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Episode 106 – Stick it on your face

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The Michaels are back for a fun show talking augmented reality and the future of the Microsoft Hololens. We look at VR vs. AR, Oculus vs. Hololens, and what is Google’s play with the reboot of Glass? We also look at a great game you can play at the Air & Space Museum. Could that game benefit from Hololens? And finally we decide to take some downtime from our mobile devices, thanks to the team at New Tech City and their Bored and Brilliant challenge. If you get a chance please follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or Tumblr. We’d … Continue reading →

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Episode 105 – Glad to be of Service

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Phaedra and Michael M start off the year talking about InterConnect 2015, where Phaedra will be on the main stage speaking about the power of games.  Continuing on into how the card game for Rejection Therapy operates, a couple of throwback shows from Ross Smith’s experiences with personification of water coolers and buildings at Microsoft and David Szilagy’s & Balás Vedres experiences with Gravitent are recalled. The concept of how brands such as @AmericanAir have a personality based on on the way that people interact with them, or in Ross’ case, how people at Microsoft interacted with a water cooler … Continue reading →

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Episode 104 – CES, Sales, and Sentient

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The Michael’s kick off the new year with a review of CES 2015; not much gaming there, unless you consider all of Las Vegas. We then take an interesting site from our co-host Phaedra about improved gamification of sales contests…with world wide applicability! And finally we say a big thank you to our former co-host Sandy Kearney who has succumbed to day job overload – we miss you Sandy and wish you a great 2015! Show links: CES Detailed Blogs from Michael R. Day -1 Day 0 Day 1 – For Realz Day 2 – Few Exciting Items Day 3 … Continue reading →

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Episode 103 – Holiday Silliness

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The Michaels are together again to talk about gamifying pizza delivery – based on a nugget of information in our daily Google alerts. This article gets us to go down a bunch of thought exercises around gamificaiton, 3d-printing, Möbius strips, and other fun discussions. We also follow-up from last week’s show on what games (or things) we want (or would love to give) for year end holiday gifts. Links: Lord Nibbler Gamifying Pizza Delivery 3d Printer Pizza Möbius strip What tech do we want to give or receive this holiday season: Apple Watch Watch Kit Michael Rowe’s – Wasted Time … Continue reading →

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