Virtual reality has been talked about for a long time, but the commercial versions are still not available… If the Rift is the most advanced of all the prototypes and should see the light of day fairly quickly on PC, Sony remains rather vague. on his Project Morpheus which is currently struggling to attract crowds. And Microsoft in all this? Nothing for the moment, until today in any case when a rumor appears reporting a virtual reality headset which would be shown during E3 2015. The sources come, as often, directly upstream of the production chain.
The team in charge of the project would be the one already working on the Surface tablet, and we learn from the same source that a device similar to Google Glass, the “Fortaleza” project which could interact with Kinect, would also be in progress. development course.
These few lines should obviously be taken with a grain of salt, but it is clear that augmented reality should take an important place in the world of video games in the coming years, at least on PC. As for consoles, their limited power already complicates things, but we can bet that manufacturers will redouble their ingenuity to prepare something that will hold up.
The Chinese Room went back to work after going out Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture exclusively on PlayStation 4.
This is the first time in our existence that we have not moved from one project to another immediately. We never had time to sit down and think about what we wanted to do in the next 3 or 4 years, so it’s something we relish.
However, we are already working on something else that we hope to share in a few months, we are trying different ideas. This will be a big change from our other games so it’s very exciting. At the moment there’s nothing more to add except some really cool concept art drawn by the awesome Jake Gumbleton.
A portage of Dear Esther on consoles with virtual reality headset compatibility is considered:
Everyone keeps telling us our titles would be perfect for VR, so we started taking a look (we’re currently waiting for an Occulus kit). We continued porting Dear Esther, moving from the Source engine to Unity, we plan to have it ready for next spring. And of course, it’s stimulating because the option of a console release is totally possible (and yes, including virtual reality).
Even if “console” is in the plural, the reference is directly intended for the PlayStation 4 since Microsoft has chosen augmented reality.
Do you think that this style of games based primarily on atmosphere could be suitable for virtual reality?
Creating your own empire of arcade machines was already an irresistible proposition in Arcade Paradise: you choose the games, the decoration and you start playing whatever is plugged in whenever you feel like it. What’s more, while you have fun and get lost throwing baskets or living adventures of magic and swords, the money boxes fill up automatically. Now that that same genius makes the leap to virtual reality, both the fantasy and the experience are practically unsurpassed.
The premise of Arcade Paradise VR It is not simply giving an extra layer of immersion to the original idea, but rather recovering the essence of the golden age of arcades and, in the process, turning our home into one to our liking. Something that is achieved thanks to making the most of the Meta Quest technology and an aesthetic deliciously inspired by the year 1993 that is manifested both in the decoration and in the type of arcade games that we can play. And yes, using Touch controllers makes a big difference.
And it is that Arcade Paradise VR It’s more than a hobby: it’s an obsession. It is that virtual space in which it is a pleasure to abstract yourself a little every day, whether to make renovations and take your vision of what a video game temple should be one step further, or simply to continue playing those titles created for the chance.
And Nosebleed Interactive has known how to do the tasks and has pulled out of the hat no less than 39 machines. Some of them are enjoyed in the form of mini-games, others created or fully adapted for virtual reality, some genius that gives an extra touch of atmosphere and all with a common denominator: they could genuinely have been in those arcades of The time. With the added advantage that it won’t cost us a penny to spend the afternoon. What’s more, we will be the ones who will collect the proceeds. And then we will invest it in our project.
Because Arcade Paradise VR It complies with what is suggested from its headline and proposes us to create the recreational room of our dreams. To our liking. But, at the same time, it is also a game with its own progress system designed so that we value each new machine, each achievement and weigh what type of investment to make. Because before setting foot in that promised paradise of arcade video games, we will have to take out gum, throw out the trash and clean toilets.
From a neighborhood laundry to the temple of the video game
The year 1993 could have been the worst of our lives. Luckily, the internet changed our destiny. You could almost say that Arcade Paradise (and its virtual reality version) have something similar to a plot that can be summarized in the following: your name is Ashley, you will not go to university and you will stay in the city of Grindstone taking care of the boring local of your father’s washing machines.
