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Why can’t we use a method to break down and simply our lives to better realize our aspirations? How can First Principles thinking gamify your life?
Why is it that when we play a game, failure is perfectly fine, even in certain games it’s necessary, it’s part of the process?
The next area in our series on 360o video will be looking at how you set the scene for a world where the viewer can look in any direction they want.
360o Video has been around for about 3 years now, maybe even 4 if you’re in the visual industry and had the budget to start early.
With Summer here, the itch to start making films grabs us again. As a filmmaker, I often get asked around this time what is the best camera to buy?
You may have noticed in the media nowadays that the world is becoming a little bit harsher with every passing day. Compassion, caring, and empathy…
As the world becomes more global, we need to expand our concepts of what storytelling is & as virtual reality game experiences increase and enter our lives…
The one thing you never think of or notice when watching a video is color. When you watch something that doesn’t have good color balance you notice it.
Trauma affects a great many people in a variety of ways, but can gaming and VR experiences help with treating these traumatic experiences?
The debate about whether games are social or not has been going on for decades. The question of whether gaming isolates people or brings people together.
So many things have to come together in a video production for you, to ensure that your new video looks the best it can be.
Fighting any disease is tough. It’s hard for the individual and it’s hard for those around them. One disease that everyone struggles with is cancer.
This is a slightly shorter piece for you about something I’ve enjoyed for the past few years & has become more & more prominent in the public eye; eSports.
When you specialize in any field you will inevitably get people, friends, family or strangers asking you for advice on something to do with that field.
There is a group that can benefit the most from engaging with games are those diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and their family and friends.
One of the hardest but secretly easiest thing to do is to light for a corporate video. In this piece we’ll look at 4 things you should remember.
What is an alternate reality game, or better known as an ARG? It’s not Virtual Reality, nor is it Augmented Reality. It’s something else!
Exploring and discovering is how we learn, storytelling can help you to understand how discovery can help motivate us to do new things.
When thinking about what motivates people when developing your ideas around narrative and gamification, one very important concept is scarcity of knowledge.
Survival games occupy a large section of the gaming world nowadays – How successful are these games at gamifiying the experience of survival in life?
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