Episode 246 — Ninja Stealth Robots

robotic helmet

Rising suns! I pity the fool who doesn’t want to check out these parkour robots, VR avatars, watch, phone and console apps or immersive play at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Continue reading

Episode 228 – Dragons and Light Sabers

Billboard advertising Hungarian Fencing from 2013

You can wield a lightsaber, just like in the movies with the French Fencing Federation, play VR music games, or plan your surgery with AR. Or, step into Store No. 8 to experience the How to Train Your Dragon world. Continue reading

Episode 222 – Haptic eSports

Ninja’s Twitch Fortnight monetization, haptic devices and crowdsourced mapping gamification Continue reading

Episode 71 – Grinding at Work

Episode 71, Grinding at Work was recorded Friday the 3rd of January 2014 — Happy New Year! Phaedra, Michael and Michael start the new year off with a bang, sharing the games that they’ve been playing over the holidays, discussing the Virtuix Omni 360 degree treadmill device, and exploring how grinding gaming experiences may lend themselves to improved customer and employee engagement. A very interesting gamification idea emerges for how Kinect-like devices could provide biofeedback to call center employees to help them stay “in the zone” and be as effective as possible. Have a listen! Selected show links: Games we’re … Continue reading