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Console sales have been up through the month of March as most of the world has been in lockdown, according to GSD. The Nintendo Switch, which had previously sold over 40 million units through the end of 2019, has been…

As the health impact of the coronavirus continues to mount, the economic impact is increasingly apparent. The lives of the people affected by the virus are the primary concern, but understanding its impact on the global economy is also an…

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Google Stadia and Microsoft’s xCloud gaming services are coming later this year. These are major events for how games will be distributed and played in the future. To get a better sense of consumer interest in game streaming, we surveyed…

iOS software maker Panic just reminded us how fun technology can be. The company unveiled Playdate ($149) a pocket-sized game console that comes with a “season” of 12 games that arrive weekly. And everyone is talking about it. Playdate is resonating…

Virtual reality’s mainstream adoption and tremendous impact on humanity is coming. How long it will take and who the winners and losers will be widely disputed, but it’s hard to deny the potential of a tool that has the power…

Microsoft, largely considered the market leader in augmented reality (AR) aka Mixed Reality (MR), announced the long-awaited successor to the HoloLens, the HoloLens 2. Here at Loup, we are firm believers in augmented reality as the next major computing platform…

Virtual reality (VR) is an exciting new technology with tremendous near and long term implications for society. While not mainstream yet, VR is on its way towards becoming the next major computing platform along with augmented reality. There are now…

When a new generation of products and services are unveiled, it’s easy to get caught up in the novelty and advances of the underlying technology. We see it all the time at conventions like CES where LG displayed an array…

Live streaming has exploded over the past few years as a dangerous competitor to traditional broadcasting and content streaming. While platforms like Twitch, YouTube Gaming, Facebook Live, Mixer, and Caffeine have predominantly featured gaming content, they’re quickly expanding into other…

We recently tested four smart speakers by asking Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, and Cortana 800 questions each. Google Assistant was able to answer 88% of them correctly vs. Siri at 75%, Alexa at 73%, and Cortana at 63%. Last year,…

We recently surveyed 520 consumers about smart speakers and found that over 45% of respondents own at least one smart speaker. 9% of smart speaker owners surveyed owned more than one. In a similar survey earlier this year, only 27%…