If you wish, you can put the clothes from the baskets into the machines yourself and then take them to the dryers. What is not so optional are the non-automated tasks: taking out the trash or cleaning the bathrooms. The good thing is that even those very routine things are presented to us as video games.
Once we understand what our plan will be until the end of time, a door opens for us. Literally. When doing the daily checkout we will see that right in the next room, in the waiting room, there are a few recreational machines that we can not only play without limits, but also the proceeds go directly into our pocket. Our Father (voiced by Doug ___le, the actor from Geralt of Rivia) only worries about the washing machines, cleaning and the box.
That arcade thing was an initiative of our sister, with whom we chatted from that new invention called the Internet from the office computer. And although our father entrusted us with simply taking care of the family business, it is impossible not to take a look at what other arcade games it is possible to buy and add one more. Partly to make our routine visits more entertaining, but also because each one of them will be a new step towards a bigger plan: adding a small arcade room to the boring laundry room.
Arcade Paradise VR encourages us to return every day to play laundry. We have a schedule, of course, that we can accommodate what we want to do, basic chores and, above all, earn more coins. However, every little while there will be a demand to finish everything quickly and take the first bus that will mark the end of the day.
Nosebleed Interactive turns routine into fun, and invites us to progress in the game or start a new day by promoting that, with our profits, a new arcade that we ourselves will have chosen awaits us at the entrance of the premises or take the initiative further and build a new expansion in the We have to add more games, activities and, of course, decoration according to our final plan: the opening of our own arcade video game temple. One that we can not only enjoy, but that will leave benefits.
What Arcade Paradise gains with Virtual Reality
It doesn’t matter if you played it on PC or consoles or are new to it: when you start playing Arcade Paradise VR, the game knows how to welcome you and puts a life-size arcade in front of you. It’s not exactly a menu, but a home screen, but from that moment you know that the experience is going to be much better than you know or expect.
Your way of interacting with all the elements of Arcade Paradise changes drastically in virtual reality, and not only because of the issue of immersion, but because of how all its elements are presented separately: from the most routine elements such as the minigames when launching the garbage or putting in the washing machines gain enormous nuances. However, the real hit on the table is how it makes the early 90s setting even more immersive. Both in the 90s aesthetic and when you start to have your own arcade.
Your way of walking and interacting can be by moving within the limits that you set or directly sitting down and thanks to the functions of the Touch controllers, although it goes without saying that the former achieves more and better that you really feel like you are in an arcade. Better said: in your arcade and with your own arcade machines.
We won’t have legendary games like Street Fighter II or Virtua Cop, but Nosebleed Interactive has been able to do the job by creating different experiences that try to encompass the hits of the time and all those machines that should not be missing in an arcade: from action and fantasy games , driving or puzzles to a jukebox with which to play the music we like once we have added expansions to our father’s tiny place. And, for that matter, new games have been introduced to be played in virtual reality, so that:
On the one hand, we have 27 recreational games of different genres which are played using traditional buttons and sticks in virtual environments.
To these we must add six more games that have been adapted to the Touch controls of Virtual Reality, including an Air Hockey, a dance machine or a Foosball table.
And not only that, since it has been used to add six more games, completely unreleased and designed to be played in virtual reality, including a game of baskets or the classic Boxing and even a fortune teller who gives us fortune cards.
The previous activities and the new features do not end here, for the record, since routine tasks such as extracting gum or washing clothes are much more entertaining and the menus, which are displayed from our PDA (the grandfather of current tablets) gain layers of additional depth as we immerse ourselves in the Arcade Paradise experience. However, what takes the cake is that now we can also use mixed reality.
Do you remember that I told you at the beginning that you saw an arcade in front of you as soon as you started? In Arcade Paradise VR We can place the arcade games within our environment and play some games without them taking up physical space. However, a nuance must be made here: in the Meta Quest 3 models we will see the transparent environment and in the Meta Ques 2 we will see everything that is not generated by the game in black and white. Something like Frodo from the Lord of the Rings when he puts himself in the One Ring.
