Oculus reality

Imagine a scene: You’re in your chair at home, the latest Oculus VR headset encircling your head, and you use its voice recognition feature to access Facebook. Facebook’s virtual reality newsfeed appears in front of you — a three-dimensional, horizontally-scrolling...

Popeye dead

Popeye won’t be moving forward at Sony, at least the version that director Genndy Tartakovsky wanted to make. Tartakovsky revealed in a Moviefone interview yesterday that he’s no longer working on a film featuring the pipe-puffing, spinach-guzzling sailor: Read...

Ubisoft hires in TO

Five years after France-based Ubisoft Entertainment SA opened the doors to its Toronto studio, the video game maker is gearing up to go on another hiring spree in Ontario’s capital. The first took place during its early years, when Ubisoft ballooned its staff from...

Show me

Not long ago, the main road to animation careers ran through art schools, and while many young animators still follow that path, other avenues are emerging. Just ask Jenna Boyd, Nickelodeon’s senior VP of development. “The Internet has connected animators and artists...

Sound of success

“Ding.” “Boo-Da-Doo.” Or maybe a truncated reprise of the main theme that blissfully emerges out of your speakers. Whatever it is, it means success. Using sound to represent success is one of the quickest ways to reward the player and make them feel gratification. In...