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Roblox beefs up its developer tools as it looks to a future beyond games

July 24, 2022August 10, 2022 Ron Miller 248 ViewsAWS, cloud computing, core, developer tools, EC Consumer Applications, ec gaming, Gaming, gucci, machine learning, metaverse, online games, Q, Roblox, software development, tokyo, video gaming, Virtual reality 2 min read

Roblox CTO Dan Sturman talks about how the company is building tools for developers, the challenges of building a tech stack for the masses and its foray into virtual currency.

Cozy houseplants and self-care: How one startup is reimagining mobile gameplay as a healing activity

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Cozy houseplants and self-care: How one startup is reimagining mobile gameplay as a healing activity

June 23, 2022 Sarah Perez 228 Viewsanxiety, digital well-being, digital wellbeing, games, Melbourne, mobile apps, mobile games, nature, online games, relax, relaxing, self-care, Startups, stress, video gaming, well being, wellbeing 5 min read

Mobile well-being apps topped 1.2 billion downloads last year, while leading meditation app Calm alone pulled in $118.2 million in revenue, data from Sensor Tower indicates. That may leave some to think the digital well-being market is essentially solved, but a new startup, Lumi Interactive, believes the opposite is true. The Melbourne-based, women-led company has […]

Meta to allow Horizon Worlds users to turn their avatar’s personal safety boundary off

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Meta to allow Horizon Worlds users to turn their avatar’s personal safety boundary off

March 14, 2022 Sarah Perez 226 ViewsAvatar, Facebook, meta, online games, Roblox, social network, video games, video gaming, Virtual reality, virtual world 3 min read

After reports that women were already being groped and sexually harassed in Meta’s new VR spaces, Horizon Worlds and Venues, the company formerly known as Facebook last month rolled out a new “Personal Boundary” feature that created a bubble of space with a radius of two virtual feet around each avatar. This prevented avatars from […]