Something that does not tarnish what Arcade Paradise VR It is: the best version of a sensational idea that, without being pretentious, knows how to fulfill the fantasy of everyone who has ever dreamed of having their own arcade.
SamaGame’s opinion
Arcade Paradise VR It is the dream come true of everyone who has ever wanted to set up their own arcade. And the best thing it does is that it doesn’t give it to you directly, but it proposes that you get it, which gives added value to each machine you add, to each improvement and to how you see everything that is being built little by little with each game. With every penny earned, every chewing gum peeled off and hamburger box you throw away.
The recreational of our dreams? Unfortunately, the games that exist are created for the occasion. Generic conversions that try to fill the gap left by fighting games or the classics of the time. But that does not take away the essential thing: the games are not the only attraction of this virtual arcade, but rather an extra for an even greater experience. Something that gains enormous nuances by adding the format of virtual reality and activities and machines that are added to what already existed with the purpose of getting the most out of it.
There are things that are lost along the way in the PC version, such as that option to play doubles in certain games: here, as far as we know, all experiences are for a single player. And that, when there is an Air Hockey table or a Foosball table, it ends up being noticed. But Arcade Paradise VR It was never a compilation of arcade games or minigames, but rather an experience in itself: building and enjoying our own arcade. Make us live it as if we were in it. And that embroiders it.
Arcade Paradise VR Price
The price is one of the great attractions of Arcade Paradise VR: Like the PC version, you can buy the full game in the Meta Quest store for a very affordable 19.99 euros. What’s more, if we reserve before its launch it will cost us a couple of euros less. On the other hand, you do not need an internet connection to play once you download it.
Arcade Paradise VR Duration
There are two ways to determine how long it will last. Arcade Paradise VR. The first is that it can take time about 20 hours or more to complete the equivalent of the game’s story, which boils down to turning a laundromat into a huge arcade and making it prosper and expand. The second, even more interesting, is the time you are going to dedicate to each machine separately. And although there are arcades with a beginning and an end, in that second case we are talking about incalculable replayability.
Arcade Paradise VR
Platforms
Meta Quest 2 (reviewed version), Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest Pro
Multiplayer
No
Developer
Nosebleed Interactive
Company
Wired Productions
Launch
Spring 2024
The best
A masterful layer of immersion that makes us feel like we are in our own arcade
Lots of games, activities and mini-games to get addicted and liven up your routines
New games created specifically for virtual reality and the possibility of playing with mixed reality
Worst
Don’t expect legendary arcade games like Street Fighter II or Donkey Kong
American Internet users who are looking for a female top on Google Shopping can now view it on a model with their morphology and their hair and skin color. This tool based on generative image AI will be extended to other wardrobe pieces in the near future.
E-commerce players are beginning to take advantage of the tools offered by generative artificial intelligence, capable of producing text, images or sounds on demand. After Amazon, which uses AI to summarize the comments of its customers on products, Google in turn presented on June 14, 2023 a feature called Try on: the Internet giant wants to allow Internet users to view clothes on hundreds models with different sizes, weights (from XXS to 4XL), skin and hair colors. The objective: to find a model that looks like them to find out if these burgundy velvet pants would fall well on their hips or if the color of this fuchsia jacket would suit their complexion. Several images are available for each garment. The models take different poses, which allows the user to imagine how his crop top would behave if he raised his arms in the air.
Solve the issue of product returns
This feature is already active in the USA for women’s tops from a few brands, such as H&M, Anthropologie, Everlane, and even LOFT. It will gradually be offered to other companies and extended to other pieces of the wardrobe, starting with shirts and other men’s T-shirts, which can be scrutinized by e-consumers from every angle thanks to Try on by the end of 2023. This tool will not fail to interest e-merchants who promote their clothes on Google Shopping, because it could allow them to limit the costly returns of their products (in France, 30% of clothes purchased online are on average returned). Google does not give details on its cost for the moment.
