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The Future Of Games Industry: Advice To Novice Developers
…s take up half of the games market, and the sales of games for PCs will fall, as much as Facebook's profits from gaming apps. So, what does this mean? One of the obvious conclusions is that one has to focus on developing games for different mobile app stores like Google or Windows Store. Romuald Zdebskiy explained how game designers can use the Universal Windows Plat…
27.04.2017
Beauty Pageants Are not for Smart People: Winner of Miss ITMO 2017 Was Announced
…Sport for boosting one’s willpower Anna is a professional figure skater – she started her sports career when she was four in Kurgan where she was born. She devoted herself to this activity for 12 years and then was titled with the Candidate for Master of Sport. She also gained experience in coaching. Anna managed to show her skills during a performance, which w…
27.04.2017
ITMO Hosts The EdCrunchSPb Educational Forum
… Proactive Education, the Rybakov Foundation, ITMO University, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the National University of Science and Technology MISiS. The forum's mission is to tell parents what their children can do now to become successful in some 20 years. Each of the forum's 52 speakers presented their ideas and recommendations aimed to make vocational …
26.04.2017
Virtual World in a Couple of Days
…opers attended lectures on modeling complex systems, narrative design, gamification, simulation modeling and other topics. The developers presented their games at the pitch session. “The most difficult thing was communication with the members of your own team. Many developers said that they spent lots of time discussing an idea of the game as well as choosing th…
25.04.2017
A Million Dollars for VeeRoute
…ow for sure when the goods will be delivered. Furthermore, using them, companies can cut expenses due to delivery schedule planning. Now, the developers work on an upgraded version of the platform. VeeRoute plans to use this investment to extend the functionality of the system and upgrade its marketing activities. “In the nearest future we plan to develop a n…
24.04.2017
All-Russian Lab Session: Solving Life’s Difficult Questions
…The All-Russian Lab Session is both a test and a game. The purpose is to show every participant how easily he can understand daily phenomena and how ready he is to competently answer questions that are constantly asked by children. Why are sunsets red? Where do satellites fly? Why do night and day follow each other? Why is winter cold and what’s the weight of a blue …
24.04.2017
5 Things You Need to Know Now
… Berlin, Sydney, Paris and other cities. New quantum liquid crystals could speed up computers. Scientists at Caltech discovered a new state of matter - the first three-dimensional quantum liquid crystal - that may have applications in ultrafast quantum computers of the future. 3D-printing of glass possible. A new process uses mixing nanoparticles of high-purity…
24.04.2017
From Lagos to St. Petersburg
… felt confident as a teacher. The students have a need and desire to study, which encourages me to create stimulating lesson plans”. Last summer, Jayjay jumped on a professional development opportunity to learn more skills in teaching English as a second language. He went all the way to San Diego, California and had a chance to teach different people from variou…
21.04.2017
Science Through the Eyes of a Child: What Makes Biology Interesting
…he still remembers it clearly. She saw experiments, participated in competitions and started to ask questions about her research, she even engaged adults in a scientific discussion. This is where I found out that there is a congress held here and we were invited to participate. When did you start working with science? And why biology? Yulia Mikheeva: I became i…
21.04.2017
ITMO's Team Nominated for the "Top 50 Most famous people in St. Petersburg"
…Rector for International Relations. Last year, they received the Government of Russian Federation Award in Education for the ICT Excellence program which allows training professionals that can work in interdisciplinary fields and manage innovation projects and companies in the IT-field. There's also a common achievement that guarantees the team a stable position amon…
21.04.2017