Technology and Entertainment Gurus Converge at GDC, Outline
Vision for the Future of the Game Industry
High Profile Speakers Include: Nintendo President, Xbox
Co-founder, Hollywood Futurist, Sony CG Specialist
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Game Developers
Conference (GDC) brings to life the 2005 theme, Future Vision, with
a series of talks dedicated to the road ahead for interactive
entertainment. The "vision track" will include progressive leaders
in the fields of
music, video games, design and technology. GDC
will take place Monday through Friday, March 7-11, 2005 at the
Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco.
"The vision track is designed to provoke innovation among
developers and set the stage for the future of interactive
entertainment," said Jamil Moledina, director, GDC. "In a business
environment where finishing the current project is the foremost
priority, our goal is to provide an environment that fosters the
innate creativity of game developers, and empowers each of them to
establish their own long-term vision of the next decade of games."
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* J Allard, corporate vice president and founding member of the
Xbox
platform project, is recognized as one of the most promising
young
leaders of the entertainment industry. In 1993 he was named
in
Hollywood Reporter's Top 35 Entertainment Execs Under 35.
Allard's
session is entitled "The Future of Games: Unlocking the
Opportunity."
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Thinkpad * Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, is a unique executive in
the
games business since his background is not finance, law, or
marketing,
but rather video game creation. His game credits include the
classic
character Kirby, as well as the globally popular Earthbound and
Super
Smash Brothers series. His session entitled "The Heart of a
Gamer,"
will assess where the game business stands today, predicting how
it
will develop over the next several years.
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Microsoft * Masaya Matsuura, a visionary musician and game developer,
blazed ahead
of his time by building an online music community in Japan. In
2004
IGDA awarded Matsuura with the First Penguin award for taking
risks
and breaking new ground in beat-rhythm and music games. He
helped
bring rhythm to games with titles like Parappa the Rapper
and
Vib-Ribbon. Matsuura-san will be facilitating a session
entitled,
"The Near Future of Media Distribution."
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Laptop Computers * Peter Molyneux, co-founder of Bullfrog Productions and founder
of
Lionhead Studios, is renowned for creating the new genre "god
games"
like Populous (1989) and Black and White (2001) -- games that cast
the
player as a deity whose whims influence the activities of a
simulated
world. In 2005 the Queen of England recognized Molyneux by giving
him
an Order of the British Empire (OBE). Sir Peter Molyneux is the
first
games developer to be granted an OBE. His session is
entitled
"Gamesplay Moves Forward into the 21st Century."
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Laptop Computer * Remington Scott, CG special projects supervisor at Sony
Imageworks,
has supervised/directed/produced computer generated
"Performance
Animation" for visionary feature film directors including
Peter
Jackson, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Sam Raimi and the Wachowskis. His
work
in The Lord of the Rings: The Twin Towers received the Academy
Award
for Achievement in Visual Effects for using a computer motion
capture
system to create the split personality character of Gollum
and
Smeagol. Scott's session is entitled "Feature Film
Performance
Animation and Digital Human Acquisition for the Next
Generation
Games."
year career at IBM, a global information technology company where he was a member of IBM senior leadership team. There he held multiple roles, from overseeing the company worldwide competitive and server sales to leading sales, services, marketing and channel operations for IBM software business in Asia Pacific. During this time he resided in Tokyo, Japan.
Desktop Computer * Tim Sweeney, programmer and founder of Epic Games, has been
developing
games and technology from the time of early PC gaming. His 3D
genius
has developed many games, including Unreal Tournament, Splinter
Cell
and Harry Potter. His accomplishments don't stop there: He
was
recently named among GameSpy's 30 Most Influential People in
Gaming.
Sweeney's session is entitled "Games Technology and Content
Creation
for the Next Generation."
Notebooks * Kenzo Tsujimoto, president and CEO of Capcom, will give a talk
named,
"The Japanese Game Industry: Past, Present and Future," examining
the
Japanese game industry through the context of Japanese events such
as
the Tokyo Game Show, the CESA (Computer Entertainment
Supplier's
Association) Game Awards and CEDEC (CESA Developers
Conference)
organized by CESA.
Lenovo * John Underkoffler serves as science and technology advisor to
film
productions including Minority Report, The Hulk, The Miniseries
Taken
and the upcoming live-action adaptation Aeon Flux. His
technology-
based art and design works have been exhibited across
several
continents and have received various awards. His session is
entitled
"Fluid Loop: The Splendid Tangle of Science Design in Cinema,
Games
and Life."
Hard Drive * Will Wright, Maxis' chief designer, co-founded Maxis in 1987.
His
ground breaking game The Sims 2 became the fastest selling PC
game
ever, selling more than a million copies in the first ten
days
worldwide. In 2002 Wright was inducted into the Academy of
Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame. His session is
entitled
"The Future of Content."
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The GDC will feature more than 300 lectures, panels, tutorials and
roundtable discussions across seven content tracks. For a complete
list of GDC 2005 event information visit www.gdconf.com.
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