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• New Gaming Consoles: Learning From the Previous Generation

  In order to understand the pre-sale agitation surrounding the launch of the new consoles, we need to go back to 2013, when Xbox One and PS4 were at the beginning of their life cycle, just as Xbox Series X/S and PS5 are now. The thing is, such major companies as Microsoft and Sony do learn from their mistakes, since their mistakes are usually too costly to ignore. As a result, the marketing campaign you see surrounding the new consoles now is, in many ways, a product of this learning.

  06.11.2020

• Your Guide to Gaming in Fall-Winter of 2020

  If this year’s many weeks of self-isolation haven’t already made you an adept of the gamepad and keyboard, then the fall-winter season surely will: the cold, long nights combined with a slew of anticipated releases and a whole new generation of consoles make for a potent mixture. Let’s go ahead and take a glance at all the things 2020 still has in store.

  09.10.2020

• What’s Inside: Microsoft Developer Talks Computer Architecture

  This Tuesday, Andrey Artemiev, a software engineer at Microsoft, gave an open lecture at ITMO University. The developer talked about his career and described the principles that are at work inside the computers that we use every day. Read on to learn the key points of the lecture. 

  12.11.2019

• ITMO’s Digital Humanities Lab Wins Microsoft Prize for Project on History of Gulag

  ITMO University’s Digital Humanities Research Lab has developed a data visualization project in collaboration with the Gulag History Museum. Earlier this month, the project was awarded a special prize from Microsoft at the St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum. ITMO.NEWS spoke to the head of DH Lab, Antonina Puchkovskaya, and the project’s author, Anna Pisarevskaya, about its future.

  30.11.2018

• CityNext Head Alexander Danilin: How Smart Tech Changes Life of Cities

  A lecture-meeting with Alexander Danilin, head of the Department of Strategic Projects and CityNext initiative at Microsoft, was held at ITMO University. Nowadays the IT-giant is carrying out collaborations with schools and universities, providing software and a range of latest technologies on special terms. However, in addition to what has already become traditional cooperation with government entities and organizations, today Microsoft offers solutions for different cities, helping put into practice the concept of "smart" cities and regions. Alexander Danilin told ITMO.NEWS which key technologies are just starting to take effect in the development of the "smart" city and region, whom the fate of conflicting initiatives depends on and what scenarios and projects of digital transformation await us in the nearest future.

  20.10.2017

• The Future Of Games Industry: Advice To Novice Developers

  The games market continues to grow rapidly: according to data by Newzoo, in 2017 it grew by 10 billion dollars in comparison with last year, and is now at 110 billion; by 2020, it is expected to be at 128.5. Thus, game development continues to be a promising field, one just has to mind its latest trends. Romuald Zdebskiy, Microsoft's Games Lead for Central & Eastern Europe, shared about the many aspects of modern gaming industry and its future during a lecture at ITMO University which was part of the "Game worlds creation: from mathematical models to artistic image" practical course.

  27.04.2017