News tagged with visual game
'Portal 2,' 'Skyrim' win at Game Developers Choice
(AP) -- "Portal 2" leapt over the competition to win the most trophies at the Game Developers Choice Awards.
Mar 08, 2012 |
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'Rock Vibe' brings electronic music game to blind
Bridging a divide between sighted and blind gamers, University of California, Santa Cruz graduate Rupa Dhillon has created a version of the musical rhythm "Rock Band" game that everyone can play.
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Kinecthesia: Students hack Kinect to help visually impaired (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite amazing advances in computers and cameras, people with serious visual impairments are often aided with the most basic technology imaginable: a cane.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Nvidia shows off Kal-El -- new quad-core processing chip
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nvidia, well known for its graphics chips, has made a pretty big statement by releasing a video on Youtube showing the capabilities of its new quad-core processing chip for smartphones and ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Smithsonian holds vote on video games for exhibit
(AP) -- The Smithsonian American Art Museum is asking the public to help select video games that will be included in its first exhibit to explore the art and visual effects of gaming.
Feb 21, 2011 |
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How video games stretch the limits of our visual attention
They are often accused of being distracting, but recent research has found that action packed video games like Halo and Call of Duty can enhance visual attention, the ability that allows us to focus on relevant visual information. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Video games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate
Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster. The researchers found that video game players develop ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Action video games improve vision
Video games that involve high levels of action, such as first-person-shooter games, increase a player's real-world vision, according to research in today's Nature Neuroscience.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 29, 2009 |
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Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis?
As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 28, 2009 |
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