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TECHi Imagination explores the frontier — augmented reality, virtual worlds, gaming innovation, and the creative technologies pushing boundaries. From Apple Vision Pro to the metaverse pivot, AR smart glasses to next-gen gaming consoles. Where technology meets human creativity and entertainment.

Listen to music or play games through the iChair

Listen to music or play games through the iChair

Feel the effect of your music or immerse yourself in your video game of choice with the fabulous new iChair....

How social media is helping grow Gen Con

How social media is helping grow Gen Con

From August 16th to 19th, I attended Gen Con, a hobby game convention held in the Indiana Convention Center in...

Awesome Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter fan video

Awesome Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter fan video

Every time I hear about a fan-made real-life gaming video, I get discouraged. There have been some pretty good ones...

This LED pillow mimics the Nintendo star

This LED pillow mimics the Nintendo star

Just looking at this photo, I can hear the music that would play when you stumbled across a star in...

Apple takes another crack at invading the living room by dealing with cable operators

Apple takes another crack at invading the living room by dealing with cable operators

An unwillingness to "sleep with the enemy" may be behind cable companies' reluctance to deal with Apple, but that isn't...

Disney is building creepy life-like human animatronics

Disney is building creepy life-like human animatronics

The science of entertainment is getting more complicated. Disney Research in Zurich and Walt Disney Imagineering at Cornell are working...

Call of Duty reinvents the loadout system for Black Ops 2

Call of Duty reinvents the loadout system for Black Ops 2

One of the biggest complaints of the Call of Duty series is that there haven't been major innovations from one...

Gaming with granny

Gaming with granny

With Zynga targeting senior citizens with their simple and user-friendly games, it's no wonder why the number of gaming seniors...

4 quirky gadgets that will make your head turn

4 quirky gadgets that will make your head turn

Quirky gadgets are ones that make us want them, obsess over them and then… eventually they are the ones that...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 multiplayer reveal trailer gives more, earlier, than previous releases

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 multiplayer reveal trailer gives more, earlier, than previous releases

There's certain things we all know about Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 without having to watch a video or...

REM-enhancing eye mask creates video game like dreams that you control

REM-enhancing eye mask creates video game like dreams that you control

At one point or another we have all wanted to gain super powers, much like our favorite DC or Marvel...

Ouya: Doubts from a console gamer’s perspective

Ouya: Doubts from a console gamer’s perspective

Ouya is a new video game console powered by the Android platform. Developers of Ouya are seeking an open gaming...

How to win big in the app market

How to win big in the app market

Every day there are new mobile games being released. Some gain instant popularity, while others flop. What makes games the...

What major costs are associated with hosting the Olympic Games?

What major costs are associated with hosting the Olympic Games?

In 2008, the cost of the opening ceremonies for Beijing was $100 million dollars. This year the Olympic Games will...

160-inch curved screen has everything but the wind in your face for F1 gaming fanatics

160-inch curved screen has everything but the wind in your face for F1 gaming fanatics

Most gamers would agree the size and quality of the display plays an important role in both the competitive capabilities...

Atari turns 40, tries to stay relevant

Atari turns 40, tries to stay relevant

In the 1970s, Atari helped form the modern day arcade and video game industry with its release of the arcade...

Social media and the “ironic” hit

Social media and the “ironic” hit

Social media has clearly permeated out lives so much that it is now influencing the other media that we consume....

There are a lot more dead mobile platforms than living ones

There are a lot more dead mobile platforms than living ones

Did you know that there are 30 mobile platforms that came and went in the last two decades? Starting with...

Civilization V: Not your grandfather’s Civ game

Civilization V: Not your grandfather’s Civ game

There hasn't been as much excitement about a Civilization game since the first sequel. Civilizations V: Gods & Kings Cultivate...

E3 2012: Video game design blows minds with Sphero

E3 2012: Video game design blows minds with Sphero

You may expect that the Electronic Entertainment Expo would have some innovative ways of playing video games, but this one...