Blue Posts, Eye Gaze Tracking, M'uru Video
2008 Arena Tournament Phase 3 Begins
Registration for the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament's first qualification round is now closed and Phase 3 of the tournament has begun. Participants have been battling it out on the tournament realms for the past two weeks while fine-tuning their team composition and strategies. Phase 3 of the tournament includes a lockdown of the teams that will be jockeying for position to compete in the regional finals. To track the progress of your team and the competition as a whole, please visit the World of Warcraft Armory. For more information on the tournament, please visit our Arena Tournament information page. Good luck to all competitors!
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The Blizzard Store Is Here!
We posted about this three days ago. Below you find the official announcement.
We are proud to announce the release of the brand-new Blizzard Store! Completely redesigned from the ground up, the Blizzard Store allows you to purchase Blizzard Entertainment games and other merchandise directly from the source. Here are some of the features of the new Blizzard Store:
- User-friendly interface makes your shopping fast and convenient.
- Search and browse products by major franchise categories as well as product type.
- Convenient online shopping tools such as saving payment methods and shipping addresses for future reference.
- Digital downloads: now you can purchase select Blizzard Entertainment titles as direct downloads, with immediate access upon payment.
- Purchase World of Warcraft game time for yourself or for a friend.
We hope you enjoy the new Blizzard Store!
Eye gaze tracking in WoW
The TechCrunch crew tested an eye tracking software (a tracking system for your gaze) that has been retrofitted to work with WoW. Basically the cursor goes where you look on the monitor and looking offscreen in several directions will trigger different modes (i.e locomotion, combat, loot).
Eye-gaze systems bounce infrared light from LEDs at the bottom of a computer monitor and track a person’s eye movements using stereo infrared cameras. This setup can calculate where on a screen the user is looking with an accuracy of about 5 mm.
This "Snap Clutch" software has been developed at De Montfort University, UK in collaboration with University of Tampere, Finland. The idea behind this project is to help the handicapped, you can do some things as solo/group pve in WoW, but you would have serious troubles in pvp & raids without a keyboard.
Via [World of Raids]
M'uru kill video by Exodus
M'uru is the 5th encounter in Sunwell Plateau, the latest raid dungeon in World of Warcraft. The guild Exodus released a kill video of them defeating M'uru. They were 2nd in the world to achieve this feat. What makes this video interesting is that it's the first video ever showing M'uru being defeated. The editing isn't too good and hopefully there will be better videos out soon.
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