This issue had been identified by start-ups such as the Israeli Zeekit, acquired by Walmart, or the French Veesual AI. Over the past few years, they have developed virtual fitting tools, based on AI or augmented reality, but which sometimes lacked realism. Generative artificial intelligence comes to solve this problem: the Try on models are very real, but the images of them wearing the clothes are generated by algorithms and seem more real than life, as shown in the screenshot below . They were trained internally by Google from two tools for automatically generating images from text, DALL-E 2 (created by the Open AI company, which is also behind the text generative AI ChatGPT) and Stable Diffusion (developed by the company Stability AI). Next step ? Allow the customer to post a photo of themselves to Google so that the product is projected directly onto their body.
Like two little brothers who envy the other when they have something that he doesn’t, Apple and Meta seem to work the same, and that is that as soon as the rumors come out that next Monday, June 5, the apple company is going to present its new virtual reality goggles, Mark Zuckerberg and his team couldn’t be in a hurry to get ahead of the launch of the new Meta Quest 3.
It is true that nobody talks about the Metaverse anymore, but the race for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) is still there, and despite being relegated behind Artificial Intelligence, it is still a technology for an untapped market and with high expectations placed on it.
Meta, is one of the main companies when it comes to the development of RV, since it his Meta Quest glasses are one of the few options that are available to test, however, everything seemed to indicate that the launch of the new generation of these glasses was going to be later, until Apple arrived.
With WWDC just around the corner, there is a lot of anticipation that Apple presents its own VR glasses, the Reality Pro, and that attention turned to the apple company has not liked what was previously known as Facebook.
For this reason, in an announcement that has surprised everyone, Mark Zuckerberg himself has presented the new Meta Quest 3.
How are these glasses
It is true that in terms of design there has not been much change, although it is worth noting that they have managed reduce viewer size by 40% if we compare it with the previous version in order to make it easier and more comfortable to use.
In turn, the Meta Quest 3 offer a high resolution color image and as expected they are the most powerful so far due to the new generation processor from Qualcomm. Zuckerberg has explained that it will be possible to play with the Meta Quest 2 games cataloghowever, the glasses They won’t hit the market until fall.
Meta surprise launches Meta Quest 3 glasses to battle Apple
The Meta Quest 3 they are a reality. Goal announced by surprise on Thursday the launch of his new virtual reality headset (VR), with whom he hopes to give a cheaper alternative to Apple’s rumored VR headset.
Through a post on Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the parent company of Facebook, revealed that the glasses will arrive this fall and that the initial cost will be $499.99 for the 128 GB model. “The first mainstream headset with high-resolution color mixed reality. 40% thinner and more comfortable. Better screens and resolution. Next-generation Qualcomm chipset (Snapdragon) with twice the graphics performance. Our most powerful helmet”, Zuckerberg has indicated.
“Quest 3 will be the best way to experience virtual and mixed reality on a standalone device. It will be compatible with the entire Quest 2 library with more titles coming soon. More details in our Connect conference on September 27“, has added.
For his part, Meta has reiterated that the glasses “They allow you to perfectly combine your physical world with the virtual one”.” These new experiences go beyond the current mixed reality, since they understand and respond intelligently to the objects in your physical space and allow you to navigate through that space in natural and intuitive ways that were almost impossible before. .
“The passage of high-fidelity color, innovative machine learning and spatial understanding allow you to interact with virtual content and the physical world simultaneously, creating unlimited possibilities to explore”, they added, while highlighting the improvement of perception “natural” depth in the environment.
On the other hand, the Menlo Park company has pointed out that Quest 3 has two 4 MP RGB color camerasa depth sensor for a “more accurate representation of the playing space” and 10 times more pixels in the passthrough compared to Quest 2.
“Ultimately, our vision is to provide you with the ability to move through all realities in a way that is intuitive and enjoyable, reaching beyond the rigid classifications of virtual reality and mixed reality to deliver truly next-generation experiences. that allow you to effortlessly mix the real and virtual world. We can’t wait to see what developers and creators can create on the Quest platform when the possibilities are limitless.” Mark Rabkin, Vice President of VR in Meta.
