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Microsoft AI seriously at play with Ms. Pac-Man

Microsoft AI has won the maximum score of 999,990 points playing Ms. Pac-Man, surpassing the best human high-score record by four times. No human or AI has ever achieved this score.

Computer Sciences

Jun 16, 2017
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The games people play smarten up AI

(Tech Xplore)—A team of researchers from Germany and the UK (RWTH Aachen University and Microsoft Research) have figured out how to give artificial intelligence a boost toward learning games at a faster pace. Just as we ...

Computer Sciences

Jun 08, 2017
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A board, some marbles and kids get feel of how computers work

(Tech Xplore)—Turing Tumble is a Kickstarter project that has taken off with much success. And the game has a mission. Paul Boswell designed it to teach kids about building mechanical computers. That is, it's a type of ...

Computer Sciences

Jun 06, 2017
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Neural network creates dance moves for Dance Dance Revolution

(Tech Xplore)—A trio of researchers with the University of California has trained a neural network to create dance moves (step charts) for the open source version of the video game Dance Dance Revolution (DDR.) Chris Donahue, ...

Computer Sciences

Mar 29, 2017
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People remain calm as the world ends, video game study suggests

As the world ends, will you lock arms and sing "Kumbayah" or embark on a path of law-breaking, anti-social behavior?

Computer Sciences

Mar 20, 2017
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Virtual end-of-world game shows people aren't likely to resort to aggression

(TechXplore)—A small international team of researchers has found that when people play a virtual world game, they do not resort to riotous behavior if they know their world is going to end. In their paper uploaded to the ...

Computer Sciences

Mar 14, 2017
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Terribly terrific AI can brawl with the best players in fighting game

(Tech Xplore)—Even top players of the video game Super Smash Bros. have to take a back seat to AI, according to latest reports.

Computer Sciences

Feb 28, 2017
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Model suggests when it is best to blame someone for a cyber-attack or when to keep quiet about it

(Tech Xplore)—A team with researches from several institutions in the U.S. has built a model to help decision makers decide when it is best to keep quiet about a cyber-attack or when to publicly blame those suspected of ...

Computer Sciences

Feb 28, 2017
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Two worlds are sharing in this proof of concept

(Tech Xplore)—Nice going: A video from Drew Gottlieb, a software developer studying at the Rochester Institute of Technology, is sparking off a lot of what-if imagination. The video is titled "Shared Reality: Vive + HoloLenses ...

Engineering

Feb 05, 2017
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From a 2-D view comes a 3-D face model using deep neural networks

(Tech Xplore)—Whether it's for gaming, entertainment, or education purposes, you can expect to see researchers aiming for techniques to bring you high visual impact in the virtual space, now that we are becoming increasingly ...

Computer Sciences

Dec 12, 2016
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MekaMon combines virtual and augmented reality with real world spider-like robots

(Tech Xplore)—A new type of gaming system is being sold just in time for the holiday gift-giving season—the Reach Robotics MekaMon. It combines virtual and augmented reality with real-world robots that look like colorful ...

Robotics

Nov 21, 2016
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AI researchers to see if they can push some boundaries with StarCraft II

(Tech Xplore)—Google's artificial intelligence group DeepMind is teaming up with the makers of the StarCraft video game.

Computer Sciences

Nov 08, 2016
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3-D animation made incredibly easy

Whether it's King Kong for Hollywood's dream factory or apes in a computer game: even experts usually need several days using conventional programs to recreate animals in three-dimensional digital form, and to animate them ...

Computer Sciences

Sep 07, 2016
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Ethically, must game designers respond to all player requests?

Video games are supposed to be fun. Maybe when you're grinding your way to max level it doesn't always feel that way, but on the whole we play games because we enjoy them.

Other

Jul 20, 2016
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How to detect hackers who know we're on to them

Cyber attackers' methods evolve rapidly, and software that worked to detect network attacks yesterday might be ineffective tomorrow.

Security

Jul 18, 2016
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Game

A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more concerned with the expression of ideas. However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports/games) or art (such as jigsaw puzzles or games involving an artistic layout such as Mah-jongg solitaire).

Key components of games are goals, rules, challenge, and interaction. Games generally involve mental or physical stimulation, and often both. Many games help develop practical skills, serve as a form of exercise, or otherwise perform an educational, simulational or psychological role. According to Chris Crawford, the requirement for player interaction puts activities such as jigsaw puzzles and solitaire "games" into the category of puzzles rather than games.

Attested as early as 2600 BC, games are a universal part of human experience and present in all cultures. The Royal Game of Ur, Senet, and Mancala are some of the oldest known games.

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