In the mid-2000s EA and Spielberg announced a three-game collaboration. The Jenga-style puzzle game Boom Blocks was the first and only game that actually came out of this collaboration, but a couple other studies also worked with the director on unreleased projects. https://youtube.com/watch?v=h4kdqwdbZZ8%3Fstart%3D1485 In a recently Noclip docuseries on Arkane, the team talked about their […]
Facebook’s AI convincingly inserts people into photos
In a paper published last week on the preprint server Arxiv.org, scientists affiliated with Facebook AI Research and Tel Aviv University propose a novel technique for inserting people into existing images in a photorealistic, high-resolution way. It taps AI that creates a semantic map of a person and estimates the pose of other people in […]
Panasonic Targets 2021 For Its Slim VR Glasses
Qualcomm today revealed its expectations for wired and eventually wireless VR and AR viewers in the coming decade. As part of the update Panasonic also released a statement indicating the company is targeting 2021 for its lightweight VR glasses. I tried out the VR glasses at CES in January and left the demo fairly impressed. […]
PS Plus June 2020 free PS4 games reveal date, download news, PlayStation Plus deals
PS4 owners are counting down to the reveal of the remaining PS Plus game for June 2020. Sony surprised everybody by announcing Call of Duty WW2 for PS Plus on Memorial Day. PlayStation Plus subscribers can download the Activision shooter from today. The other PS Plus free PS4 game has a May 27 reveal date. […]
PS Plus and PS Now only £30 in new PlayStation Days of Play deals
Sony’s Days Of Play sale has just started in the UK, with major discounts on PlayStation VR and games including Nioh 2 and Death Stranding. This year’s Days of Play event has just started and there’s already a major bargain to be had, if you want to invest in 12 months’ worth of PlayStation Plus […]
Niantic’s latest AR features add realism to Pokémon Go
Niantic is adding augmented reality features to Pokémon Go that should make the blending of animation and the real world seem more realistic. While Pokémon Go seems like a simple mobile game, it’s so popular and generates so much revenue that the company can invest heavily in AR technology. These updates will create more realistic […]
Influx of Qualcomm XR2 Powered 5G XR Viewers are Coming
Technology isn’t quite there yet when it comes to a stylish pair of sunglasses which have virtual or augmented reality (VR/AR) tech built-in, but steps towards that end goal are being made. Today, Qualcomm has unveiled a selection of ‘XR Viewers’ which use its XR2 5G platform slated to arrive in the next 12 months. […]
Alice&Bob raises $3.3 million to create the first fault-tolerant quantum computer
Alice&Bob has raised $3.3 million to join the quantum computing arms race by accelerating research that promises to make this next generation computing more stable. Elaia Partners and Breega led the round of funding for the Paris-based startup which has developed its first prototype. The company is using research that has been developed across an […]
Captain America Actor Chris Evans Turned The Role Down Several Times–Here's Why He Accepted
Chris Evans’ portrayal of Steve Rogers in the Captain America series is the role he is most famous for, but he almost did not take it. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter as part of their Award Chatter podcast, Evans has opened up about his casting in the role, why he almost rejected it, […]
Fortnite update 12.61 PATCH NOTES: Server downtime schedule, Doomsday event, map changes
Fortnite update 12.61 has been announced with server downtime on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android. The final update of Season 2 has a May 26 release date on consoles, mobile and PC. The news was announced by Epic Games on Twitter, alongside confirmation that the servers will go down at 7am […]