‘Government’ Archives
GameTech Conference and the Defense Federal Virtual World’s Challenge coming up
The Nation’s top not-for-profit simulation organization (National Center for Simulation), along with the leading military, industry and academia collaboration team – Team Orlando, announced today its dynamic program for the upcoming GameTech conference (March [Read More]
SOCOM set the standard for U.S. military gaming
With “Act of Valor” being released today, I felt it was an opportunity to take a look at how the military is portrayed in the media. With an all-volunteer military in the United States that is willing to sacrifice so much for the rest of us, I think the least the media [Read More]
California clamps down on mobile apps to protect privacy big time
California is clamping down on nosy mobile applications, telling them they must give people advance warning if they want to keep pulling sensitive information from smartphones and computer tablets. The crackdown comes six months after California Attorney General Kamala [Read More]
Iran blocks Internet – email and social networks
Iran is once again cutting its citizens off from the internet in advance of the country’s parliamentary elections. According to reports circulating this morning, the country has blocked most secure socket layer – SSL – connections. That cuts off anything that uses [Read More]
South Korea may limit kid’s online gaming to 2 hours through ‘shutdown’ law
Gaming addiction is no laughing matter: addicted gamers have lost their jobs, their spouses, and in rare cases, their lives, for non-stop gaming in a virtual world rather than living in the actual one. In late 2011, the South Korean government took steps to curb videogame [Read More]
Games & Interactive Media powerful tools in fight against childhood obesity
Children are naturally drawn toward gaming and other types of technology, creating an ideal opportunity to design interactive media tools to encourage physical activity and promote healthy eating habits, according to an article in a special issue of the journal Childhood [Read More]
Congress demands answers from Apple re privacy
The questionable practices of little-known iPhone application Path led to the unearthing of evidence that many other iPhone apps also take consumers’ address book data. The ensuing public outcry prompted U.S. government officials today to question the one company that [Read More]
U.S. Army avatars under discussion
Another signpost indicating the extent that digital games have infiltrated our daily lives: The U.S. Army is now considering an idea to use digital avatars to help train combat soldiers. The idea, now under discussion, would involve the use of digital doubles for virtual [Read More]
Virtual reality comes to UK’s new nuclear research center
The two systems have been designed and installed by Virtalis. The first is called ActiveCube and is described as a “multi-sided VR system that delivers an intuitive, human-scale immersive virtual experience for two to four people.” Virtalis said that the [Read More]
Real Voters’ Disinterest In Anti-Piracy Legislation May Give SOPA New Life
Interest in news about last week’s protest against anti-piracy legislation was highest among people under the age of 30, according to the latest weekly News Interest Index survey. The survey was conducted Jan. 19-22 among 1,002 adults by the Pew Research Center for [Read More]
