Video Games News

December 1, 2023

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Certain Online Games Use Dark Designs to Collect Player Data

Oct. 27, 2023 — The privacy policies and practices of online games contain dark design patterns which could be deceptive, misleading, or coercive to users, according to a new ...

A System to Keep Cloud-Based Gamers in Sync

Aug. 31, 2023 — A new technique can synchronize media streams from different networks to multiple devices with less than 10 milliseconds of delay. The technique was demonstrated on cloud gaming, but could also be applied in AR/VR ...

Effectiveness of Video Gameplay Restrictions Questioned in New Study

Aug. 10, 2023 — Legal restrictions placed on the amount of time young people in China can play video games may be less effective than originally thought, a new study has ...

3D Display Could Soon Bring Touch to the Digital World

July 31, 2023 — Engineers have designed a new, shape-shifting display that can fit on a card table and allows users to draw 3D designs and ...

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Let It Flow: Recreating Water Flow for Virtual Reality

Sep. 20, 2023 — A research team has harnessed the power of deep reinforcement learning to replicate the flow of water when disturbed. The replication allowed for recreating water flow in real time based on only a ...

Board Games Are Boosting Math Ability in Young Children

July 7, 2023 — Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at math, according to a comprehensive review of research published on the topic over the last ...

Video Games Spark Exciting New Frontier in Neuroscience

June 14, 2023 — Researchers have used an algorithm from a video game to gain insights into the behavior of molecules within live brain cells. Researchers used coding tools to build an algorithm that is now used by ...

Tiny Video Capsule Shows Promise as an Alternative to Endoscopy

June 1, 2023 — While ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for many years, the capsules have been limited by the fact that they could not be controlled by physicians. They moved passively, driven ...

The Metaverse Can Lead to Better Science

May 25, 2023 — One researcher says we should look beyond the hype to see how virtual reality can make scientists more effective. But to realize the benefits, researchers must also plan well and avoid potential ...

A Touch-Responsive Fabric Armband -- For Flexible Keyboards, Wearable Sketchpads

May 2, 2023 — It's time to roll up your sleeves for the next advance in wearable technology -- a fabric armband that's actually a touch pad. Researchers say they ...

Joyful Music Could Be a Game Changer for Virtual Reality Headaches

May 2, 2023 — Listening to music could reduce the dizziness, nausea and headaches virtual reality users might experience after using digital devices, research suggests. Cybersickness -- a type of motion sickness ...

Researchers Explore Why Some People Get Motion Sick Playing VR Games While Others Don't

May 1, 2023 — The way our senses adjust while playing high-intensity virtual reality games plays a critical role in understanding why some people experience severe ...

New Classification of Chess Openings

Apr. 4, 2023 — Using real data from an online chess platform, scientists studied similarities of different chess openings. Based on these similarities, they developed a new classification method which can ...

How Do We Make Farming Better for the Planet? Ask Women

Mar. 20, 2023 — A study used video games to test ways of balancing agriculture and conservation -- and found getting more women involved in decision-making may boost productivity and the planet's ...

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Researcher Solves Nearly 60-Year-Old Game Theory Dilemma

Mar. 14, 2023 — A researcher has solved a nearly 60-year-old game theory dilemma called the wall pursuit game, with implications for better reasoning about autonomous systems such as driver-less ...

Virtual Reality Games Can Be Used as a Tool in Personnel Assessment

Mar. 9, 2023 — Fast gamers are more intelligent: Intelligence can be predicted through virtual reality ...

New AI Technology Could Change Game Prep for Super Bowl Teams

Feb. 9, 2023 — New artificial intelligence technology being developed by engineers could significantly cut down on the time and cost that goes into film study for Super Bowl-bound teams (and all NFL and college ...

Video Game Playing Causes No Harm to Young Children's Cognitive Abilities, Study Finds

Feb. 7, 2023 — Despite old fears that bad effects follow excessive video game playing or questionable game choices, researchers found those factors mattered little, if any, in children's brain health. The bad ...

Virtual Reality Game to Objectively Detect ADHD

Dec. 20, 2022 — A virtual reality game offers an objective assessment of attention deficit disorders and may lead to an improved therapeutic ...

Screen Time Linked to OCD in U.S. Preteens

Dec. 12, 2022 — During the holidays, kids often spend more time on screens, leaving parents to wonder: Is it causing harm? ...

Purchasing Loot Boxes in Video Games Associated With Problem Gambling Risk, Says Study

Dec. 2, 2022 — Gamers who buy 'loot boxes' are up to two times more likely to gamble, shows new ...

Online Gaming Enhances Career Prospects and Develops Soft Skills, Finds New Study

Nov. 29, 2022 — Online gaming behavior can encourage gamers to gain a variety of soft skills which could assist them with training to support their career aspirations, according to new ...

A Far-Sighted Approach to Machine Learning

Nov. 23, 2022 — A new technique enables artificial intelligence agents to think much farther into the future when considering how their behaviors can influence the behaviors of other AI agents, toward the completion ...

Moral Behavior Pays Off

Nov. 18, 2022 — Coupling two approaches of game theory can shed light on how moral norms ...

Disconnection, Not Teens' Screen Time, Is the Problem, Research Suggests

Nov. 3, 2022 — A new study compares the self-esteem and social activities of teens with no or poor home Internet access to teens who are the heaviest users of screens as well as teens with parents who tightly ...

Smelling in VR Environment Possible With New Gaming Technology

Oct. 13, 2022 — An odor machine, so-called olfactometer, makes it possible to smell in VR environments. First up is a 'wine tasting game' where the user smells wine in a virtual wine cellar and gets points ...

Electronic Gaming Can Trigger Potentially Lethal Heart Rhythm Problems in Susceptible Children

Oct. 11, 2022 — Electronic gaming can precipitate life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in susceptible children whose predisposition may have been previously unrecognized, according to a new report. The investigators ...

Algorithms Predict Sports Teams' Moves With 80% Accuracy

Oct. 6, 2022 — Algorithms can predict the in-game actions of volleyball players with more than 80% accuracy, and now the lab is collaborating with the Big Red hockey team to expand the research project's ...

Video Games Offer the Potential of 'Experiential Medicine'

Oct. 3, 2022 — After a decade of work, scientists have developed a suite of video game interventions that improve key aspects of cognition in aging ...

Gamers Can Have Their Cake and Eat It Too

Sep. 9, 2022 — New research from Japan shows that multiple cognitive abilities may be empirically measured from a complex game experience depending on the game's ...

Scientists Develop Model That Adjusts Videogame Difficulty Based on Player Emotions

Sep. 6, 2022 — Scientists have developed a novel approach for dynamic difficulty adjustment where the players' emotions are estimated using in-game data, and the difficulty level is tweaked accordingly to ...

Reasons Behind Gamer Rage in Children Are Complex -- And Children Are Good at Naming Them

Aug. 24, 2022 — Children's outbursts of rage while playing digital games are causing both concern and public debate around the topic. Taking a novel approach to gamer rage, a new study examines the topic from a ...

Gesture-Based Communication Techniques May Ease Video Meeting Challenges

Aug. 3, 2022 — Researchers have developed and demonstrated the potential benefit of a simple set of physical gestures that participants in online group video meetings can use to improve their meeting ...

Using AI to Train Teams of Robots to Work Together

July 25, 2022 — Researchers have developed a method to train multiple agents such as robots or drones to work together using multi-agent reinforcement learning, a type of artificial ...

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