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Playware Studios is happy to announce that our Case Method 2.0 (Using Interactive Simulations for Corporate Training), Human Resources Specialist Diploma developed under collaboration with Malvern International Academy has been accredited under the Singapore Work Skills Qualifications framework. Case …

Okay so perhaps the featured image in this post is an exaggeration. However, if you use any kind of high fidelity VR before you would know that there are wires everywhere. I make the distinction about high fidelity because there are …

A research paper authored by Dr. Lynette Tan of NUS was published in the Online Learning Journal VOL 22, NO 2 (2018) [ISSN: 2472-5730] This study measures the impact of meaningful gaming on students’ motivation in a higher education …

Data is growing at an exponential pace. The 15 GB of free storage that you get from Google drive (which never seems enough) is more than 400 Thousand times the total data storage capacity of the Apollo Guidance …

(Inside the Hololens. Image courtesy: Microsoft) Whether in the comfort of your home, in a restaurant, or on a bus or the subway, seeing people in what I call the praying position is a very familiar sight. Heads …

Fun and engagement are all well and good. Can you train real job skills in games and simulations? In this article we explore 4 ways to design 3D Virtual Reality games where the players can learn and practice …

In today’s marketplace, where competition can come from anywhere, disruption can easily become an existential threat for even the largest corporations. For successful and sustainable businesses constant innovation and evolution across every level of the organization becomes a …

Playware was invited by the Nanyang Polytechnic Singapore to showcase our products and solutions at their e::Volution eLearning event. Playware’s Creative Director Siddharth Jain was also invited to give a talk at the event. The title of his talk was …

“Practice is the key; it separates the novice from the expert. Most eLearning today focuses on ‘knowledge’ rather than practice. Case Method 2.0 is an approach for designing eLearning specifically to enable practice of key skills.” Read …

The skills-gap is real and exists even within organisations In most organizations, the level of skill and expertise of the workforce can directly be correlated to their performance efficiency and profitability. Often, a gap exists in the desired …

A key part of the effort that makes any story-telling engaging is how it is presented. Visual appeal is critical and can make the difference between compelling or dreary. This new series of articles will explore the very hard, frustrating, …

Following up on last weeks posts [Mixed Reality][Augmented Reality] about new technologies in learning, we bring you more upcoming innovations that show potential for Simulations, Games Based Learning and Gamification especially in the fields of skills-building, e-learning and virtual-practice. This week …

On March 14th 2018, Google softly announced, what promises to be the biggest news for Augmented reality developers and enthusiasts alike! Google Maps API will support the Unity Game Development engine and environment. Here …

This week is turning out to be very exciting for mixed reality development. As an emerging technology company that is specialised in educational technology for corporate learning and training, we are always on the look out for new hardware …

In the past couple of years we have seen a marked improvement in the fidelity, user-experience (see this State of the VR Industry review talk by our Creative Director Siddharth Jain in 2016) and commercial viability in Virtual, Mixed …

The International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. We have some very inspiring women leading the charge here at Playware. Silvia is a Lead Artist at Playware. A creative powerhouse she excels at …

We are living in an exciting time for Learning Technologies. Amidst the global technology boom there are many new and emerging technologies that show promise for enhancing learner engagement and providing greater affordances for authentic learning. However, …

Put simply Gamelets are short-form Games. A Gamelet is to a Game what a Youtube video is to a movie, or a comic strip is to a comic book. The shortness of its form instils certain inherent …

Try answering these questions for your organisation: What makes your organisation’s product/service/function special? How do you and your customers/users find each other? If you sell your product or service, how do you ‘sell’ to your customers? Do you …

Our Creative Director, Siddharth Jain was recently interviewed about Game Based Learning on the Leaders of Learning. The Leaders of Learning is an online show about learning in the 21st century. Through interviews with leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, and many more, Ling …