Metaverse
VR doesn't have a system seller, and even though they have nice games, one hasn't gone over the top. Because of this, VR is a large niche.
An entire conference went Metaverse crazy.
Meta starts investing in AI projects, and drops Metaverse program.
AI
Awesome AI videos are an affront to the art form. People spent years learning how to do this, and now some guy can do it at home easily!?
A video shows how to design using Photoshop, a 3D program, and diffusion. I especially like this because it's my method. I've been doing this for a month now and have some ideas on how to take it further.
A small show of how the human to anime video was made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljBSmQdL_Ow
How volunteers used AI to rescue survivors of the turkey earthquake.
The gold rush for AI image creation is upon us. I've seen several proposals by universities trying to look relevant. Alibaba is coming out with one. Yes, the Chinese crap Amazon has one.
Tech
Tesla showed off a wireless car charger in their latest investors conference.
Biocomputers.
Tech: Brain Computer Interface
BCI is a device that follows brain patterns and then performs a task. Stanford created one to help people with speech problems to be clear. It's at 62 words a minute. This isn't fast enough for a seattlite, and way too fast for an Idahoan.
You can build your own BCI using raspberry pi and this small add on.
Videogames
Atomic heart already on sale.
Romanclevania the romance game with Castlevania monsters.
Hogwarts Legacy TV series rumored to be made for HBO Max
ID software had been making a CoD style Doom before they scrapped it and made Doom 2016. This video shows off that earlier game.
Virtuous talks about porting games to Switch. It turns out most game makers aim at the PS5 first and then give it to Virtuous.
Fan Concept of Grand Theft Auto 6 based on leaked videos.
PS5 at 30 million sales and XBox series at 18.5 million. Switch outsold them again.
Ubisoft to close various Appendages.
Arlo talks about the twilight of switch hype. Now it's for games on the console.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OwvzT4KT3w
Counter Strike Go to get Source 2 port.
GTA Online missions start out as single player, and then move to multiplayer in design. It's proven successful. So yes, it's basically an ongoing DLC with pay to win.
Otherworldly fishing game Dredge has a trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3UAvAYDfWg
Mark Laidlaw talks designing stories for videogames. Also, he regrets posting the episode 3 story.
Comics
A monster 1500+ page omnibus of Hell Boy's story is coming out.
A comic about conspiracy theories is coming out. Post truth world blah blah blah.
Propaganda
The governor of Illinois is an upstanding guy, who says isn't running for president. I repeat, he's not running. We should have more guys like him.
The city council woman who led rioters and proposed a bill against the Indian caste system has started her own workers party. It's very socialist and crazy.
The European union has a new system for people who want to be tourists. You need to register with them, and pay a fee.
A Florida bill would allow emergency powers to the state of a child who is being groomed or their parent is being groomed for trans stuff. This includes trying to sneak out of the state and doing it somewhere else.
Matthew McConaughey makes $10 million a year from Salesforce with no real explanation on why. They just fired 8000 people but still pay him. It's a new money laundering scheme!
Arrest warrant for woman who refused TB treatment.
Retail
How to beat Amazon? Better curation. This idea sounds like a money laundering scheme.
Amazon closes stores in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York. The cities that have been falling to crime and depravity for years. The article doesn't mention that.
Walmart is closing stores in Portland and those other places.
Messed Up
Someone graffitied Trans Power on a Catholic church.
Teens being destroyed by sextortion. Best answer is don't take these bloody photos. Next best answer is, no really, don't take the photo. Evil people have been using this for decades.
Urban Life
This is a great essay about how many think urban life is the future, even though the world is doing the opposite.
A look at Universal Scene Description and how it can help design the world.
Donald Trump wants to start new cities to replace the dying ones now, and use vertical lift off tech for commuters. He also intends to stop the government propaganda spending we have seen so much of.
London to charge you based on on how much you drove through it. Pay to play has arrived in real life.
Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson. A look at how the world changed because of entertainment. We had fun, and it moved ideas and technology to follow after it. My favorite book from my recent masters classes.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Wonderland/xbIWDgAAQBAJ?hl=en
That seems like a terrible idea. That's a huge battery that stores a load of electricity - if you're charging it without wires, you're losing a lot of energy.
The governor of Illinois is a miserable piece of shit. This has been a true statement for basically the last 50 years, and you don't really need to check who's in the office before you make it.
The article about the battery charger asks the same question as you.
The governor is upstanding, and totally not running for president. This is all I know.