Image Metrics sells its Faceware face animation technology to spin-off
Image Metrics said it has sold off the Faceware professional facial animation software to a new spin-off company Faceware Technologies. Santa Monica-based Image Metrics...
SoftKinetic brings Kinect-like controls to the PC (video)
SoftKinetic is one of many sensor companies promoting 3D cameras in the wake of Microsoft’s success with the Kinect motion sensors for the Xbox...
HP unveils giant 11-feet by 7-feet touchscreens for retailers and businesses (video)
Hewlett-Packard sure knows how to build big stuff. Today, the world’s biggest computer maker is taking the wraps off its wall-sized 132-inch touchscreen displays...
Professional gamer explains why League of Legends has nothing to fear from DOTA
We sat down with professional gamer Carlos Rodriguez, aka Ocelote, to discuss the differences between the upcoming Dota 2, Blizzard DOTA, and League of Legends,...
SOPA author involved in copyright infringement
Lamar Smith, author of the Stop Online Piracy Act, has gotten caught up in his own case of copyright infringement. Jamie Lee Curtis Taete...
Goodbye remote control: PrimeSense shows off post-Kinect TV motion-sensing system (video)
PrimeSense has its 3D motion-sensing chips in Microsoft’s Kinect hands-free controls for the Xbox 360. But that’s just the beginning of using your body...
Microsoft’s live TV service for Xbox is dead
Announcements about internet-connected smart TVs have had an overwhelming presence at this year’s Consumer Electronic Show, which is probably because streaming live video is...
Kotaku’s longtime editor leaves for new gig
Brian Crecente, editor-in-chief of game blog Kotaku, has resigned from the top job after more than seven years in the position. Crecente, who was...
Updated: Nintendo, Sony and EA quietly drop SOPA support
[Update: EA says this story is incorrect, as it never specifically voiced its support for the Senate version of SOPA, and so hasn’t withdrawn...
VBWeekly: A dramatic re-enactment of Ocean Marketing’s PR flop
http://youtu.be/8r7mgAsjVZQ In this week’s video, VentureBeat does a dramatic reading of one of the most entertainingly stupid email chains ever to see the light...