Episode 123 – Virtual Star Wars

The Michael’s decide to have a bit of fun looking at Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Star Wars. How could you go wrong? Listen to this week’s show to find out. Show Links Landing Elon Musk’s Rocket Why Build a Virtual World Pluto Atmosphere Rock Powered Kicks – EA supports Women in FIFA 2016 Game Third life? Virtual Michael Star Wars Uprising Goodbye Lenin No longer available – Peace App http://media.blubrry.com/gamesatwork/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Episode-123-Virtual-Star-Wars.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:50 — 26.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Podcast Index | Email | RSS | … Continue reading

Episode 122 – Motivational Design

Phaedra and Michael M start off the show with a discussion about Phaedra’s experience at the SimTecT conference in Adelaide, Australia.  Phaedra reflected on an interesting question posed to her while at the conference — how motivational design could be used to extract someone from an indoctrinated, calcified way of thinking.  Motivational design leads to humanitarian design and then on to persuasive design, not just for simulation content, but also for how the experience is created and tailored for the user to know when and how to interrupt their flow for maximum benefit and impact. As you pass through the … Continue reading

Episode 121 – Coffee and Podcast

The Michael’s spend the morning at BeanTraders Coffee talking about this week’s interesting stories around gaming technology and play…We also throw in a few other stories we found while surfing the interwebs. What do you think about a fitness tracker in your glasses? What about pointed ears? How about short – little cars? Michael M. then gets us up to speed on the idea of Pop-Up Chorus, and shares his most recent event singing some They Might be Giants. If you are local you can join him at MotorCo in Durham to sing some Cure and ABBA songs. While you … Continue reading