Category Archives: Immersion

PopCap funds study on games, mental health

By Garrison | Published: August 18, 2009
Unable to sleep, Gail Nichols spent a lot of time in front of PopCap’s Bejew­eled, a game notable for its non-competitive, flow–induc­ing modes. Accord­ing to the Wash­ing­ton Post, Nichols liked the game so much that she got in touch with the man­u­fac­turer, Pop­Cap Games. The inven­tors of the game were sur­prised to hear about its [...]
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Eyepet: Augmented Reality

By Garrison | Published: July 29, 2009
Aug­mented real­ity appli­ca­tions and games have been a gleam in the eyes of devel­op­ers (and the promise of trade show char­la­tans) for decades, but with increas­ingly ubiq­ui­tous video cam inputs and tons of spare pro­cess­ing power, they are finally becom­ing a real­ity. Via Giz­modo: Play­ers inter­act with their vir­tual pet using a bun­dled card and [...]
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