Rogue Incursion’ Finally Announced From Veteran VR Studio, Set for Late 2024

Rogue Incursion’ Finally Announced From Veteran VR Studio, Set for Late 2024

We’ve been waiting patiently for veteran VR studio Survios to finally offer up some details on its next game, and today we finally have them. Alien: Rogue Incursion is described as a “single-player, action-horror VR game,” with an “all-new storyline full of heart-pounding action, exploration, and terrifying Xenomorphs.” Almost two full years after Survios confirmed development on …

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Mountain View looks to expand high-speed internet access

Mountain View looks to expand high-speed internet access

The city of Mountain View is conducting an assessment of broadband internet access locally. Photo by Zoe Morgan. The city is asking community members to fill out a survey about their experiences with internet access in Mountain View, which is part of a broader city-led assessment of ways to improve local broadband service. The city …

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Meta AI tested: Doesn’t quite justify its own existence, but free is free

Meta AI tested: Doesn’t quite justify its own existence, but free is free

Image Credits: Meta Meta’s new large language model, Llama 3, powers the imaginatively named “Meta AI,” a newish chatbot that the social media and advertising company has installed in as many of its apps and interfaces as possible. How does this model stack up against other all-purpose conversational AIs? It tends to regurgitate a lot …

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SUNY Fredonia trio places 11th at regional computing sciences competition

SUNY Fredonia trio places 11th at regional computing sciences competition

SUNY Fredonia students who participated in the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeast Region, with Dr. Ziya Arnavut (standing) were (from left): Landers M. Sanchez, Tyler J. Ferrari and Alim A. Darmenov. A team of students in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences placed 11th in competition at the 28th annual conference of …

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Rogue Incursion Coming To Quest 3, PSVR 2, And PC VR

Rogue Incursion Coming To Quest 3, PSVR 2, And PC VR

Alien: Rogue Incursion was just announced, a new made-for-VR game in the Alien franchise. The game is being developed by Survios in collaboration with 20th Century Games. Survios has been developing VR games for over 10 years now. It’s the developer behind Raw Data, Battlewake, Electronauts, Sprint Vector, and Creed: Rise to Glory. Survios says …

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Google adds AI conversation practice for English language learners

Google adds AI conversation practice for English language learners

Google is testing its AI listening skills with a feature that lets people speak into their phones and practice English with a conversational AI bot. Google first rolled out the speaking practice experience in October 2023. Originally, the feature only provided feedback on spoken sentences. Now, users can practice having ongoing conversations in the language …

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IBM in $137M Semiconductor Agreement with Canada – High-Performance Computing News Analysis

IBM in 7M Semiconductor Agreement with Canada – High-Performance Computing News Analysis

BROMONT, QC, April 26, 2024 — IBM, the government of Canada and the government of Quebec today announced agreements to develop the assembly, testing and packaging (ATP) capabilities for semiconductor modules for telecommunications, high performance computing (HPC), automotive, aerospace and defence, computer networks and generative AI, at IBM Canada’s plant in Bromont, Quebec. The agreements reflect …

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