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Societies may tremble when a hot new video game is released, but the hours spent playing popular video games do not appear to be damaging players' mental health, according to the largest-ever survey of nearly 40,000 gamers ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Since the early days of pioneering games like Pong and Pac-Man, computer games have grown dramatically more complex and sophisticated, not only in the fundamental mechanics of how they work, but also in their ability express ...
Dec 16, 2020
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Hardware
An odor machine, so-called olfactometer, makes it possible to smell in VR environments. First up is a "wine tasting game" where the user smells wine in a virtual wine cellar and gets points if the guess on aromas in each ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Software
Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) have developed a new solution to render an essential detail in many video games: human skin. The research is published in the Proceedings of the Association ...
May 12, 2020
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Security
The data breach news this week was terrible, as usual.
Mar 3, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Here is a word string you can ponder: AI interactive graphics. Nvidia is the main act. The GPU brainiacs are fully behind a next chapter, "AI," for the graphics industry. Awesome things happen when you bring a neural network ...
Dec 5, 2018 weblog
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Computer Sciences
Historically, significant progress in the area of reinforcement learning (RL) has resulted from simulation environments in games such as Dota 2, Minecraft and StarCraft II. Unfortunately, these developments came with a taxing ...
Jun 10, 2021 report
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Software
We live in a world where robots increasingly build our cars, algorithms trade stocks and computers translate texts. Robotics, digitalization and artificial intelligence are transforming numerous professions. Some jobs are ...
Mar 16, 2021
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Business
David Barnard owes his entire livelihood to Apple.
Aug 31, 2021
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Software
Sword fights are often the weak link in virtual reality (VR) fighting games, with digital avatars engaging in battle using imprecise, pre-recorded movements that barely reflect the player's actions or intentions. Now a team ...
Jun 23, 2020
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