Gamer role introduced in children's hospital
Steven Mair is the Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity's new gamer in residence
Digital Divinity
Ancient traditions meet modern technology.
GameNGen
Diffusion Models Are Real-Time Game Engines
Ikea Will Pay You Real Money to Work in Its Virtual Roblox Store
Building on the internet’s love for the Swedish furniture store, Ikea is looking to hire workers for its forthcoming Roblox virtual outpost online. It pays real money, not Robux—as long as you’re 18.
🧞 Genie: Generative Interactive Environments
A Foundation Model for Playable Worlds
We introduce Genie, a foundation world model trained from Internet videos that can generate an endless variety of playable (action-controllable) worlds from synthetic images, photographs, and even sketches.
Doom Runs on E. Coli Bacteria Now
Yeah, you heard me: the 1993 video game Doom, which has been ported to every platform imaginable (an Apple Pippin, a jailbroken
Kids too young for protests on roblox
378 likes, 10 comments - carvell_wallace on October 24, 2023: "parents: these kids just waste their time online. they need to learn how to deal with the world
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Playing with climate, casually
I read this story on Canary Media with interest – “Solarpunk is going mainstream. This couple’s $1M Kickstarter proves it. Canary chats with the co-creators of the forthcoming video gam…