Posted February 28th, 2010
by David
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On Thursday we hosted 20 students from Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) Silicon Valley Program, as well as CMU ETC faculty Don Marinelli, Jiyoung Lee and Carl Rosendahl. These masters students spend part of their time “embedded” at Electronic Arts in Redwood Shores, where they have their own workspace and do coursework towards their degree. At the same time they can interact with EA people and experience what it’s like to work in a top-notch video game company. Sounds like a great experience!
The students checked out our latest demos, getting a peek at our take on the next wave of social, tabletop gaming. For those of us at Sifteo, it was a chance to make contact with a group of smart people that will be the next generation of creative+technical game builders. We talked about the capabilities of Siftables and the game mechanics that they uniquely enable. We’ll keep in touch with this group going forward — thanks to the students and faculty for visiting!
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Posted January 19th, 2010
by Brent
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We’ve had our new site and blog up for a few weeks now, but today we’re happy to officially announce Sifteo!
Last year Siftables was a research project initiated at the MIT Media Lab. Since then we have all finished our graduate work, and last summer we formed a start-up company called Sifteo. With support from True Ventures and the National Science Foundation, we are now hard at work developing the next generation of the technology to bring our vision of Siftables to the world.
In the past year we’ve received an overwhelming and international positive response. We’ve heard about the TED video being used in workshops and classrooms, and forwarded among friends, family, parents, students, teachers, and co-workers. Your support and feedback have been invaluable, and we are excited to be in contact with so many people who not only understand the potential of Siftables, but want to help us make them a reality on coffee tables, playgrounds and desks around the world.
This year we’ll be creating games, reaching out to developers, working with manufacturers, and running beta tests with players. We look forward to continuing to get to know everyone, and to working with you to create the future of play.
In addition to following the Sifteo blog, there are other ways you can keep tabs on Siftables activity: subscribe to our mailing list, follow us on Twitter (@Sifteo), or become a Fan on Facebook! And please keep sharing Siftables with the people you know who will see the possibilities.
Sincerely,
The Sifteo Team
{Dave,Brent,Jeevan}
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Posted January 13th, 2010
by Brent
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Sifteo, a venture-backed start-up creating a next-generation tabletop game system, is seeking a talented Software Developer to help us build our revolutionary game platform. We are looking for candidates who have proven expertise in creating thoughtful, well-designed, robust, and delightful systems, mixed with an ability to quickly improvise and iterate and a passion for building innovative technologies.
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Posted January 13th, 2010
by Brent
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Sifteo, a venture-backed start-up creating a next-generation tabletop game system, is seeking a talented Web Developer to help us build our revolutionary game platform. We are looking for candidates who have proven expertise in creating robust, delightful web systems, with a passion for building and honing innovative technologies through iterative development.
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Posted January 2nd, 2010
by Brent
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We’ll be in Las Vegas at CES next week showing off our new designs and functionality. ST Micro will be hosting us in their suite. Drop us a line if you are interested in stopping by or meeting up.
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