background option. See the video of it in action here."

Google's Japanese 'Mobile Girl' Commercials 0

Submitted by andylim on Friday November 05 2010, @06:01AM

andylim writes "It turns out that Google Mobile might not be as popular in Japan as it is in the US. So Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo were tasked with creating an ad campaign to set the record straight. Instead of just coming up with a bunch of boring ads though, Wieden+Kennedy created a 'mobile girl' named Mobaco and put together an series of unusual short films that show how useful Google Mobile is."

Angry Birds On WP7 Site Without Rovio's Permission 0

Submitted by andylim on Sunday October 10 2010, @09:58AM

andylim writes "According to recombu.com, Microsoft has screwed up and put Rovio's extremely popular game, Angry Birds, on its Windows Phone 7 page without Rovio's permission. Rovio isn't even "committed" to making a Windows Phone 7 version."

Russan Spy Anna Chapman Gets Her Own iPhone Game 0

Submitted by andylim on Saturday October 09 2010, @05:30AM

andylim writes "What to do next if you're a glamorous Russian spy who's been unmasked in the US, pictured topless in the tabloids, and deported back to your home country? If you're Anna Chapman, you sign over your image rights to a company called Zeda, and release your own iPhone poker game."

Apple Tablet Guru Reveals Favourite iPad Apps 0

Submitted by andylim on Wednesday October 06 2010, @10:53AM

andylim writes "Michael Tchao, one of the developers of the Apple tablet Newton, was poached back from Nike for a VP of product (aka iPad) marketing role — and he's just disclosed his favourite iPad apps: Heart Pro 3D, Flipboard, Sound Prism, Marble Mixer, Edition 29 Architecture, Financial Times, Photo Cookbook, Labyrinth, The Elements, Starwalk, Pianist Pro, Brushes, Tab Toolkit and Scrabble."

RIM Doesn't Want 200 Fart Apps 0

Submitted by andylim on Wednesday September 29 2010, @11:33AM

andylim writes "Just when you thought it was safe to dev a fart app for a BlackBerry, RIM's VP of platform product management, Alan Panezic, is making it clear that that's not want RIM is looking for. "We don't need 200 fart apps in App World. Those are apps you'll use three or four times then never open again. You're not looking at ads, clicking on ads or buying premium upgrades, and the app isn't adding any value to your device." Turns out RIM wants 'SuperApps', ones that keep you coming back for more because they add something to your life — be it ongoing entertainment value or doing something for you. Most importantly for developers, these are the apps that will garner the most revenue; whether it comes from premium upgrades, in-app advertising or additional-cost content."

Lucas set to release 3D Star Wars beginning 2012-> 0

Submitted by kaptink on Wednesday September 29 2010, @11:04AM

kaptink writes "Hold on to your light saber — because George Lucas' celebrated Star Wars saga is expected to be released in 3D, beginning in 2012.

All six of the franchise's titles will be released in 3D by 20th Century Fox, which also released the original films, beginning with Episode I: The Phantom Menace, in early 2012, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

After 2012, each subsequent movie would be released in order, in consecutive years.

Lucas has said that his intense experience seeing James Cameron's 2009 3D mega-success Avatar convinced him that his own Star Wars franchise was ready for 3D treatment."
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What Is It With The Sociology Of Crossing Roads? 0

Submitted by andylim on Saturday September 25 2010, @07:28AM

andylim writes "Chris Stevens questions why in London and New York it's pretty much fine to dart across the street at any point but in Seattle or Tokyo, pedestrians stand in neat little groups until the correct light permits them WALK. Why is this? What does it mean? What is it in men's hearts that make them beat this way?"