Most profitable mobile games from 2022
Monday, February 27, 2023 by Richard Harris
According to the data gathered from Statista.com, Honor of Kings was the most profitable mobile video game in 2022. The MOBA game earned $2.2 billion from in-app purchase revenue. Honor of Kings is widely popular in China, and most of its revenue is generated in the country.
Battle royale game PUBG Mobile continues to be popular in the Asian market. PUBG Mobile earne...
Memery launches a new drone video app called Dragonfly
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 by Richard Harris
Memery a provider of location based video apps, announces the launch of Dragonfly, a complete solution for drone video. While the company has also added Darren Liccardo, former DJI executive and drone technology expert, to its advisory board. Available now on the App Store the launch kicks off the Try Dragonfly in July promotional event. For the next month Dra...
Drag and drop game creator studio GameMaker updates to version 2
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 by Richard Harris
YoYo Games’ recently launched cross-platform 2D game engine, GameMaker Studio 2, is now available in a convenient education package specifically for schools and their students. Any approved university or school affiliate will now have access to a free trial version with zero time restrictions/commitments and a simple option to upgrade to the full version. Educational in...
Bringing LEGO minifigures to life using AR and emotion recognition
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 by Richard Harris
Goran Vuksic, an iOS developer for Tattoodo, has made a unique new application that is helping make childhood dreams come alive. The app uses emotional AI and Augmented Reality SDK's that help transform miniature LEGO characters into interactive models. The project responds to a user's facial features by analyzing and projecting the user's current mood onto the LEGO cha...
An augmented reality game for DJI drone users
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 by Richard Harris
Edgybees just launched a new augmented reality (AR) mobile application that is compatible with DJI drones, including the older Phantom 3, the Phantom 4 and the new Mavic Pro. Developed using DJI’s software development kit, the 'Drone Prix' is the first ever AR mobile app created specifically for DJI’s aerial platforms, allowing users, especially new drone pilots, to mas...
Some Advice If You Are Creating AR Games or Geolocating Kids Like Pokémon GO
Friday, July 15, 2016 by Gary Miliefsky
For years, I’ve been talking about free, downloadable smartphone apps as creepware that is designed with one major purpose – to spy on you and your children. Creepware is a form of malware that spies on you for whatever reason the developer chose – either to listen in on your microphone, covertly take pictures of you and your surrounds or even worse, to ultimately steal...
Game Developers Can Offer New Augmented Reality Experiences with Updated Qualcomm Vuforia 3.0 SDK
Sunday, May 25, 2014 by Richard Harris
Qualcomm Connected Experiences has released a major update to the Qualcomm Vuforia mobile vision software platform to be available in the coming weeks. The biggest additions to the Vuforia 3.0 SDK is Smart Terrain, a new 3D reconstruction capability that strives to brings a new level of interactivity to augmented reality (AR) experiences. Also, Qualcomm announced a sign...
Google’s Niantic Labs Updates Multiplayer Mobile Augmented Reality Game, Ingress
Friday, September 13, 2013 by Richard Harris
Google’s Niantic Labs has released an update to its massively multiplayer mobile augmented reality game, Ingress. This update brings in a new Agent Achievement system for players to track skills and capabilities for their individual player profile. Ingress invites players to join an epic battle between two factions struggling to determine the fate of humanity. The deep ...
