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Continuing the archive of independent Cool Tech reporting (Archive Page 12).

Games Workshop stuck in £1 million IT hell

September 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

£1,000,000 last year alone on a multi-year Microsoft Dynamics ERP project. That’s a lot of paint.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: games workshop, money

Turn your Google Mini into a Snorlax

August 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

By accident or by design, the Google Mini’s compact disc shape makes it perfect for home-modding.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: 3d printers, Etsy, google, snorlax

Arkhaane: The Netflix of D&D and homebrew RPG content

August 6, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You’re paying for a subscription-like Spotify, and Netflix lets you access a library of RPG content. Like those platforms, you don’t get your own copy. You merely have it while it’s there but are not capped either.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, software

VR might help us leave lockdown, or at least cope as it leaves us

August 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As the world spins and our reality changes, it seems likely that virtual reality will become a more extensive and more helpful part of it.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: virtual reality

Solo adventures and a Never Ending Dungeon map set: Lifetime Memberships woo Kickstarter backers

August 2, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The system procedurally generates entire dungeons and other fantasy landscapes suitable for flatscreen TVs or VTTS. They don’t get into the details, but it is also possible to have physical tiles created and sent to you.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: battle mats, cartography, software, solo rpgs, virtual tabletop

Meet the A100WEPC: Casio’s Pac-Man watch

July 22, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The non-Pac-man variant of the A100WEPC, the AW100WE, came out last month. That’s water resistance, a 1/10 second stopwatch, alarm, auto-calendar and LED.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: watch

TAG Heuer’s Super Mario smartwatch sells out in less than ten minutes

July 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A look on eBay shows what you would expect when a collectable has been more popular than predicted. Skelpers are making a killing.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: super mario, watch

Legends Untold is the latest impressive Virtual Virtual Tabletop (VVTT)

July 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

GMs can takeover or transform into NPC characters like a cross between Quantum Leap and the 80s cartoon Dungeon Master wandering into a scene in the roleplaying mode.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: kickstarters, virtual tabletop

Are these Nintendo Switch Pro designs really that bonkers?

June 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What if the Nintendo Switch Pro comes about as a mashup between the Switch and a classic console or game?

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: concept art, nintendo, switch

AR success Foundry Six comes to tabletop RPGs with Arealm

May 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tech company Foundry Six work with companies like Sony and Paramount on Augmented Reality. Today they’ve launched a Kickstarter for Arealm, and it is targeted at tabletop gamers who use video chat.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Augmented reality, kickstarters

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