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Researchers find 87% of U.S. classic video games are out of print and ‘critically endangered’

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Sega’s crime drama/beat-’em-up Yakuza Kiwami is a 2016 remake of a 2005 game, but has resulted in the original game going quietly out of print. Sega Image) A new study found that the vast majority of video games with a physical release in the U.S. Kelsey Lewin, co-director of the Video Game History Foundation.

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Virtual Reality Operating Simulators: Gamification in Training Surgeons

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Young surgeons, who had played video games, had better eye-hand coordination than surgeons who had never played the games. To make the simulators possible, researchers make virtual maps of the brain, the thorax and other areas of the body. Research has exploded with the current trend toward laparoscopic and robotic surgeries.

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Prediction: Video-conferencing will help drive increased business travel

Trends in the Living Networks

Clearly a particularly pointed issue in the world of business travel today is the rise of video-conferencing, which many companies in recent years have latched onto as a substitute for travel, largely for cost-saving. Video-conferencing is often considered a substitute for face-to-face meetings, but in many cases they are complementary.

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Redfin partners with security giant ADT for program that lets buyers tour homes without an agent

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Tech tools such as video tours have increasingly helped power real estate transactions during the pandemic, decreasing the need for face-to-face interactions. In the past year, about 1 in 10 of tour requests at Redfin have been for video chat tours led by agents, according to a spokesperson. Redfin Photo).

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Resident Evil 4 VR is launching October 21st, but only on Oculus Quest 2

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A virtual reality version of Resident Evil 4 will launch October 21st on Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 headset. Armature’s Resident Evil 4 makes a somewhat complicated series of small changes the original 2005 horror game. And a gameplay video shows you moving around while shooting, a major change from the original design.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Windows Server Codename ?Aurora? Video.

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Windows Server Codename “Aurora” Video Walkthrough. Wow, over on WeGotServed , Terry found an awesome video that talks about Aurora from our very own Michael Leworthy, product planner for SBS. Labels: Aurora , Beta Announcement , SBS 2011 Essentials , Small Business Server , Videos. it's also a great video!

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The future of video search - Trends in the Living Networks

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Social networks as an inflection point » The future of video search Ross Dawson, August 5, 2007 4:21 PM US PT One of the transformative technologies over the next 5-10 years will be improved video search. One thing that Gabriel didn’t mention in the interview was the mechanisms that Google intends to use for video search.

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