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AssessMs: Diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis with Microsoft’s Kinect

Heong Weng Mak10 years ago10 years ago03 mins

When Microsoft introduced its Kinect motion-sensing camera, the technology brought a new element to console gaming. Kinect tracks and captures a player’s movements, then translates them into the play of a game. Now a large pharmaceutical company is partnering with Microsoft to apply that technology for a therapeutic purpose. In a new application of games in health care, Novartis is betting that the Kinect technology can be used to track the progress of multiple sclerosis, and in turn, play a role in developing new treatments for the disease.

GSummit SF 2014 Speaker – Ross Smith (Skype, Microsoft)

Natalija Knaidele12 years ago12 years ago02 mins

We were excited to welcome Ross Smith back GSummit. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Ross Smith is a Director of Test in Skype at Microsoft. He really enjoys getting a paycheck to “play” with software for almost 23 years at Microsoft. The projects he’s been a part of have…

Microsoft: The Future of Work is Play

Natalija Knaidele12 years ago12 years ago02 mins

In late 2013, Gabe traveled to 12 cities worldwide for GSummit Global, a series of full-day workshops and meetups to bring GSummit closer to gamification fans. As a part of GSummit Global, we also released 10 new webinars and videos by gamification and engagement professionals. We will be releasing them publicly as we keep counting down to GSummit 2014.

Ross Smith is Director of Test at Microsoft and Skype. He has been at Microsoft for over 20 years and believes strongly that “The Future of Work, is Play.” In this fast-paced 18-minute talk, he traces motivation and gameplay from Egyptian pyramids to pre-industrial era to hippy 1970s to the future, and suggests how to manage the new generation analyze workforce and work changes today.

The Big History Project Teaches The Story of Humanity with Game Based Learning

Kevin Shane12 years ago25 mins

What do you get when you cross a maverick historian, a tech legend, and game based learning techniques? You get The Big History Project, a revolutionary online initiative that challenges the way history is traditionally taught.

The online project, formerly only available to educators, is backed by Microsoft and championed by Bill Gates himself, is in its third year and is being used in over 100 schools across eight countries.

How the Experts Use Gamification for Employee Engagement – GSummit Global Webinar

Ivan Kuo12 years ago11 mins

A few weeks ago, we had a live webinar for GSummit Global that focused on achieving customer engagement with gamification. Today, we’re going to shift gears and take look at how prominent experts Phaedra Boinodiris (IBM), Ryan Mizusaki (Delta), and Ross Smith (Microsoft) have approached gamification as a means of motivating and training their staff.

Moderated by Gabe Zichermann, the following webinar is part 2 of 3 of our GSummit Global Webinar series, so stay tuned for our final webinar early next week.

The Top 20 Companies with Employees That Have Gamification in Their LinkedIn Profile

Kevin Shane13 years ago12 years ago31 mins

Who reps gamification the hardest on LinkedIn? This is part two in our series on “Gamification” in Linkedin. See part one here: Why Gamification Should Be in Your Linkedin Profile. Ever wonder which companies have the most employees interested in gamification? Well, the research is done and we created the Infograph below to show you….

How Game Based Learning is Making Training Better

Kevin Shane13 years ago13 years ago26 mins

A great deal of research has been done examining how game based learning has been used with phenomenal success in the world of education to enhance students’ learning experience and now more and more research is being done on how the corporate world is utilizing game based learning to increase job satisfaction, enhance training programs, improve productivity, increase sales, and ultimately drive profits.

Clippy Returns for Ribbon Hero 2 in MS Office’s Learning Tutorial

Kevin Shane13 years ago25 mins

Of all the free MS Office 2007/2010 tutorials on the web, Clippy’s Second Chance in Ribbon Hero 2 leads the pack in the game based computer application learning. The program loads into MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote) and provides a fun way of learning MS Office’s features.

Isn’t it time you revisited your favorite Office paperclip?

Project Spark Allows Players to Create Any World They Want

Alex Landa13 years ago13 years ago05 mins

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 for short) is an annual event where developers showcase their latest electronic and gaming projects. Each year this event announces new video game consoles, games, and other media that are deserving of the big stage. Among this year’s presentation of the next round of console wars, shooters, sport games and RPGs, there was one announcement that stood out in the crowd as innovate to say the least: Project Spark.

