This story originally appeared on the Massive Entertainment blog. In June 2019, Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment announced that we were working on Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 for Stadia, the new generation gaming platform from Google. In taking on this new technology, while simultaneously working on Year 1 content and the Warlords of New York[…..] […]
Established in 2005, Ryan Aerospace specializes in the design, manufacture and through-life support of realistic, robust, accurate and cost-effective helicopter flight simulators for civil, military and emergency applications. Previously, one of the key limitations of using virtual reality in helicopter simulation has been the poor resolution of consumer-grade VR headsets. The pilots have not been[…..] […]
Headquartered in Chicago, the Level Ex team is made up of video game developers who previously worked for game giants like Activision, EA, Microsoft, LucasArts, and more. Now, these experts apply their full toolbox of skills in game design, engineering, and graphics toward making games for medical professionals that help improve physician skills. Level Ex[…..] […]
If you could replicate an entire city in 3D, the possibilities would be endless. Real estate could be bought and sold with prospective clients touring houses and neighborhoods in VR. Planners could test out urban designs and assess their impact on traffic and the environment. Virtual tours of key attractions could boost tourism. You could[…..] […]
DarwinAI Employees of DarwinAI, an artificial intelligence software startup based in Waterloo, Ontario, gather with company CEO Sheldon Fernandez (seated, center, in the jacket). Credit: DarwinAI As a student pursuing a doctorate in systems design engineering at the University of Waterloo, Alexander Wong didn’t have enough money for the hardware he needed to run his[…..] […]
Varjo launches support for Cognitive3D’s analytics platform, enabling actionable insights from VR. Cognitive3D software is now fully compatible with Varjo headsets. Thousands of data points are captured every minute in virtual reality. Companies adopting VR/XR for enterprise use cases must be able to make sense of all the data. How to separate the signal from[…..] […]
Epic Games announced on 13th that it’s buying Cubic Motion, a computer vision startup that’s been building out a platform for capturing more realistic facial animations with a complex camera rig and software platform. The game studio behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine has already done plenty of work with the UK-based startup, creating a number[…..] […]
Kathy Baxter, the architect of the ethical AI practice at Salesforce, is helping her team and clients create more responsible technology. To do so, she supports employee education, the inclusion of safeguards in Salesforce technology, and collaboration with other companies to improve ethical AI across industries. Baxter spoke with AI Podcast host Noah Kravitz about[…..] […]
One of the Defense Department’s most powerful supercomputer centers, located at the U.S. Navy Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC) Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, will more than triple its computing power. The additions to the Navy DSRC will be based on a Cray Shasta platform that will have 290,304 AMD EPYC 7002-series processor cores,[…..] […]
On the heels of AMD’s financial analyst conference last week, Microsoft and Sony have released details on their two forthcoming game consoles built on AMD parts, among things. We have detailed stories in TechWatch and offer a summary of the two devices here. PS5 Xbox Series X CPU Custom AMD Ryzen Zen 2, 8[…..] […]
