These Minecraft videos show off over 500 hours of demonstrations
Who knew Minecraft offered such a rich training ground for AI and machine learning algorithms? Earlier this month, Facebook researchers posited that the hit...
Cocos-BCX raises $40 million to develop blockchain gaming platform
Beijing-based Cocos-BCX has raised $40 million for its blockchain game development platform. At the helm are the leaders of Cocos2d-x, one of the largest...
Leap Motion open-sources North Star AR headset design and guide
Back in April, Leap Motion announced Project North Star, a next-generation augmented reality headset that the company said could be produced for $100 at...
Google Cloud’s Agones enables open source dedicated multiplayer game servers
Dedicated game servers for multiplayer games serve a lot of purposes. They keep the speeds in multiplayer matches high, reducing interaction delays, or latency....
VRTK helps devs get started in VR with open-source dev kit
What’s becoming clear in VR development is that with the market split across Rift, Vive and PlayStation VR, the developers of some of the...
Heroic Labs launches open-source backend game servers to help small studios with online services
Game developers are turning to outside vendors for backend services, but there is always a danger they could get locked into one with bad...
Microsoft open-sources its JavaScript engine Chakra
As promised, Microsoft has open-sourced the core components of Chakra, the company’s JavaScript engine used in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. The project, dubbed...
Microsoft starts to open source its JavaScript engine Chakra
Microsoft today announced plans to open source the core components of Chakra, the company’s JavaScript engine that’s used in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer....
More than 20 universities sign on to the Open Source Virtual Reality Academia program
VR's leading open platform welcomes several learning institutions.
Sifteo’s intelligent cubes go open-source after disappointing commercial run
The Intelligent Cubes launched with fanfare in 2011 but were never hit commercially.