In addition, the company has also announced that will lower the price of the Meta Quest 2 from next June 4. After these cuts, the 128GB model will cost $299.99 and the 256GB model will cost $349.99. It should be noted that the Quest 2 helmet from Meta launched in fall 2020 at a starting price of $299.99. In July 2022, Meta raised the price of the basic Quest 2 from 299.99 to $399.99, citing increased manufacturing and shipping costs Of the device.
Likewise, last October, Meta presented its virtual reality helmet Quest Pro, intended for businesses and not consumers. Although the Quest Pro initially sold for $1,499.99, Meta dropped the price of the device to $999.99 in Marchwhile also lowering the price of a more expensive version of the Quest 2 helmet with extra storage from $499.99 to $429.99.
In turn, they have announced a GPU and CPU upgrade for Quest 2 and Quest Pro to “increase CPU performance by up to 26% and GPU speed by up to 19% for Quest 2 and 11% for Quest Pro.”
With the announcement of Meta Quest 3, Zuckerberg’s company has been ahead of Applewhich is expected to present its commitment to virtual reality in society during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) of the company, which will take place between June 5 and 9.
Analysis signatures such as Goldman Sachs either wedbush have been very optimistic about Apple, which is flying in the stock market in this 2023while waiting for the company to hear about its virtual reality headset later this year.
Meta introduces new virtual reality headset to the market ahead of Apple’s announcement
The next-generation Quest 3 with improved performance and a slimmer design will be available later this year for a starting price of $500, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg announced in a post on Instagram.
Zuckerberg described the upcoming headset model as the “most powerful yet” launched by Meta and promised that it would provide the best wireless way to experience virtual and mixed reality.
He added that more details will be shared at an annual Meta Connect developer conference on September 27.
Meanwhile, the starting price of currently available Quest 2 devices will drop to $300, according to Meta.
Zuckerberg told a Meta shareholder meeting this week that the tech giant remains dedicated to building a future in which life on the Internet takes place in virtual worlds called the metaverse.
Apple is expected to provide a preview of a long-rumored virtual reality, or augmented reality (AR) headset, next Monday at an annual Worldwide Developers Conference, attracting programmers and software companies to get started. to provide content.
“By all accounts, Apple was expected to launch a product that felt more like designer glasses than a head-worn gaming device, but it’s launching something much bulkier,” said Insider Intelligence principal analyst Yory Wurmser.
The idea is to put the device in the hands of early adopters and developers and lay the foundation for the release of more innovative mixed reality virtual devices in the coming years, Wurmser said.
Silicon Valley is in turmoil. On June 5, Apple invited virtual reality journalists to its developer conference. From there to imagine that the giant will reveal a new product, there is only one step.
Apple has not confirmed anything but leaks have multiplied for a few days in Silicon Valley on a possible presentation on June 5, at its Californian headquarters in Cupertino, of a virtual reality headset. The group invited to its WWDC, its developer conference, specialized journalists, which reinforces the rumor.
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It is said that this helmet, called, according to some information, the Reality Pro, will be expensive. Very expensive: $3,000. Ten times more than popular headsets on the market today. But The Guardian recalls that 10 years ago, a very high price was announced for the first Ipad and that in the end, it did not rise as high.
Rumor has it that the Reality Pro looks like a pair of ski goggles and the battery will fit in your pocket to lighten the helmet, estimated at between 300 and 400 grams, without compromising on power. There would also be a screen on the outside to show the reaction of the user who will be able to connect and talk on Facetime with the headset. The image would have a 4K resolution. The sound would be compatible with the AirPods Pro, already produced by Apple. THE wall street journal understands that the capabilities of the Reality Pro, like its price, are well above the competition.
Not developed for the general public
Apple would enter this market because the company obviously believes in it. She would work on this product since 2016. American media speak of a billion dollars spent each year on research and development. Apple didn’t become a $2.5 trillion-plus company on Wall Street just with its computers. Music players, phones, tablets, watches, headphones… The Cupertino company also earns a lot of money with its App Store, its music services. She launched a streaming platform. The headset would be further diversification, and a new product, rather than showcasing iPhone number 58. But a former marketing executive for the company told SamaGame that the Reality Pro could become one of the biggest fiascos in the game. history of technology. We will have to see who this headset is for because with this price, Apple is clearly not targeting the general public. The giant plans to sell 300,000 copies for its first year. To compare, Meta’s Quest 2 in 2021 was nine million copies sold.
