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Zeemote Offers Wireless Remote for Mobile Gamers

By admin @ Monday, February 11, 2008 :: 458 Views :: 0 Comments :: Mobile 3D Games, Mobile 3D Phones, Mobile 3D General

Zeemote has shown a wireless remote control for playing games on mobile phones

You might think the last thing you'd need to play games on your mobile phone would be a wireless remote control, but Zeemote's JS1 is just that.

The Bluetooth device has four buttons and a thumb-operated analog joystick, and can be held in the left or right hand, leaving the other hand free to hold the phone.

The control measures 3.8 inches by 1.4 inches by 0.8 inches, and is less fiddly to operate than the small buttons on phones, said Jim Adams, Zeemote's vice president of sales and business development. Separating the control from the phone also makes it easier to hold the display steady while playing action games, he said at a press event on the eve of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where Zeemote will be showing the device.

By admin @ Friday, January 04, 2008 :: 636 Views :: 0 Comments :: Mobile 3D Games, Mobile 3D General

3D or not 3D is not the question for this lot

We are long time admirers of the Fishlabs mobile games studio and its 3D wizardry so evident in fantastic games such as Deep, Galaxy on Fire and Blades & Magic.

It seems we are not the only ones, either, as the studio has just been recognised in its native Germany by snaffling a gong at the German Developer Awards 2007 in the 'Best Mobile Game' category. The title that did the studio proud was the aforementioned Blades & Magic, which we ourselves are more than a little partial to.

Get yourself a 3D mobile secretary

By admin @ Monday, December 31, 2007 :: 648 Views :: 1 Comments :: Mobile 3D General

One of the more eyecatching mobile applications on show at Nokia World today is called Mobile Secretary, from Chinese firm InterGrafx. It's basically a 3D avatar that acts as your virtual secretary, residing on your phone.

"It's very fun," says InterGrafx's Charles Chiang. "Your secretary handles things like SMS and incoming calls. You can choose different types of secretary from our server side, you can fire them and download a new one, or train them to be smarter. And you can even take a photo of someone, and put their picture on the avatar."

By admin @ Thursday, November 22, 2007 :: 570 Views :: 0 Comments :: Mobile 3D General

Despite glorious predictions, the Mobile Games market is clearly still failing to compete with the success of the console and PC games industry. In fact, many people are concerned that the Mobile Games market is close to saturation point.

For these reasons, the industry is once again meeting at The Mobile Games Forum 2008 on 23^rd and 24^th January at Sofitel St James, London to assess the current state of the market and its stability for the future. Now in its 5th year, The Mobile Games Forum is the industry’s most established and respected event.

By admin @ Friday, November 09, 2007 :: 703 Views :: 0 Comments :: Mobile 3D Games, Mobile 3D General

Electronic Arts' mobile games will soon offer a 3D performance equivalent to traditional portable gaming consoles.

Broadcom and Electronic Arts recently signed an agreement to enable popular EA Mobile game titles on mobile phones powered by Broadcom solutions. The game titles will be optimized for the latest generation VideoCore III mobile multimedia processor from Broadcom, which supports HD content and graphics performance equivalent to today's dedicated handheld game consoles.

"Low power 3D hardware graphics acceleration will allow developers to create games for convergent mobile devices that can compete with or surpass games for dedicated handheld gaming devices. True high-resolution 3D graphics will entice consumers to download and play more mobile games," says gaming analyst Billy Pidgeon at IDC.

By admin @ Thursday, August 30, 2007 :: 662 Views :: 0 Comments :: Mobile 3D Phones, Mobile 3D General

Hands-On Mobile and Emdigo Team Up to Deliver Downloadable 3D ActionScreens for a Unique Handset Personalization Experience

CAMPBELL, CA - August 27, 2007 - Leading mobile software and technology company Emdigo Inc. today announced the availability of new interactive 3D ActionScreens for mobile handsets. The real-time 3D content now features the timeless LEGO minifigures and resides on mobile phone screens for a completely new handset personalization experience. Created by Emdigo in partnership with Hands-On Mobile, the screens can be easily updated on today's most popular BREW handsets.

The new ActionScreens build a dynamic world featuring the classic LEGO minifigures generations have grown up with set in the popular LEGO pirates theme. A suite of swashbuckling LEGO pirates fill out the new 3D ActionScreens line up that Emdigo is bringing to handsets across the U.S.

By admin @ Wednesday, August 29, 2007 :: 436 Views :: 0 Comments :: Mobile 3D Games, Mobile 3D General

FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THE INTERNATIONAL MOBILE GAMING AWARDS OBTAINS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FROM THE MOBILE INDUSTRY

Building on its success in 2006, this unique initiative rewards innovation in mobile games.

LEIPZIG— August 22^{nd, 2007—Adobe, NOKIA and MOVIDA have joined forces to support the fourth annual International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) as the main sponsors. In addition, the IMGA has announced sponsorship from QUALCOMM, NVIDIA, AMD and Belle de Mai Media Park, Marseille. The unique and exceptionally broad international support received for these awards reflects the growing importance of mobile gaming for the graphics industry worldwide and confirms IMGA’s leadership in the field of mobile games awards.}

3D images in your pocket

By admin @ Sunday, August 26, 2007 :: 534 Views :: 0 Comments :: Mobile 3D Phones, Mobile 3D General

Tokyo - Japanese cellphones already let users shoot films and share them with friends. It may not be long before the images go another step - becoming completely three-dimensional.

Japan's Hitachi, Ltd has developed a lightweight 3D display that can potentially be adapted for mobile devices such as telephones.

The gadget, using what is known as stereoscopic vision display, weighs only one kilogram and resembles an upside-down, multiangular pyramid full of mirrors on top of a liquid crystal display.

By admin @ Sunday, August 12, 2007 :: 396 Views :: 0 Comments :: Mobile 3D Games, Mobile 3D General

The International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA), which is currently in its fourth year, is inviting mobile game developers to participate and compete in an international arena with top studios as well as individual developers from all over the world.

It is interesting to know that the first mobile games were launched ten years ago in 1997. And, now, ten years later, a large variety of mobile games ranging from casual games, to high-end 3D games, multiplayer and even social networking games are available in the market today.

Thus, the International Mobile Gaming Awards has a mission- to reward and recognize the best innovators and the most creative mobile game from all over the world.

Graphics chip powers 3D handset gaming

By admin @ Saturday, July 28, 2007 :: 406 Views :: 0 Comments :: Mobile 3D Games, Mobile 3D Phones, Mobile 3D General

New device can render 100 million polygons a second - a performance that far surpasses that of current handheld game consoles

Toshiba has come up with a dedicated 3D graphics chip it reckons will add previously unseen levels of realism and excitement to games played on mobile phones. The new chip, the TC35711XBG, can render 100 million polygons a second, a performance that far surpasses that of current handheld game consoles.

Samples of the new graphics chips will be available from October 2007.