Jenny Zheng

Kinect-Style Motion-Control Sensor Announced, Coming Late 2023

Nex is developing something similar to Kinect: a body motion-control sensor called Nex Playground. According to a press release, Nex Playground “sees your body movements,” and doesn’t require headsets, keyboards, or any other peripherals. It’s also not tied to a specific console like Kinect; Nex just needs to be plugged …

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Ubisoft Is Using An AI Tool For Writing In Its Games

Ubisoft has developed an AI tool to help narrative designers write barks, according to a video presentation. Barks are lines spoken by NPCs after a trigger–such as a change in the environment or character interaction–that help bring the game’s world to life. Ubisoft’s Ghostwriter AI tool aims to lessen the …

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Long-Disappeared, Festival-Winning Game Revived After A Decade

Ten years after its release, award-winning and influential indie game Cart Life is coming back. AdHoc studio and original developer Richard Hofmeier are working together to create a definitive version of Cart Life, set to release in 2023. Cart Life won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at Game Developer’s Conference’s …

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The Longest Dinosaur Neck Has A New Record

Sauropods are dinosaurs known for their towering long necks and huge bodies, and in a new study, scientists have found a sauropod with the longest neck of them all. The Late Jurassic Chinese sauropod Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum had a 50-foot-long neck, according to estimations from Stony Brook researcher Andrew J. Moore …

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