Author Archives: Michael Rowe

About Michael Rowe

Michael Rowe is the co-founder and co-host of GamesAtWork.biz. He maintains the website http://www.michaelrowe01.com.

Episode 141 – Rose Colored Ear Buds

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Michael and Michael are back this week (after another travel based hiatus) to talk about augmented reality, virtual reality, movies, games, games based on movies, code camp for kids, managing happiness, twitter, and agile development! This jammed packed episode is brought to you by the letters “A”, “R” and “V”. So sit back, listen, drop us a review or a rating, and enjoy! Show Links: Magic Leap Brings Star Wars To Life Warcraft Movie! A box office smash? Apple launches Coding Camps for Kids Managing for Happiness Tri-Agile Twitter hires AR/VR Team Training Doctors via VR Soothing Kids with VR … Continue reading →

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Episode 140 – Pokemon and Bullies

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This week’s show features our co-hosts Phaedra and Michael R. who get to have some fun looking at the latest AR app, all about Pokemon! Have you collected them all? We also look at the report from Riot Games (makers of League of Legends) and their employee assessment on toxicity in the work place. Does your online gaming behavior translate to your behavior at work? There appears to be a correlation. Michael ends the show with a really quick review of Warcraft! The Movie!!! Let’s just say – go see it! Show Links: iPhone/Android Pokemon Go Pokemon Go Hands On … Continue reading →

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Episode 139 – It’s All About The Rings Baby!

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This week Michael and Michael look at another example of NFC Rings, this time by Visa for the athletes of the 2016 Olympics. We also investigate a new way to combine AR and VR with Occipital’s new purchase. And talk about a few of our new games we are playing. Check it out! Show Links Visa’s Olympic NFC Rings Occipital buys Replica Labs Magic Leap The World’s most secretive startup Games we are playing: Star Trek – Timelines Shark Evolution http://media.blubrry.com/gamesatwork/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/5-139-Episode-139-Its-all-about-the-rings-baby.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (28.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | … Continue reading →

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Episode 138 – Commitment Rings

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The Michael’s look at the Internet of Things thru NFC based Commitment Rings, trying to decide if it would really provide the value that the site claims. Would you be able to keep your partner from watching your favorite show, before you? Can we tie it to blockchain (short answer – NO!). Can you use this for secure transaction? What about restaurant use cases? Then we switch to BTLE as a potential solution… ultimately we think thru interesting use cases… would love to hear your ideas. Michael M. then transitions to his recent experience using Square as a vendor… have … Continue reading →

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