What would the arrival of Apple mean for the competition? Apple has a reputation for excellence and usually doesn’t settle for crumbs. And besides, all is not perfect with virtual reality. It still puts off a lot of people. Maybe the apple brand will make the experience more enjoyable. For example, controllers are used in addition to the helmet. Is Apple going to develop a device that would make it possible to do without it by simply following the movement of the hands, for example? Will the group associate its other devices with the headset and create an ecosystem that would facilitate use? Samsung and Google would also prepare a helmet. A lot of things will also depend on software, in the same way that apps help make smartphones much more than phones. And the presence of Apple on the market will perhaps push developers to take an interest in it.
This new Apple product for less than 2000 euros could well steal the show from the famous VR headset
Apple intends to hit hard at WWDC on Monday June 5. It will be about the new virtual reality headset, operating systems. But not only.
Two o’clock. This is how long the Apple keynote should last at its traditional and annual developer conference, the WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference). In front of an audience of application creators who have come to make themselves known (and seek funding) and a few journalists, the Cupertino company intends to strike a blow.
Apple would thus present a brand new product, awaited for years by fans of the brand: a virtual reality headset. More specifically, it is a mixed reality headset that will make possible a clever mix of a virtual world in the real world by putting said headset on its head. It will consist of two glasses, thus offering a screen for each eye, about fifteen cameras and sensors to find one’s bearings in the space around oneself. The idea of this product is to transport the person putting on the helmet into a world that is both parallel and rooted in reality. Today, Facebook, with its Meta Quest 2 model, is somewhat alone in this area, which is not yet very popular with consumers. The arrival of Apple will undeniably boost a market estimated at 51 billion dollars per year by 2030 by GlobalData.
According to High-Tech specialists, if Tim Cook and his teams will present this helmet on Monday June 5, it will only be available this fall, for an expected price of 2500 or 3000 euros. The mixed reality headset will therefore not be cheap, even if we can hope for a lighter version in financial terms, but therefore necessarily also in technical terms. And this price will surely make some people moan, as is the case during an iPhone release for example. But the technology is at this price.
New computers at WWDC?
During this WWDC, Apple will obviously present, as every year, its new operating systems: iOS for the iPhone, iPadOS for the iPad, WatchOS for the Apple Watch, and the one that will boost its desktop and laptop computers. The latter should indeed see their range expand if we are to believe some well-informed sources, such as Mark Gurman of SamaGame.
In a tweet, Mark Gurman explains that he expects to see several “new Macs” unveiled on Monday June 5th. The first of these would be the 15-inch Macbook Air, a size that would be a first for this popular category of customers. The MacBook Air is indeed the lightest model, therefore the most transportable (the current 13.6-inch format weighs 1.24 kilograms), while being powerful and autonomous enough to work in complete peace of mind, especially with the in-house M2 chip. . This should equip the 15-inch MacBook Air. The price should be around 2000 euros, or even perhaps a little less (1800 euros?), the 13.6 inch starting today at 1499 euros (1199 euros with the M1 chip, the screen being a little smaller : 13.3 inches). Here, for the first time, the American brand would therefore opt for a 15-inch format. It won’t be revolutionary in technological and technical terms, but the popularity of the MacBook Air is such that this new product could steal the show from Apple’s first mixed reality headset.
Apple’s mixed reality headset would be a nightmare to assemble
Next Monday, the floodgates will open and then, from Cupertino and around the world, there will be a tidal wave of new software, but also hardware. We should therefore see a 15-inch MacBook Air coming – good! – and also a mixed reality headset, the first from Apple – very good!
The device has been in development for years and obviously its design has not been easy. Wayne Ma, journalist for The Information, has just published a long article in which he details some of the problems encountered by the Apple teams. Concerns, which, for many, are due to the design retained by the device.
