Esports, or competitive video gaming, is a major global phenomenon (est. revenue at $1.1bn, audience at 495m) that has developed from the internet cafes of the 90’s into a billion dollar industry that fills some of the largest stadiums in the world; there have even...
Dear GamiFIN Participants, As we all are aware, the international situation regarding COVID-19 has progressed very rapidly, and continues to create significant uncertainty for the coming days as we approach the planned conference dates. The situation has made international travel very difficult, even impossible, for most...
As the new year begins, so do the new leagues and qualifying rounds for the 2020 esports calendar. This year also sees the first live exhibition event held at the ICE gaming expo, with eight teams including NAVI and ENCE competing for a reported prize...
Last week, on the 12th of September 2019, Dr. Jonna Koivisto from the GG team received the “Technology Publisher of the Year” award given out by the Industrial Research Fund at Tampere University of Technology at the Tampere University award ceremony. The annual award is...
We are looking for volunteers ( STUDENTS ONLY) to take part in a study of [shopping experience] As a participant in this study, you would be asked to spend [the gift card in the shop and fill out the computer-based survey]. Your participation is entirely voluntary...
Discussions about the potential for loot boxes to be considered as a form of gambling have maintained a consistent presence over the last few years, entering the mainstream primarily as a result of EA’s launch of Battlefront 2 in late 2017[7]. Since then there have...
What is this whole esports phenomena about, how many people play & watch these games, and what about these huge sums of money that are starting to be part of the esports industry? To answer some of these questions, Max Sjöblom from the Gamification Group...
Developing AR applications has very recently become more attractive than it has ever been before. As Apple launched the ARKit (September 19, 2017, with iOS 11) and Google launched ARCore (August 25 2017, first preview), app developers were given the possibility to jump into AR...
As this is our first blog in the XR Bulletin series, it seems appropriate to first shortly introduce the state of virtual reality (VR) to this day. For those of you who are complete beginners, first have a look at this HTC’s post - VR...
In the last few days and weeks the relationship between digital games and gambling has become a topic of interest to mainstream society with both national media and politicians debating the topic 4, 30. This is the latest aspect that has seen increased attention placed on the...