Cannonball » video http://www.cannonball.co.nz Making the Mobile Future Fri, 22 Dec 2017 04:19:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 America’s Cup mobile : Video http://www.cannonball.co.nz/americas-cup-mobile-apps-video/ http://www.cannonball.co.nz/americas-cup-mobile-apps-video/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:11:05 +0000 Stu http://www.cannonball.co.nz/?p=21 Here’s the preview video for the America’s Cup mobile apps.  Cannonball worked with  Animation Research Ltd. to produce the iPhone/iPad versions.  Enjoy.

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This is a talk I did for the Xero Summer of Tech seminar series in 2010, while still working at Sidhe/PikPok.  The first half is a state-of-the-industry overview, the second half is more tech-focused and is aimed at programmers who wish to get into the industry.

EDIT : Having rewatched this video, I noted how much has changed since 2010 when I gave this talk:

  • OnLive is now all but defunct.
  • I stated that C++ is still the preferred language of most game developers.  Given the explosion of mobile and Unity3D, I’m not sure that this statement applies to ‘most’ game developers anymore.
  • 3D Gaming has not turned out to be the next-big thing. At all.
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