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  • Virtual Influencers: What Are They?

    Adidas Russia has unveiled Russia’s first virtual influencer: a digital twin of the model Sasha Panika named Asya Strike. As of right now, the virtual model can boast a little more than 1,000 followers on Instagram. Asya isn’t the first virtual model in Russia, and virtual influencers have existed for quite some time now: they run social media accounts and even sign contracts with the likes of Balenciaga and Balmain. So what are digital influencers, how are they made, and how much do they cost?

    19.12.2018

  • 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

  • Virtual World in a Couple of Days

    “Creation of game worlds: from math models to art” – that was the topic of the 10th Interactive School “Technologies of High-Performance Computing and Computer Modeling.” During four days the participants attended lectures on video game development and gamification as well as created their own game worlds. 

    25.04.2017

  • Network Function Virtualization — Hardware Solutions, Be No More

    Soon, we'll no longer need lots of equipment to work in the net. Network function virtualization (NFV) is a new technology which allows virtualizing whole classes of network nodes. The idea is already being adopted by major IT-corporations, new startups, and scientific laboratories; yet, there are still some problems — and thus opportunities for research — to it. Professor Luciano Paschoal Gaspary from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) shared about the prospects and challenges of the promising technology.

    16.02.2017