Real World AI Fueled by Games by Luis Bermudez on 02/10/21 10:53:00 am The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.
Unity3D has promoted the Reinforcement Learning branch of Machine Learning with its ml-agents initiatives. Embodied AI is another use of video game technology to train virtual avatars in simulations, so that real robots can interact, see, listen, speak, and learn in the real world. Clearly, video game simulations are fueling the next wave of AI.
Epic Games is working on a browser-based app called MetaHuman Creator that allows game developers to create realistic human characters in under an hour.
80 Days developer inkle makes a return with Arthurian strategy game
Pendragon. Derek Yu has returned with his celebrated sequel
Spelunky 2, and a slew of IGF veterans have brought us
Disc Room, a game where, rest assured, you will definitely get torn apart by discs.
From this large selection of games, six finalists will be chosen for each of the IGF 2020 Competition award categories save the Nuovo Award, which will have eight finalists. These finalists will be announced in May of 2021 and will receive free passes to the event and the opportunity to showcase their games in playable form at GDC 2021.
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Tokyo, February 10, 2021 – SEGA today announced their popular free-to-play online action RPG,
Phantasy Star Online 2 (Global), will launch on the Epic Games Store on February 17. We are so happy to be releasing
P
hantasy Star Online 2
Global on the Epic Games Store, said Fred White from PSO2 Team Global. With all the huge updates to the game over the past year, including the newest Chapter 6 update, there s more content than ever to explore and play through. We can t wait to welcome in all the new players to the PSO2 universe!