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SXSW 2011

This year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) music, film and interactive festival in Austin, Texas, was the largest to date. Key trends from digital start...

Gaming : Start-ups : Connections

Daily Signals

Riot Games’ in-house label generates virtual musicians

Responding to the growing influence of virtual creators, video game developer Riot Games is making a foray into the music industry with the launch ...

Media & Entertainment : Youth : Technology

Daily Signals

A public expedition to space and storing data under water

Axiom offers travellers a luxury experience to space, Hugo Boss’s new shoe collection is made from pineapple leather, Microsoft sinks data centre t...

Travel : Fashion : Technology

Design Directions

Tinybop: Interactive Design

Combining a visual language that pays homage to the tradition of illustrated children’s literature with the limitless play and learning possibiliti...

Tinybop : Gen I : Gaming

Daily Signals

Preview: Land’s End

London – The first virtual reality game by the makers of Monument Valley offers a glimpse into the future of VR.

Virtual Reality : Ustwo : Land's End

Viewpoints

Emma Barrett: Learning from awe

Alongside fear, awe is one of the most powerful and profound emotions we can have, says Dr Emma Barrett.

Extreme : Awe : Psychology

Big Ideas

Online game simulating boredom goes viral

Online game simulating boredom goes viral.

Gaming : Rajeev Basu : Online

Big Ideas

Google develops a new virtual reality ad format

US – The concept was created by Area 120, Google’s internal workshop for the development of experimental ideas.

Advertising : Digital : Technology

Daily Signals

Mind Islands

Global – Illustrator Carl Burton has released a digital project that encourages mind-wandering and embraces the mundane.

Islands : Gaming : Revelation Brands

Big Ideas

Tesco and Coca-Cola tackle recycling reluctance

Tesco and Coca-Cola Enterprises have launched an initiative to alleviate the green fatigue that is discouraging consumers from eco-concerns.

Recycling Is The Answer : Nick Brown : CCE

Daily Signals

Fintropolis teaches financial literacy in the metaverse

This new game recreated real-world financial scenarios in pixels to help boost money literacy and planning among future generations.

FinTech : Youth : Media & Entertainment

Big Ideas

SXSWi awards honour digital creativity

South By Southwest Interactive : Social Media : Awards

Daily Signals

Sync and swim: Google app puts gamers in control

US – Google has launched Super Sync Sports, a new Chrome-based app that lets users turn their smartphones and tablets into a gaming controller for ...

Google : Gestural : Touchscreens

Viewpoints

It’s time to wake up to the metaverse mall

With Fortnite, Minecraft and Roblox thriving, the metaverse’s doors have been flung open. But when will retailers start building their own virtual ...

Retail : Technology : Gaming

Big Ideas

Brazilians top for social media use on smartphones

Advertising : Nielsen Mobile Consumer Report : Brazilian

Micro Trends

Erotic-tainment

A backdrop of sex-averse culture is only making audiences thirstier, leading to an explosion of entertainment that brings smut to the masses.

Sex : Entertainment : Erotica

Design Directions

Desert Dreams

In Saudi Arabia, desert landscapes are fast becoming catalysts for architectural re-invention. AI-powered digital twin technology, monumental gamin...

Design : Architecture : Technology

Big Ideas

Dutch Design Week 2016: Review

Celebrating experimental approaches and speculative narratives, this year the annual festival in Eindhoven presented design as a tool for shaping f...

Dutch Design Week 2016 : Body Image : Transmedia Futures

Daily Signals

Walmart unveils 3D e-commerce platform for Gen Z shoppers

Walmart has launched a new e-commerce platform, Walmart Realm, featuring digital doubles of selected products available in real-life stores.

Retail : Technology : Gaming

Daily Signals

Solar reality: Artist simulates Nevada energy plant in New York

New York – Irish artist John Gerrard has created a virtual solar power plant for a large-scale installation at Manhattan’s Lincoln Center.

Virtual Worlds : Art : John Gerrard

Big Ideas

Home entertainment retail in Sport & Leisurely shift

Entertainment : DVDs : Gaming

Macro Trends

Futuretainment

As audiences flock to immersive, convivial experiences, entertainers are blurring the distinctions between spectator and performer, digital and phy...

Gaming : Third Rail Projects : Immersive Theatre

Daily Signals

Stat: Gamers favour brands more than non-gamers

With gaming spaces ripe for branded activations, research by Newzoo reveals that gamers have more favourable attitudes to brands than their non-gam...

Gaming : Retail : Society

Viewpoints

Cultural Curation in the UAE

With the ambition to become the Dazed of the Middle East, new lifestyle publication The Sandy Times talks to LS:N Global about the local cultural b...

UAE : Dubai : The Sandy Times

Daily Signals

Stat: Baby Boomers are leading mobile usage

Consumers are now spending more time on mobile apps, according to The State of Mobile 2021 report by analytics firm App Annie.

Stat : Tech : Media

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