Nvidia said it’s launching early access to its Omniverse computer graphics and simulation platform that allows 3D creators to work collaboratively in real time on architecture, engineering, and construction projects. Omniverse was announced during Nvidia’s GTC 2020 keynote event, but CEO Jensen Huang had been teasing it for a while. It’s kind of like Google […]
Google Play launches Change the Game Design Challenge for students
Google Play has announced its Change the Game Design Challenge for students to submit ideas for original mobile games. Aude Gandon, global brand director at Google Play, said in a blog post, “Starting today, we’re accepting applications for our 2020 Change the Game Design Challenge. And with schools closed for the year and many of […]
Origin PC launches EVO17-S gaming laptop with 240Hz display
Origin PC continues to launch products for gamers and enterprise workers who are sheltering at home, as it unveiled its new EVO17-S gaming laptop and NT-17 workstation laptop. Both laptops are powered by Nvidia GeForce RTX Super graphics cards with Max-Q design and an Intel Core 10th Gen processor featuring up to 8 cores and […]
Taki launches image and video features so digital celebrities can interact with fans
Rally, a startup headed by gaming entrepreneur Kevin Chou, unveiled its Taki platform in February for creators, athletes, and celebrities to interact with their fans. And now it is unveiling a way for fans to communicate with the stars via images or videos. As a rethought celebrity network, Rally promises to let creators of videos […]
Rainbow Six Siege Launches New Grand Larceny Event
Ubisoft has announced a new limited-time mode for its multiplayer shooter Rainbow Six Siege, and it’s an interesting one. Titled Grand Larceny, players are sorted into two teams of attackers and defenders in a customized version of the game’s Hereford map. It’s live right now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Rather than defusing a […]
Unreal Engine 4.25 launches with next-gen console support
Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 4.25, which introduces support for the next generation of consoles (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X). “Unreal Engine 4.25 delivers initial support for Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X as first-class platforms, and throughout the year we will be updating the 4.25-Plus branch with optimizations, fixes, and […]
Echo Arena open beta launches May 5 on Oculus Quest
Ready At Dawn announced that starting May 5, Echo Arena will be available in open beta on Oculus Quest. The reveal came in a developer update to the Oculus blog related to work-from-home changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Ready At Dawn, development on Lone Echo II “has been greatly impacted” but they […]
Crunchyroll Games Launches Mass For The Dead, A Dark RPG Based On The Overlord Anime
Crunchyroll Games has just launched Mass for the Dead – an Isekai dark fantasy mobile RPG based on the popular anime Overlord. This is the first mobile game to be based on the series. Okay so, the game has actually been around for a while already – albeit in Japan only -having been released there early last year. Since then, the game has surpassed […]
Alphabet’s Loon launches its first commercial service as balloons take flight over Kenya
Alphabet’s long-gestating Loon project reached a major milestone today when the company officially launched its first-ever commercial service as its balloons took flight over Kenya. Loon, which uses weather balloons to deliver internet connectivity to remote areas, launched balloons over Kenya as part of a partnership with Telkom Kenya. The achievement is a noteworthy step […]
Google launches braille keyboard for Android devices
Google today announced the launch of a virtual braille keyboard for Android that’s designed to enable those with low vision or blindness to type on their phones without additional hardware. The tech giant says it collaborated with braille developers and users to create it, and to ensure it can be used anywhere a user would […]