מפגש הקיץ של די.ג.ר. ה ישראל - המרכז הישראלי של הארגון הבינלאומי לחקר משחקי מחשב "כשהמשחקים פוגשים במציאות" ב - H.I.T - מכון טכנולוגי חולון, 31 ליולי 2008
מה זה בדיוק אומר "לשחק את החדשות? " משחקי וידאו ומציאות – איך זה הולך ביחד? מה היתרונות וחסרונות המדיום האינטראקטיבי? על שאלות אלו ואחרות יענה אורח הכבוד במפגש הקיץ של די.ג.ר.ה ישראל, מר אסי בורק, מייסד שותף של חברת אימפקטגיימס. לאחר ההרצאה יתקיים פאנל בנושא עתיד העולמות הוירטואליים וה - Web3D.
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Asi Burak, co-founder of ImpactGames will present his vision and creative work at the coming DiGRA ISRAEL Summer Meet-up, Thu, 31 July 2008.
Asi Burak co-founded ImpactGames to create compelling interactive experiences around current events. Toward this end, ImpactGames developed PeaceMaker, a video game simulation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. PeaceMaker has been sold in over 60 countries, been featured in media outlets around the world, and has won several international awards. ImpactGames newest product "Play the News" addresses the shifting online news-media industry and is changing news consumption from passive reading to active engagement.
Prior to his work at ImpactGames, Asi was VP of Marketing at Axis Mobile LTD., where he helped introduce LBS mobile games and community applications to a world-wide market (US, Asia, Europe). As a former Art Director at Saatchi & Saatchi, Asi was first introduced to advanced systems for communication and analysis as a Captain in the Israeli Intelligence Corps. He holds a Masters of Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon and a BA in Design from the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. PeaceMaker is on of the leading Games4Change video games on DiGRA ISRAEL's Video clips case studies Knowledge Base currently under construction.
Where Games and Real Life Meet"
DiGRA ISRAEL 2008 Summer Meet -up @ H.I.T AGENDA
17:30 - 18:15
Mingling and Networking + Coffee
18:15 - 18:30
Opening words H.I.T representative
18:45 - 18:30
18:45 - 20:15
Keynote Speaker Asi Burak, ImpactGames Co-founder "Where Games and Real Life Meet" 20:15 - 20:45
Panel*: "When Videogames, social networks and virtual worlds merge"
* additional participants to be announced
20:45 – 21:00
Closing - Dr. Hanan "Vrider" Gazit DiGRA ISRAEL Chapter
When: Thu, 31 July 2008
Time: 17:30 - 21:00
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