As the new academic school year approaches, many college students are facing the tough moment of saying goodbye to their pets. At CMU's Entertainment Technology Center, a group of first-year graduate ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The virtual world of The Sims 2 will become home to all sorts of animals with the release next month of The Sims 2: Pets, the fourth expansion to EA's ...

What if your childhood Tamagotchi could step off the screen and into the real world? Imagine a tiny robot, complete with blinking eyes and lifelike movements, responding to your voice and following ...

When Carnegie Mellon University graduate student Brian He proposed developing a fully virtual pet, the idea was rejected for lacking innovation. Despite the setback, the Physical Presence Pet team ...