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The secret developers of the video game industry
Polygon
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The secret developers of the video game industry
by Matt Leone @LattMeone








In July 2015, developer Comcept launched a Kickstarter campaign for...
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Why Japan’s arcades are its game industry’s cutting-edge labs
Venture Beat
Arcades aren’t what they used to be, especially in the West. They’re looked upon as places for retro nostalgia, not where you’ll find some of the most interesting games available. But that’s where Japan has an advantage as some of the arcades are being used to test cutting-edge virtual reality games…
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With 'Siren,' Unreal Engine blurs the line between CGI and reality
Engadget
Epic Games has been obsessed with real-time motion capture for years, but the company is now trying to take its experiments with the technology one step further.
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The Evolution of game console design—and american gamers
Wired
They say art mimics life, and that definitely applies to the often garish aesthetics of gaming hardware, from the 1977 Atari 2600 to the PlayStation 5.
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Gabe Newell believes brain interfaces will create games 'superior' to reality 'fairly quickly'
PC Gamer
Gabe Newell says the future of gaming may lie in brain-computer interface technology, or BCI for short. In an interview with 1 NEWS, a television network in Newell's home away from home, New Zealand, the co-founder of Valve talks about his vision of what gaming might look like once powered by BCI tech and it sure sounds immersive at a level us mere mortals could hardly imagine—or exist
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Intel is using machine learning to make GTA V look incredibly realistic
The Verge
Researchers at Intel Labs have modded Grand Theft Auto V using a neural network and a dataset of photos of German cities. The results look unsettlingly photorealistic.
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Sony’s AI subsidiary is developing smarter opponents and teammates for PlayStation games 4
The Verge
Sony wants to use artificial intelligence to develop smarter opponents and teammates for PlayStation games. The company’s recent corporate strategy presentation revealed this tidbit alongside other plans to expand Sony’s subscriber networks, and bring its video game IP to movies and TV.