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Cleverly Complex 3D-Printed Adapter Turns an Xbox Controller Into a Flight Simulator Joystick

Gizmodo

Microsoft Flight Simulator has finally come to the Xbox, and if you’ve already taken to the skies you’ve probably realized two things: the Xbox controller isn’t the best tool for flying, and there are no affordable wireless flight sticks available for the console. Instead of tearing up their pilot’s license, Akaki… Read more.

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Epic Games buys Seattle-area video game development toolmaker RAD

GeekWire

Oodle was recently licensed by Sony for use with the PlayStation 5 , in a specialized edition called Oodle Kraken that — to use RAD’s term — “ supercharges ” the PS5’s data loading. Epic bills its Unreal Engine as “the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool.”

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

It’s partly a dream for the future of the internet and partly a neat way to encapsulate some current trends in online infrastructure, including the growth of real-time 3D worlds. Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people.

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How generative AI could change the way video games are developed, tested, and played

GeekWire

It visualized ideas via Midjourney and DALL-E, and turned the resulting images into 3D assets with CSM and Shap-E. Despite some challenges,” Rec Room wrote in a blog post , “the future for 3D GenAI looks bright, and the team looks forward to further explorations!” Bellevue, Wash.-based

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Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)

Cloud Musings

The Microsoft-IBM Cloud Computing Alliance will be model as other IT behemoths partner to take down Amazon Web Services. 3D Printing comes home - Additive manufacturing will come home as a household appliance. Local licensing of taxis, hotels and similar businesses will implode under the weight of digital transformation.

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The worst gadgets we’ve ever touched

The Verge

But after months of delays, what actually shipped was a gigantic, painful-to-use smartphone with outdated specs, mediocre cameras, and an awful-looking, blurry attempt at glasses-free 3D that bordered on painful to use — all of this while costing an astonishing $1,300. Microsoft Lumia 950. Amazon hasn’t attempted a phone since.

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23 video games debuting this year with ties to the Pacific Northwest

GeekWire

Colossal Cave 3D After a couple of delays, Ken and Roberta Williams’ update of the classic text adventure Colossal Cave arrived on Jan. Colossal Cave 3D is an explicit reimagining of the original Colossal Cave, as opposed to a remake or sequel. Developed in Redmond, Wash.,

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