A full glass?
Quite thin, light and stylish, with its carbon fiber structure and glass front panel, enclosed in an aluminum frame, Apple’s mixed reality headset should stand out from the competition, that’s for sure. But behind these premium design choices, all is not rosy.
Take for example the glass facade. It worries some Apple employees, who are afraid that users will bump into a wall or piece of furniture, for example, and break the thin layer of glass, with all the risk of injury that this may entail. Especially since its curvature would make it more fragile than the front of the iPhone, apparently. The Information also indicates that Apple has taken time to find the right balance between thickness and weight of the glass front and impact resistance. Hope it will be strong.
But this is not the only negative point that accompanies its presence. This smooth and design facade is indeed interposed between the world and the very many on-board camera modules (a dozen). However, since the glass is never uniform, it would be necessary to check and calibrate each camera by hand and in the factory during assembly. Otherwise, users may suffer from nausea due to small image distortions. This unavoidable, restrictive and time-consuming task does not contribute to facilitating the manufacture of the product.
Who will be told that today there is little room for surprise. That everything is invented, that originality is conspicuous by its absence, and that anything that smells new is actually just the reformulation of other ideas that we have already seen on many occasions.
Here there should be something motivational capable of turning that situation around, but the reality is that I am also quite within that current except for one detail in question: there is always room for surprise. Toy Trains is the best example of this.
From the creators of Superhot
From the hand of a group of developers who already had the opportunity to work with virtual reality in the magnificent Superhot, Toy Trains It is a much smaller game and without great ambitions than that peach, but also one of those experiences so entertaining and pleasant that it is a pleasure to come across them.
Going to the attic of our house when our parents have gone on a trip, we come across a table of models and a collection of train pieces with which to let our imagination fly. One of those VR games that are plastic enough so that playing with tracks and vehicles as if we had them in our hands is a big part of the fun.
With a central building waiting to be built, our job will be to connect all the areas that will make it possible to raise it from its foundations in a kind of puzzle in which we optimize structures and avoid obstacles, taking the necessary materials to the objective in question.
We will have to transport wood to the factory, collect stones from a mine to be able to work them, and how we connect all these points with the central objective is the great asset of a progress system that will rise little by little.
A small game but very entertaining
First they make us square the curved roads that we have at our disposal as best as possible, then they invite us to play with elevations to overcome unevenness, then come the bridges, the tunnels, and level by level more and more details are added such as, for For example, creating round-trip routes to reach less accessible areas that do not allow enough space for too many capers.
Once the challenge is completed, the model makes the building we have been building release some cool stuff so we can briefly have fun with it. If we have been building an airport, an airplane will be placed on it that we can hold with our hands and remember our childhood flights by doing loops with our hands until we put it back in its place as if we were landing it.
It’s not that it forces us to do so or requires much more on our part, but it is appreciated that, far from releasing us to a menu, it allows us to play with our creation while allowing us to decorate our construction or continue optimizing the track structure to make the model as beautiful as possible. beautiful possible.
With a small handful of hours of play at our disposal, it is in those moments of disconnection, and the option of playing it as a family so that absolutely everyone, experts or inexperienced, adults and children, can enjoy it equally.
SamaGame’s opinion
Entertaining you for a couple of afternoons seems to be the only ambition of a Toy Trains that neither invents anything nor has the intention of doing so, but that manages to surprise with mechanics that are as basic as they are well executed, a very successful progression so that you never get bored of continuing to create, and the enormous achievement of being able to overcome being a very small and restrained game and, still, being able to warm your heart a little.
Toy Trains Price
Toy Trains It is available for PC and PlayStation VR2 from January 16 at a price yet to be revealed.
Toy Trains Duration
Toy Trains It is a small game and quite affordable in terms of difficulty, so it is difficult for it to end up lasting more than an afternoon. Whatever you want to play with it later based on challenges and achievements can take a little longer, but don’t expect it to exceed 10 hours.
