GAME IMPULSE

In this short presentation, I'll share my experience from running a successful indie-game studio for many years and give some helpful advice for starting your own company or start-up.

In this talk, Eashwar Natarajan provides an overview of gamification principles and their application in business, using the platform as a model for creating game metaphors and mechanics. After a brief introduction to the platform, he presents examples of different gamification models that it has supported in various business contexts. He also demonstrates how the platform can be extended and adapted to new contexts and models.

“Games” have become an integral part of computer entertainment. Game logic, visual design, compelling characters, narratives and quests — many of these elements remain as fascinating as ever. At the same time, networking, eSports and live streaming have transformed games themselves. Akihiko Shirai, Director at REALITY, Inc., will talk about the development of REALITY, the latest avatar broadcasting app from Japan.

Derrick Carter, Managing Director of The Sawmill, an independent motion capture studio in Vancouver, Canada, will provide an overview of motion capture and its applications in the media industry, with a focus on virtual production, performance capture, and remote live streaming.

Florian Daiber is a postdoctoral researcher and group leader at the Ubiquitous Media Technology Lab (UMTL) at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Florian is co-organizing the UbiComp Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing in the Mountains, the Workshop on Understanding human–computer interaction in Outdoor Recreation, the workshop on everyday proxy objects for virtual reality and the workshop on cross-reality (XR) interaction. He served on various program committees in the field of human–computer interaction.

The importance of real-world iteration in VR development, illustrated with examples from Prince of Persia: The Dagger of Time.

Jesse Schell is the CEO of Schell Games, a team of more than one hundred employees creating games for both entertainment and education, including award-winning VR titles such as I Expect You To Die, HoloLAB Champions, and Until You Fall. Jesse is a Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon University and the author of the award-winning book The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses.