GAMBIT games continue to shine at the annual Indie Games Challenge. In the 2011 version of the awards that were just handed out, GAMBIT’s Symon game won the Kongregate Award for Best Browser Game at the Indie Game Challenge, part of the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas. It was the 2010 GAMBIT summer team that was responsible for developing Symon. The game [...]
Since winning the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation Award in 2009 and the Emerging Enterprise of the Year award in 2010, trailblazing technopreneurs at Kai Square have not rested on their laurels. This IDMPO-funded start-up won the prestigious Top 100 Global Red Herring (the ‘Oscars” of the start-up industry) Award in January this year. This is not [...]
On Sep 2009, the IDM Programme Office funded Razer to establish a substantive IDM R&D Lab. With an investment of US$20million, this Razer IDM lab was set up for the purposes of R&D in interactive gaming technology and platforms, as well as in the creation of interactive gaming interfaces and devices to fuel Singapore’s growth [...]
One of Singapore’s oldest printings firms, which has served generations of book lovers here, has heeded the call of digital publishing. Tien Wah Press is opnin a new chapter of its 75-year-old history by partnering local start-up Personal e-Motion (a company supported by the IDM Programme Office) to offer an interactive e-book digital solution called [...]
The Straits Times ran a 4.5-page feature on 2 October highlighting the growth of Singapore’s Interactive Digital Media (IDM) sector. The figures were revealed in the light of the recently-concluded Deloitte study, which showed that our IDM sector grew an impressive 15% last year, despite the economic recession. IDM has also been identified as one [...]
The following extract is taken from the Straits Times. It mentions the 3D racing circuit designed by IDMPO-supported company TQ Global. Strong efforts made to improve displays following feedback Despite the many brickbats hurled at it earlier on, the Singapore pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo has done a good job in showing off the [...]
The Singapore government plans to spend S$16.1 billion over the next 5 years from 2011-2015 on research, innovation and enterprise. This was announced on Friday by the Research Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC), chaired by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and also comprising several cabinet ministers as well as international leaders in science and [...]
Over the past half-decade, Singapore has positioned itself well to monetize the trends in Interactive Digital Media (IDM), both domestically and regionally… as the velocity in the migration to digital increases on a global basis. A strong programme of government initiatives (since 2005) has laid the foundation for fertile growth in this sector. The IDM [...]
Find out what goes on behind the creation of the amazingly detailed 3D virtual world of the Shanghai World Expo with Mr. Lim Yeow Chong, Creative Director, Crystal Computer Graphics, an IDMPO-supported company. EVENTS come and go, but virtualisation in the form of online 3D worlds or models ensures a lasting legacy. Mr Lim Yeow [...]
Singapore’s IDM sector is set for greater heights with a recent spate of initiatives to boost innovation When it comes to the future of media in Singapore, one thing’s for sure – interactive digital media (IDM) will be one of the most significant growth pillars, redefining how businesses work and how consumers live and play. [...]