[ad_1] As with Ghost Recon Wildlands, Breakpoint is an open-world game. You’ll get to explore 11 biomes on Auroa including mountains, fjords, the jungle and futuristic cities, while you can engage in battle via land, sea and air. You might slip and fall down slopes, or be slowed down by water or snow, so you’ll […]
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Neil Young book chronicles fight to improve digital music
[ad_1] High-res, or “better than CD” quality hasn’t really caught on with mainstream consumers, most likely due to the premium upcharge and limited offerings. It’s unlikely anyone other than the most devoted audiophiles are willing to fork over the extra cash for master-quality audio. Young in an interview for the Los Angeles Times acknowledged as […]
A virtual cave got me excited about the future of social VR
[ad_1] Parallux’s chief creative officer Kris Layng said, “We came up with this idea for Cave, which we thought was the solution to a lot of problems that are in this emerging industry right now.” The first issue: You can’t scale in VR experiences yet, he said. Existing systems aren’t capable enough to handle the […]
‘Hardcore History’ host Dan Carlin wants you to relive WW1 in VR
[ad_1] Carlin’s penchant for drama and storytelling is obvious from the start of War Remains. After donning a VR headset and backpack computer, I took a step forward and found myself in the basket of a hot air balloon. I peered over the edge — all the while holding onto the straw basket in real […]
Firefox extensions stopped working for a while
[ad_1] Add-onmageddon 2.0Firefox disabled all add-ons because a certificate expired If you use Firefox or Tor, you may have noticed a weird error message and a sudden lack of working extensions. That’s because on Friday evening ET (midnight UTC/GMT) a certificate necessary to sign add-ons for the browser expired, making them suddenly invalid for use. […]
‘Detective Pikachu’ DP didn’t like Sonic’s look either
[ad_1] Director Rob Letterman told The Verge that as far as a redesigned character in post-production “it would have been impossible — but that doesn’t mean they can’t do it.” Changing Pikachu’s proportions or placing in a scene could throw off the live actor’s performances, which is why they spent a year designing the characters […]
Changes are ‘going to happen’
[ad_1] That the internet had an uneasy reaction to our first look at the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog live action movie isn’t surprising, but the absolute horror induced by some elements of the furry hero’s design have not gone unnoticed. This afternoon director Jeff Fowler tweeted “The message is loud and clear… you aren’t happy […]
An AR film explores the worst tech companies could do with your face
[ad_1] In the festival’s Arcade section, which is full of eye-catching installations and people wearing headsets, Stealing ur feelings is easy to miss. It consists simply of a 46-inch display mounted onto a pillar in the middle of the aisle separating the exhibits in the long rectangular room. There’s a camera above the screen and […]
‘Ghost Recon Wildlands’ adds free story missions starring Jon Bernthal
[ad_1] Operation Oracle starts out as a rescue mission for an engineer held hostage by Unidad, an antagonist special operations unit in Bolivia’s military. The engineer is said to have knowledge of US industrial secrets that you’ll have to help protect. Along the way, you’ll meet Bernthal’s character, Cole D. Walker, who is a Ghost […]
Fable’s ‘Wolves in the Walls’ VR is about more than virtual reality
[ad_1] Lucy, and the technology behind her, are Fable’s true focus now — interactive virtual beings that you can interact with across AR, VR, phones and just about every other computing platform. The first episode of The Wolves in Walls, which premiered at Sundance last year, was Fable’s initial push towards this concept. But the […]