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Singapore goes to war — of a virtual kind — in March when networked computer gamers battle it out in an island-wide competition. "The overriding goal of the competition is to elevate advanced computer gaming to the level of a professional sport," Alex Lin, executive director of organisers Bluengine Holdings, said. Bluengine is holding Gamathon II across 25 of its franchised network gaming centres. "Singaporeans do have very good potential," Lin said, noting the USA and South Korea have professional full-time gamers. "We are all very familiar with computers and, in the region, we are a lot more advanced," Local Area Network (LAN) gaming centres have mushroomed in Singapore. Lin expects more than 500 centres in two years from today’s 250 and just four centres three years ago. USA eyes Bangalore The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab said it was talking with officials in India about forming an Asian version of the MIT technology incubator. Alex Pentland, the Media Lab’s academic head, said India had "tremendous, tremendous potential in terms of human intellect and human resources. But mostly that’s being utilised looking outward," he said, citing Bangalore, India, as a software programming hub for foreign corporations. The Media Lab, which has developed innovative technology products such as interactive toys and "wearable computers" — computers embedded in clothes — said an incubator could further spur entrepreneurship and address issues such as literacy and medical care. — Agencies |
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