[ Oculus Studios Gamers woke up to some very surprising news on Wednesday, May 1. Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley revealed via X that Rocksteady’s beloved Batman: Arkham series was making a comeback. Batman: Arkham Shadow would launch later this year, with more details coming in June during Summer Game Fest. It was a cause … Read more
[ NEW YORK: At Sansan Chicken in Long Island City, Queens, the cashier beamed a wide smile and recommended the fried chicken sandwich. Or maybe she suggested the tonkatsu – it was hard to tell, because the Internet connection from her home in the Philippines was spotty. Romy, who declined to give her last name, … Read more
[ This has become a pattern: One minute he’s not wearing the headset, and the next he is. The transition would always happen unexpectedly—when I’d leave the room to jump in the shower, do my makeup in the bathroom, or get ready to go out. One time, after I finished brushing my teeth before bed, … Read more
[ Meta Platforms Inc wants to bring its virtual reality headset into classrooms. Students as young as 13 years old could take a trip to ancient Rome or tour the Metropolitan Museum of Art from a classroom in the Midwest, according to the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, as it prepares to launch its … Read more
[ In the age of social networking, people’s opinions have never been so openly expressed and scrutinised. It is therefore more important than ever to understand how they are formed, and what can potentially influence them. A study published in the journal PLOS One examines this phenomenon and shows that our moral judgements are far … Read more
[ Worse is when the doorbell goes off while you’re in the Vision Pro and you have to suddenly take it off to run downstairs and answer the door. Contrary to what Apple might want, I find it odd to just keep wearing the headset as I move through my home. Just the other day … Read more
[ Atari You know that it’s a busy year for gaming when a project by an industry legend launches with hardly any fanfare. That’s exactly what happened in February 2023 with Akka Arrh. Created by Jeff Minter and his eccentric studio Llamasoft, the neon-tinted shooter is a remake of a 1982 Atari game that never … Read more
[ SINGAPORE/DHAKA: Two years after he delivered a speech to the United Nations climate conference standing knee-deep in seawater to highlight the threat to the nation of Tuvalu, minister Simon Kofe said they were on their way to becoming a digital nation. The Pacific island nation, halfway between Australia and Hawaii, had completed a detailed … Read more
[ BARCELONA: With an innovation that could soon make online meetings between remote workers far less tedious, a Slovakian software company has demonstrated a form of video chat where callers appear as three-dimensional images. Announcing the market launch of its updated product at the MWC trade fair in Barcelona on Tuesday, the software company Matsuko … Read more
[ Mark Zuckerberg is poised for a packed week in Asia, with stops in Japan, South Korea and India to work on artificial intelligence services and forge ties with business and government leaders in the region. Meta Platforms Inc’s chief executive officer, who’s been in Japan the past week to accompany his family on a … Read more
