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Sunday Social - 04/03/18
Vaughn is joined by John McRae, Managing Director of 'Let's Play Live' at SkyCity to talk E-Sports.
E-sports is competitive video gaming where teams of video gamers play online, and Sky City is soon to have its own live version.
The phenomenon has been around since the late 70's, but John explains since then graphics, and games have improved.
Not just for males, this sport attracts plenty of female players as well.
The average paycheck for an experienced player can receive up to 26 million USD.
It's a very social activity.
John explains 110 million people per month play League of Legends, and the average age of a gamer in New Zealand is 34 years old.
E-Sports even attracts an audience for people watching other people play video games... even a staggering 40,000 at some places.
Listen to the full audio with John Mcrae above.
Vaughn is joined by Paul Brislen for Apps of the Week, discussing the Matrix Phone, Vero, Artfitical Amy and a brand new Weather app.
Back in 1999, Nokia was the worlds leading mobile phone supplier and it used this popularity to feature it's Nokia 8110 'banana phone' in The Matrix film.
Now HMD, makers of Nokia-branded phones, is bringing the Nokia 8110 back to life as a retro classic.
The slightly curved handset has a slider that lets you answer and end calls, and HMD is creating traditional black and banana yellow versions.
A week ago, the app Vero was ranked so low it didn't even appear in the App Store's top 1,500 apps. But today it's the most popular app in the entire App Store.
It's become so popular that the app's servers have been overloaded... with many users unable to post or even sign up for an account!
The social network has actually been around since 2015, but its suddenly experienced exponential growth in popularity.
Self-dubbed a social sharing network, Vero users can share all sorts of content with their friends, including Movies, TV, music, books, places, photos, and links.
However, its a subscription-based social network, with a 'small annual fee' to sign up.
Also, a robot who... answers your emails?
Listen to the full audio with Paul Brislen above.
Sunday Social with Vaughn Davis, 7pm - 8pm on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.
RadioLIVE.
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By RadioLIVEVaughn is joined by John McRae, Managing Director of 'Let's Play Live' at SkyCity to talk E-Sports.
E-sports is competitive video gaming where teams of video gamers play online, and Sky City is soon to have its own live version.
The phenomenon has been around since the late 70's, but John explains since then graphics, and games have improved.
Not just for males, this sport attracts plenty of female players as well.
The average paycheck for an experienced player can receive up to 26 million USD.
It's a very social activity.
John explains 110 million people per month play League of Legends, and the average age of a gamer in New Zealand is 34 years old.
E-Sports even attracts an audience for people watching other people play video games... even a staggering 40,000 at some places.
Listen to the full audio with John Mcrae above.
Vaughn is joined by Paul Brislen for Apps of the Week, discussing the Matrix Phone, Vero, Artfitical Amy and a brand new Weather app.
Back in 1999, Nokia was the worlds leading mobile phone supplier and it used this popularity to feature it's Nokia 8110 'banana phone' in The Matrix film.
Now HMD, makers of Nokia-branded phones, is bringing the Nokia 8110 back to life as a retro classic.
The slightly curved handset has a slider that lets you answer and end calls, and HMD is creating traditional black and banana yellow versions.
A week ago, the app Vero was ranked so low it didn't even appear in the App Store's top 1,500 apps. But today it's the most popular app in the entire App Store.
It's become so popular that the app's servers have been overloaded... with many users unable to post or even sign up for an account!
The social network has actually been around since 2015, but its suddenly experienced exponential growth in popularity.
Self-dubbed a social sharing network, Vero users can share all sorts of content with their friends, including Movies, TV, music, books, places, photos, and links.
However, its a subscription-based social network, with a 'small annual fee' to sign up.
Also, a robot who... answers your emails?
Listen to the full audio with Paul Brislen above.
Sunday Social with Vaughn Davis, 7pm - 8pm on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.
RadioLIVE.