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Texas State University to feature student work at Innovation Lab

Students at Texas State are doing great things. This Saturday, March 12 at SXSW Interactive, Texas State University will showcase a select group of student inventors and innovators at the Texas State Innovation Lab and Reception. Students will get the chance to rub elbows with industry leaders in tech and share their work with potential employers, donors […]

Preview: Algoraving: A gateway to the Internet of Things

Imagine being at a club. Sweaty bodies are pounding to heavy beats, drinks are flowing freely and blaring lights both surround and blind you. The ringleader in a scenario like this is usually a DJ in a booth with a mass of equipment that most people cannot refer to by name. Jan Jongboom’s SXSW Interactive […]

Preview: Virtual Reality - The Apocalyptic Scenario Meet Up

Meet ups at SXSW are a way to make connections and talk with like-minded Interactive attendees. At the Virtual Reality: The Apocalyptic Scenario Meet Up, Jeremy Dalton, Digital and Emerging Technologies Consultant, wants to meet people that want to talk VR – the good, the bad and the doomsday ugly. The meet up session will look […]

Preview: Dude, Where’s My Par? Making Virtual Reality Golf

At the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale is one of the loudest holes in all of golf. Loudest? Didn’t you say golf? Yes. And thanks to the PGA Tour’s fantastic digital team, you can experience it for yourself. Sloane Kelley, Content Director for PGA Tour digital properties, is the woman responsible […]

Preview: The VR Live Music Experience

This year, VR is more accessible than ever for consumers. Music creators and fans are exploring the possibilities. I spoke with Marc Scarpa, executive producer and director at Simply New, about an upcoming panel he will be speaking on with several others. This panel will explore the optimal tech, the right visual and audio approaches, and […]

Preview: The Hackaday Prize: Honoring problem solvers

The Hackaday Prize is an award handed out each year since 2014 by Hackaday to designers who craft innovative solutions to problems. In the prize’s first year over 800 designers competed for recognition. Last year, that number grew to almost 1,000. The most recent batch of winning ideas will be discussed at an upcoming SXSW […]

Preview: (Unusual) Food For Thought

Had a blast cooking it up at @austinfoodwine !! #mixtli #mixtliafwf #afwfest #austin #chefsofinstagram #tasteoftexas A photo posted by Mixtli (@mixtlicloud) on Apr 25, 2015 at 4:37pm PDT South By Southwest offers a variety of foods for attendees to expand their taste buds, but something they might not be expecting is to eat insects. They’ll […]