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Xachi – iPhone App Powered Virtual Pet

by Jay Garrett on February 18, 2010

Here’s a Tamagotchi for the iPhone generation.

The oddly cute Xachi pets are controllable from your iPhone/iPod Touch.

They have animated eyes, squeakers, accelerometers for games, touch sensitivity and even robotic legs so that they can dance for you.

Apparently they get a bit gnarley if you turn them upside down – but don’t we all?

The iPhone app shows your Xachi’s Thirst, Health, and Happiness so you can keep it happy where-ever you are.

You gain Xachi food by playing games.

It should be out in the summer – visit the site for more details and sign up for email alerts :)

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Tesco Goes into Virtual DVD Sales

by Jay Garrett on December 7, 2009

tesco_softwareTesco – handy for your value baked beans and its competitive MP3 marketplace but it sounds like the supermarket is ready to go into digital video.

We may soon be seeing Tesco Virtual DVD.

The plan is it utilise Microsoft’s Silverlight, the big M’s Flash taunter, and offer the typical features and content that can be found on DVD discs but designed to be viewed on a PC or Mac.

Tesco has partnered with big hitters Warner Bros for the new launch and will offer those who buy the DVDs of either Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and The Hangover an accompanying Virtual DVD copy.

Tesco’s category director for entertainment, Rob Salter, announced that “Tesco is excited to be the first retailer to launch this next-generation movie experience,” and “By partnering with Warner Bros, we tap into its experience as an innovator in the migration of physical formats to digital experiences, and offer our customers a new way of watching two of the biggest movies of 2009.”

Will be a bit different to seeing the chart DVD’s next to the compilation CD’s and snacks.

Are you tempted?

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Twinity Releases Virtual London – Delays Expected

December 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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You can now wander around the UK capital without leaving the comfort of your puter.
Well – bits any how.
Just like the real London the virtual version is beset by numerous delays.
Twinity, kinda like Second Life with real places, has finally launched a beta of virtual London.
Twinity was launched back in 2006 with a promise [...]

Japanese Man to Marry Nene Anegasaki – Who Happens to be an Anime Game Character

November 26, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ah…….. that feeling of finding your perfect partner.
You see them and suddenly you drift off into a different reality.
If you spend most of your time on the interweb you may even get romantically involved with someone’s avatar before you actually get to see each other for real….
….or perhaps you fall in love with a virtual [...]

Carl Zeiss Cinemizers Get iPhone Stamp

March 26, 2009 Click to read more →

Remember the Vuzix iWear?
Well these have got one over on them as they’ve been officially stamped with the ‘Works with iPhone’ tag!
I’m talking about the Carl Zeiss Cinemizer Plus range and as well as that iPhone stamp it also has gained the ‘Made for iPod‘ compliance so you can use these specs with any video-friendly iPod,
The [...]

Yuruppy By Takara Tomy – The Strokable Touchscreen Pet

February 26, 2009 Click to read more →

Were you guilty of watching your Tamagotchis die?
Did you go for the upgraded everlasting colour version?
Well I think you may want to put it down (not in the sense of killing it! Just to one side) as Takara Tomy brings you the Yuruppy.
The Yuruppy is  a virtual pet that lives inside a small touchscreen.
You get [...]