Gamescom 2023 prefers to go flat
Gamescom 2023, Germany’s annual gaming event, grappled with a series of contradictions on multiple fronts. It spotlighted the disparity between Germany being one of the world’s largest gaming consumer markets and the comparatively modest economic impact of the German game industry. This
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Devcom 2023 walks the Line
The annual game developer conference Devcom kicked off this year’s Gamescom with a two-day event featuring conferences, an expo site, and social gatherings for the gaming industry. The hybrid format encompassed live-streamed lectures and provided virtual meeting slots on the event platform The
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VR is stepping up at SIGGRAPH 2023
The 50th edition of the annual SIGGRAPH show took place in Los Angeles. Alongside the usual theme tracks on computer graphics, visual computing, immersion, and media automation, this year’s event commemorated five decades of CGI history. A timeline showcasing the developments in visual computi
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Amaze 2023 shifts the event horizon
Berlin’s annual festival of playful interactive media got a special spot in this year’s event calendar. While other interactive media events did not make it into 2023, like canceled E3 for professionals or sunken Berlin Games Week for the public, A Maze expanded on several platforms for
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A Recap of Gaming VR at GDC 2023
Pandemic aftermath deflation, consumer price inflation, a looming recession and financial insecurities in tech driven business areas also affect the game industry’s actual development perspectives. The general economic outlook for the industry remains slightly diminished compared to the pandem
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GTC/GDC 2023: It’s a gAIme!
Nvidia‘s virtual conference GTC and the in-person Game Developer Conference in San Francisco ran on separate tracks after two years of crossover presentations on virtual platforms. The technical GTC continued elaborations on digital twins and virtual cooperation mainly in industrial applicatio
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CES 2023 turns into a Prosumer summoning
The annual Consumer Electronic Show returned to Las Vegas in 2023 as a full-fledged trade event. Like before the pandemic, the show floors were crowded with people, booths, and gadgets. Some digital leftovers from the virtual interregnum broadcasted daily events from the show, streamed keynotes and
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A XRmas Carol at Immersive Tech Week 2022
Formerly known as VR Days Europe, the annual European XR convention moved from Amsterdam to Rotterdam under the new title of Immersive Tech Week. The program structure did not change too much. You got the same tracks for lectures and panels, trade exposition, art work installations and special event
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Into the Matterverse at IFA 2022
IFA came back to life in 2022 on the Berlin fair ground after a cancellation in 2021 and a digital edition in 2020. The pandemic worries now make way for other critical developments in global trade reorganization. The fair ground was not as busy as in pre-pandemic years, although the program made qu
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Gamescom 2022 counters the Fearture
The reenactment program of the world’s most popular game event was surprisingly complete in comparison to the original editions before the pandemic break. Gamescom 2022 warmed up with the developer conference Devcom, launched as a business event on media day with the Opening Night Live Show, r
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