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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

The Future Past of Technology - A Game Developers POV

Johanna Pirker

What if Fortnite and TikTok were the ultimate platforms for scientific research? Uncover how game engines are transforming advanced AI training and global education.

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#1 about 4 min

Finding inspiration for real-world impact through video games

How the success of game developers in scientific disciplines demonstrates the broader potential of gaming concepts.

#2 about 3 min

Repurposing entertainment platforms for technical education

Rethinking popular streaming and gaming platforms to deliver educational content and live programming tutorials.

#3 about 2 min

Merging academic research with active game development

Combining scientific visualization expertise with practical game design to create engaging educational experiences.

#4 about 3 min

Analyzing gaming demographics and the cognitive benefits

Understanding the massive scale of the gaming audience and leveraging gameplay mechanics for cognitive health.

#5 about 3 min

Leveraging video games as a gateway to programming

Using early exposure to command line execution and gameplay to spark an interest in structural computer science.

#6 about 3 min

Democratizing physics experiments with accessible virtual labs

Collaborating with physicists to build affordable physics simulations using accessible commercial game engines.

#7 about 2 min

The democratization of independent video game development

How accessible tools and platforms allow small developer teams to create and publish culturally significant virtual experiences.

#8 about 2 min

Applying game technology to sustainability and health simulations

Implementing digital twins and story-driven decision matrices to teach sustainable practices and environmental impact.

#9 about 5 min

Evolving artificial intelligence through non-deterministic video games

Why complex real-time strategy games present more viable challenges for modern machine learning than traditional board games.

#10 about 2 min

Training synthetic ecosystems using generative AI models

Utilizing game world complexities as foundational training datasets for automated navigation and generative scene architectures.

#11 about 2 min

Analyzing complex social networks within multiplayer games

Deploying machine learning to study player interactions and structural community behaviors inside massive online environments.

Matching moments

6:04 min

Academic research in games and virtual reality

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

3:10 min

Introduction to how games drive artificial intelligence innovation

Johanna Pirker Johanna Pirker · World Congress 2024

5:35 min

Streaming traditional academic lectures on live video game platforms

Johanna Pirker Johanna Pirker · World Congress 2022

1:03 min

Prototyping technical educational games with AI code tools

Alex Goldman Alex Goldman · Coffee With Developers

3:48 min

Reimagining classic game development with AI tools

Eric Bowman Eric Bowman · World Congress 2026 Europe

3:30 min

Gamer demographics and broader tech cultural impacts

Brenda Romero Brenda Romero · World Congress 2021

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