Founded in 2012 out of Lausanne (a hotbed for interesting computer graphics research and startups, as it happens) and led by former academic Tadi, who initially did studies in electronic engineering before expanding to computer graphics, artificial intelligence and neuroscience, the perfect combination for his particular startup, the company has largely been flying under the radar up to now.
They point to improving graphics, better artificial intelligence and bigger worlds featured in their products.
And New York-based startup studio Betaworks recently announced an early-stage program focused on "synthetic media," which partner Matt Hartman explained is an area taking advantage of advances in graphics and artificial intelligence.
Successful developers of single-player, shrink-wrapped games use every available computing resource to optimize game performance by juggling subsystems, such as the graphics engine, artificial intelligence routines, and the reading and writing of data, to create the illusion of an ongoing, interactive experience without the kind of glitches and lag that would momentarily interrupt the illusion.
DRIVE AR offers developers an SDK that will allow developers to build experiences that tap into computer vision, graphics and artificial intelligence capabilities to do things like overlay information about road conditions, points of interest and other real-world locations using interactive in-car displays.
It includes many features, such as the game's scenario editor, graphics, and artificial intelligence.
Preparing for a worldwide outcry, and possibly even violence, from the publication of such graphic details, the White House and US intelligence officials said on Monday that they had taken steps to shore up security of US facilities worldwide.
The more one looks at these pictures, the more they delight, and the more aware one is of a very fine adult intelligence finding graphic and symbolic ways to tell a story both richly and simply.
German developer Crytek said its Shanghai base would work on local uses of CryEngine - the software that powers games' graphics and provides artificial intelligence to their characters.
(See Alex Witchel's touching book "All Gone," about the unravelling of her intelligent mother's intelligence, for a current example. Or Roz Chast's downright moving graphic essay in this magazine some weeks back).