Project Spark (PS) was a big part of Microsoft’s press conference at E3. The main concept behind PS is that players create their own worlds filled with characters, story, an evolving environment, or anything else they want.

What the Xbox One Means for Gamification

Ivan Kuo13 years ago13 years ago14 mins

The successor to the Xbox 360 was just announced about an hour ago and we finally have a name for Microsoft’s next generation console: Xbox One

Many features about the Xbox One looked really impressive, especially the new high-fidelity Xbox Kinect sensor and voice commands but the most significant take-away for gamifiers is the presence of a TV tuner and a nifty little feature called “snap-mode.”

GCo’s Picks: How Microsoft’s Ross Smith Redefines Productivity with Games

Sudarshan Gopaladesikan13 years ago13 years ago05 mins

GamificationCo has asked some its editors for their top sessions picks for GSummit SF 2013. Here is Sudarshan Gopaladesikan’s most anticipated session for GSummit:

I love risk-taking. As a junior in college, I have the notion that the workforce won’t allow me to take any risks because safe, but sure investments/ideas are less unpredictable to a company’s profits. Looking through the sessions at GSummit (all of them are great!), Ross Smith–Director of Test at Microsoft–will be speaking on how trust among colleagues can foster individual innovation, productivity, and risk-taking.

Windows Phone Live Tiles Could’ve Been So Much More

Ivan Kuo13 years ago13 years ago711 mins

I’ve recently acquired a Nokia Lumia 920 review unit and as an Android enthusiast, I would have never made this switch but there’s no way I’d turn down the opportunity to play with some new toys.

While I can make a full comprehensive-review of the hardware and operating system, I’ll mainly be looking at Windows Phone 8 (Not Windows Mobile, mind you) and its implication for gamification design.

Gamification as Emerging Productivity Tools for Developers

Heong Weng Mak13 years ago13 years ago06 mins

Gamification is being utilized as productivity tools in Nokia, AutoDesk, and Microsoft Whether it is to design a new system, troubleshoot bugs or implement new features, developers are the chief problem solvers in any enterprise. D Developers and programmers are software engineers who are often tasked with finding solutions for abstract problems in addition…

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Bringing Games to the Enterprise: How Microsoft Ribbon Hero Makes Productivity Engaging, Part II

Joselin15 years ago14 years ago03 mins

Sarah Faulkner from Microsoft showed up to talk about the release of Ribbon Hero II, Micorsoft saw in the first version of Ribbon Hero that users that played two challenges, almost always subsequently played 10 or more. In version II they added colorful engaging levels. The challenge idea was successful but the game itself wasn’t…

Enterprise

Bringing Games to the Enterprise: How Microsoft Ribbon Hero Makes Productivity Engaging, Part I

Joselin15 years ago14 years ago14 mins

After a delicious lunch, Sarah Faulkner from Microsoft showed up to talk about Gamification – after all Gartner Group is predicting that over 50% of the world’s largest companies will be actively gamifying by 2015. With millions of users playing Ribbon Hero to interact with its Office suite, Microsoft has pulled off a coup –…

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AssessMs: Diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis with Microsoft’s Kinect

GSummit SF 2014 Speaker – Ross Smith (Skype, Microsoft)

Microsoft: The Future of Work is Play

The Big History Project Teaches The Story of Humanity with Game Based Learning

How the Experts Use Gamification for Employee Engagement – GSummit Global Webinar

The Top 20 Companies with Employees That Have Gamification in Their LinkedIn Profile

How Game Based Learning is Making Training Better

Clippy Returns for Ribbon Hero 2 in MS Office’s Learning Tutorial

Project Spark Allows Players to Create Any World They Want

What the Xbox One Means for Gamification

GCo’s Picks: How Microsoft’s Ross Smith Redefines Productivity with Games

Windows Phone Live Tiles Could’ve Been So Much More

Gamification as Emerging Productivity Tools for Developers

Bringing Games to the Enterprise: How Microsoft Ribbon Hero Makes Productivity Engaging, Part II

Bringing Games to the Enterprise: How Microsoft Ribbon Hero Makes Productivity Engaging, Part I