Usually, the question of how to create a virtual drive in UltraISO arises when an error “Virtual CD/DVD drive not found” occurs in the program, but other options are also possible: for example, it is enough to create a virtual CD/DVD drive in UltraISO to mount multiple disk images.
This tutorial details how to create a virtual UltraISO drive and briefly about its usage options. See also Creating a bootable UltraISO USB flash drive.
Note: Normally, when UltraISO is installed, the virtual drive is created automatically (the option is given during installation, as in the screenshot below).
However, when using the portable version of the program, or sometimes when running Unchecky (a program that automatically unchecks unnecessary flags in installers), the virtual drive is not installed, as a result the user receives a Virtual Drive error message. CD/DVD not found and the drive cannot be created as described below, because the required options in the parameters are not active. In this case, reinstall UltraISO and make sure the option “Install ISO Emulator from CD/DVD ISODrive” is selected.
Creating a virtual CD/DVD drive in UltraISO
To create a virtual UltraISO drive, follow these simple steps
Run the program as administrator. You can right-click on the UltraISO shortcut and select “Run as administrator”.
In the program, open “Options” – “Settings” from the menu.
Click on the “Virtual Drive” tab.
In the “Number of Devices” field, specify the desired number of virtual drives (normally no more than 1 is required).
Click “OK”.
This will cause a new “CD drive” to appear in Explorer, which is a virtual UltraISO drive.
If you need to change the virtual drive letter, go back to the section in step 3, select the desired letter in the “New Drive Letter” field and click “Change”.
Once finished, the UltraISO virtual drive is created and ready to be used.
Using the UltraISO virtual drive
UltraISO Virtual CD/DVD Drive can be used to mount disk images in different formats (iso, bin, cue, mdf, mds, nrg, img and others) and work with them on Windows 10, 8 and Windows 7 as CD normal.
You can mount the disk image in the interface of the UltraISO program itself (open the disk image, click the “Mount to virtual drive” button on the top menu bar) or using the virtual drive’s context menu. In the second case, right-click on the virtual drive, select “Mount” in UltraISO and specify the path to the disk image.
Unmounting (removing) is done in the same way, using the context menu.
If you want to remove the UltraISO virtual drive without uninstalling the program itself, similarly to creation, go to settings (running the program as administrator) and specify “None” in the “Number of devices” field. Then click “OK”.
Remember when the Internet got completely frisky when Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil Village was revealed? Well, it looks like the gigantic vampire may have moved to second place on the podium of the fictional characters that drive the world wild.
But who will have surpassed the imposing Lady Dimitrescu? Nothing more, nothing less than Sam, Samsung’s new virtual assistant.
In this guide, we’ll tell you everything we know about Sam, the Samsung virtual assistant, including how you can install it, when it arrives and show you its look (which, by now, you should already know). Still, we advise you not to raise your expectations too high.
Sam, Samsung’s new Assistant
It’s worth noting that Samsung already has a virtual assistant (just like Amazon has Alexa and Apple has Siri), called Bixby. However, Samsung users quickly forgot about Bixby as images of the new virtual assistant began circulating the net.
A mix of a Pixar character and Alita, “Sam” has captured the hearts of thousands of people around the world who are eagerly awaiting his arrival on Samsung devices.
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Here’s the bad news: Polygon’s latest report reveals that Sam is not really an official Samsung AI and is part of a rejected and excluded project. Although the images were created for Samsung, the final product was never incorporated into any type of campaign. However, Bixby comes with a lot of cool features and is one of the best known AI on the market, competing with Siri, Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant and more. Anyway, below, we explain how to install Bixby on a Samsung device.
How to install Samsung Virtual Assistant?
Swipe up on the home screen to access your apps.
Open Settings.
Touch Advanced Features.
Touch the Bixby key.
If you haven’t set up Bixby yet, tap Start.
Choose whether you want to activate Bixby with a single or double tap of the Bixby key.
Would you like Samsung to go ahead with Sam, the virtual assistant? Given its mega success, it is likely that, at the very least, the South Korean company will discuss this possibility. And if any new information is announced, we will then update this guide.
