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Playing Around, Taken Seriously: A Series
October 26, 2014Michael Karlesky recently gave a talk at Cornell as part of their d:Tech series called Playing Around: Taken Seriously. Humans have been playing with technology for all of recorded history (think way bigger than video… Read More…
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Amy Cuddy Takes a Stand
September 25, 2014We've been collaborating with Amy Cuddy at Harvard on building a game using her power pose research to reduce math anxiety, and the Times just did a piece about her. She mentions the collaboration work… Read More…
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White House Game Jam
September 19, 2014Our very own artist in residence Kaho Abe was an honored guest at the White House Game Jam. Kaho and Chloe Varelidi teamed up to create PandEmoji, a Social Emotional Learning game. From the projects… Read More…
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Lab Grad Student Launches Startup from NYU’s Summer Launch Pad
May 14, 2014A class project has evolved into a startup for Human Computer Interaction researcher and computer science Ph.D. candidate Mike Karlesky. “It's much easier to understand when you try it than to describe it in words,”… Read More…
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Lab Grad Student Launches Startup from NYU’s Summer Launch Pad
May 14, 2014A class project has evolved into a startup for Human Computer Interaction researcher and computer science Ph.D. candidate Mike Karlesky. “It's much easier to understand when you try it than to describe it in words,”… Read More…
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Kaho Abe of the NYU Game Innovation Lab – Cool Hunting
May 7, 2014Our artist in residence is featured on Cool Hunting! In anticipation of NYU's Brooklyn Polytechnic artist-in-residence Kaho Abe's presentation at Kill Screen's upcoming Two5six conference, we visited the one-time fashion designer, then wearable technology… Read More…
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Technology would help us connect to other people, not avatars. – Katherine Isbister
February 12, 2014GIL lab director Katherine Isbister talks about some of our projects on NPR! "As technology advances, it draws us ever closer to our four-inch smartphone screens. But Katherine Isbister, research director of the Game Innovation… Read More…
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GIL Artist in Residence a Keynote Speaker for the Global Game Jam!
January 30, 2014Check it out! Artist in Residence at the Game Innovation Lab at NYU-Poly, Kaho researches and builds games that utilize technology to bring people together face to face. An important part of her practice is… Read More…
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Funded by the NSF, Microsoft, Yahoo, Bell Labs, and more
September 6, 2013Funded by the NSF, Microsoft, Yahoo, Bell Labs, and more Read More…
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