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Computer Game Industry Looks To Women For Fresh Insights


Submitted by thankeeka on June 7, 2007 - 11:07am. Females in Gaming News

It's a long but interesting article about women in the game development industry, so we'll let the article speak for itself:

"Susie Wee knows that gaming technology is crucial to the corporate world. As director of the Mobile and Media Systems Lab at Hewlett-Packard Co., Wee worked on the company’s Panoply project. Panoply uses technology to create an “immersive” visual display that wraps around the user. Developers run algorithms in real time through equipment from VoodooPC — a designer and manufacturer of high-performance gaming computer systems acquired by HP last year — to achieve color and geometric corrections that make a scene look real, Wee explains. Imagine a race-car game where the scenery you pass while driving is realistic and almost panoramic.

HP developed Panoply in part for its Halo Collaboration Studio, a face-to-face collaboration environment. Companies can buy Halo studios to hold meetings with people in various locations, with life-size displays and real-time audio. Wee says Panoply can also be used in military training exercises, scientific visualization, home theater and, yes, computer games.

Susie WeeWee isn’t the only woman making her mark in the male-dominated gaming field."

Read the full article over at computerworld.com


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