In machine learning, synthetic data can offer real performance improvements

Models trained on synthetic data can be more accurate than other models in some cases, which could eliminate some privacy, copyright, and ethical concerns from using real data.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 3, 2022 ~8 min

How 'GamerGate' led the gaming industry to embrace more diverse and caring values

The games industry is evolving with the changing values of its players.

Adam Jerrett, Lecturer, Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Sept. 9, 2022 ~9 min


VAR: I used motion capture technology to show why the Premier League gets tight offside decisions wrong

What happened when we recreated football scenarios in a laboratory.

Pooya Soltani, Researcher, Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications, University of Bath • conversation
Sept. 5, 2022 ~7 min

Board games: how playing them online can bring grandparents and grandchildren closer together

Video calls with younger relatives can be awkward - but only if we let them.

Lisa Lazard, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University • conversation
June 15, 2022 ~6 min

Video games: our study suggests they boost intelligence in children

A big study accounting for genes and socioeconomic background suggests that video games actually cause children’s intelligence to grow.

Bruno Sauce, Assistant Professor of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam • conversation
May 12, 2022 ~7 min

Artificial intelligence system learns concepts shared across video, audio, and text

A machine-learning model can identify the action in a video clip and label it, without the help of humans.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 4, 2022 ~7 min

Staring at an image of yourself on Zoom has serious consequences for mental health – especially for women

Mirrors, selfies and knowing other people are looking at you all cause people to think of themselves as objects. Video calls are all three in one and are likely increasing the harms of self-objectification.

Jamie Goldenberg, Professor of Psychology, University of South Florida • conversation
April 25, 2022 ~8 min

Esports: how the struggling hospitality industry could capitalise on this massive business

There are huge potential revenues for tourism in online video gaming’s massive fanbase –  if they can be encouraged to attend live events in host cities.

Babak Taheri, Professor of Marketing, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
April 14, 2022 ~8 min


MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program awards third annual seed grants

The NCSOFT-sponsored program will advance cutting-edge technologies for gaming and data visualization.

MIT.nano • mit
April 12, 2022 ~6 min

Security tool guarantees privacy in surveillance footage

“Privid” could help officials gather secure public health data or enable transportation departments to monitor the density and flow of pedestrians, without learning personal information about people.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
March 28, 2022 ~8 min

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