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This app encourages kids to move through games on their phones

When Andrew Hall, the UK-based developer behind GenMove, was developing the app, he thought of creating a solution for kids to exercise in an engaging way without taking their smartphone away. This thought led to the development of GenMove, which encourages children to move outside or in their bedroom with their already familiar phones. “Maybe …

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Virtual reality games offer a visceral taste of a climate-change future

Virtual reality games offer a visceral taste of a climate-change future

LONDON: It’s 2040 in Miami, and a powerful hurricane has swept through the lower town. You stand alone under dark, eerie skies, chest-deep waves lapping around you, an abandoned car floating near one of the few visible objects in the expanse of water. A bullet-shaped robot then hovers in view, prompting you to grab a …

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Virtex Esports Stadium

The world’s first virtual esports stadium, Virtex, hosts a live event

Software developer Virtex has announced a live virtual esports event ahead of the launch of Virtex Stadium, which is billed as the world’s first virtual esports stadium. Virtex Stadium gives gamers the ability to watch top esports tournaments from anywhere in the world, via Virtual Reality (VR). Currently available in closed beta via Oculus PC-VR …

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Opinion

Reviews| Metavers: Mood management and psychological mapping game! – Egypt Daily News

The term metaverse was coined in 1992 by science fiction writer Neal Stephenson in his novel Snow Crash. Its most basic definition refers to the “concept of a fully immersive virtual world where people come together to socialize, play, and work.” It represented a parallel virtual reality universe created from computer graphics, which users around …

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Non-Fungible Tokens and the Virtual Markets They Enable

Non-Fungible Tokens and the Virtual Markets They Enable

Check out all the Smart Security Summit on-demand sessions here. No discussion of the metaverse would be complete without talking about non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The synergy between the metaverse and NFTs is undeniable, with virtual marketplaces like Decentraland and The Sandbox already offering users a way to buy, sell, or trade blockchain-backed virtual assets. But …

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Reviews |  A political theory of King Elon Musk

Reviews | A political theory of King Elon Musk

Populism in Western politics is not a pre-theorized worldview. It emerged from rudimentary grievances rather than existing ideologies, and theorists have been pursuing it ever since. The pursuers include potential friends of populism, intellectuals trying to graft agendas on Trumpism or Brexit or whatever is happening in Italy or France. But the critics of populism …

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Seven days of eating and drinking outdoors during Miami Art Week

Seven days of eating and drinking outdoors during Miami Art Week

Food is also art, and nowhere is that statement trending more than during Miami Art Week. Throughout the city, patrons came to eat and explore the region’s food scene, which was recognized this year for the first time by the Michelin guide. Aerobanquets RMX By Mattia Casalegno at Superblue Miami, a gallery that focuses on …

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Recent tech grads send hundreds of job applications to a dwindling market

Recent tech grads send hundreds of job applications to a dwindling market

Briana Morris knew the job search would be tough this year. A college graduate and computer science major in Tampa, Florida, she began sending in applications around the time mass layoffs began to hit the tech industry from the ground up. Her total number of applications: 500. She tracked them on a spreadsheet. “The competition …

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Fortnite addictive, Canadian lawsuit alleges |  WRAL Tech Wire

Fortnite addictive, Canadian lawsuit alleges | WRAL Tech Wire

CARY- Epic Games will be the defendant in a class action lawsuit brought by several parents who allege the popular game Fortnite was designed to be addictive, following a clearance from a Quebec Superior Court judge this week. But Epic says the suit is “without merit.” “We plan to fight this in court,” said Natalie …

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