Popa’s big leap of faith

THE club where Tony Popovic will fulfil his dream of coaching in Europe has churned through eight coaches in 32 months, and is currently banned from European competitions for breaching “financial fairplay” regulations. As the shockwaves from Popovic’s dramatic exit from the Wanderers continued to reverberate, the scale of the challenge he faces at Turkish […]

Project Runway Recap: Whose Leap of Faith Paid Off in Week 3?

Lifetime on Thursday served up a bloody good episode of Project Runway — emphasis on “bloody.” ICYMILast Week’s Project Runway Recap: Was the Right Designer Trashed? Things began innocently enough, with the remaining 14 designers getting cozy and watching Leap; the animated movie’s “dance, movement and innovation” was meant to inspire their looks. But aside from Brandon, […]

#TBT: One Giant Leap for Mankind

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Video Game Graphics Took A Huge Leap In The Early 2000s

In the late 90s, video games sat on the precipice of a 3D graphics revolution. Everything was about to change, and it was gonna change fast. Advertisement Last week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason Schreier and I were joined by veteran video game programmer Brett Douville. Douville started out at LucasArts in 1998, where he worked […]

Magic Leap reportedly acquires FuzzyCube Software game studio

Despite supposed leaks and legal battles, mixed reality outlet Magic Leap’s  technology remains under wraps, but the company looks like it’s getting serious about creating content for it. Business Insider is reporting that Magic Leap has acquired Texas-based FuzzyCube Software, a mobile developer that’s worked on apps such as Temple Run 2 and Epic Loot. […]

Magic Leap purchased a startup founded by former Apple employees, and looked into buying an Oscar-winning animation studio

Thomson Reuters Magic Leap is beefing up its ranks with artists and animators from an Oscar-winning studio and veteran game designer, in a sign that the $ 4.5 billion company believes content could play a critical role in the success of its highly-anticipated “mixed reality” product. Magic Leap’s special glasses, which overlay detailed digital imagery on top of the real […]