Aito raises $6.5M to make finger-sensing and haptics for laptops
Aito has raised $6.5 million to commercialize its finger-sensing and haptic touch solutions for laptops. The funding came from current investors KBC Focus Fund,...
Improbable will host Major League Baseball virtual ballpark for celebrity match
Improbable is taking its metaverse ambitions to baseball as it has built a new virtual ballpark to host Major League Baseball’s All-Star Celebrity Softball...
Valve raises concerns about legality of AI in game development
Valve has expressed hesitation about allowing games with AI assets onto the Steam store. Several game developers recently came forward saying their games were...
The Universal backlot: The tools of the metaverse | Jon Peddie
Jon Peddie recently hosted a talk for our GamesBeat Summit 2023 event about the Universal backlot, a metaphor borrowed from the movies about the...
AI Foundation launches AI.XYZ to give people their own AI assistants
AI Foundation, an AI research lab that gave us virtual Deepak Chopra, has launched AI.XYZ, a platform for people to create their own AI...
Samsung to launch online gaming store in 30 countries
Samsung Electronics has announced the Samsung Game Portal, an online store for gamers, on Samsung.com in over 30 countries worldwide. The portal is launching...
Peloton gamifies fitness with Lanebreak Tread
Peloton is rolling out its latest gamified fitness experience, Lanebreak Tread, which it says is like Guitar Hero meets Peloton. Available to all Peloton...
Hidden Door launches playtests for Wizard of Oz games created by generative AI
Hidden Door has launched limited playtests for its Wizard of Oz role-playing game platform that uses generative AI to create custom games for each...
The number of tech unicorns fell 40% in 2022 | Global Startup Ecosystem report
As venture capital investments fell during the economic downturn, the number of tech unicorns fell 40% in 2022, according to the Global Startup Ecosystem...
Nvidia teams with Hexagon to transform industrial digital twins
Hexagon, a Nordic company focused on digital reality, is collaborating with Nvidia to enable industrial digital twins to capture data in real time. Digital...