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Game on: The evolution of gaming through generative AI innovation

CIO

If you’re a video gamer or gaming company, you can likely relate to this scene. And you’ll also recognize that gaming experiences have come a long way—mostly due to developments in artificial intelligence (AI). Here are some of the gaming capabilities being boosted by generative AI. You take a deep breath and begin…BAM!

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Mobile gaming startup Homa Games raises $50 million

TechCrunch

Just days after Voodoo acquired Beach Bum , another French mobile gaming company has news to share. Homa Games is raising a $50 million Series A round led by Northzone. The company partners with indie game studios and acts as a publisher. It has developed its own tech stack that optimizes the performance of each game.

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Sport analytics leverage AI and ML to improve the game

CIO

In the years since author Michael Lewis popularized sabermetrics in his 2003 book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game , sports analytics has evolved considerably beyond baseball. During each week of games, the platform captures and processes 6.8 Computer vision, AI, and machine learning (ML) all now play a role.

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Sony is buying gaming headphone maker, Audeze

TechCrunch

Audeze will continue to produce gaming headphones for competitors, including — presumably — the Xbox. Audeze is a premier brand for headphones, and this acquisition highlights Sony Interactive’s focus on innovation and providing the best audio experience to PlayStation players,” says SIE SVP Hideaki Nishino.

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Why Avatars Are A Game-Changing Innovation Strategy

Planbox

Innovation is more than a checklist. A dynamic culture of innovation that champions every voice, enhances teamwork and develops diverse perspectives, all while cranking up the creativity dial. With job titles taking a back seat, innovation can ring loud and true. This article originally appeared on Forbes. The result?

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Triumph raises $14M for an SDK to add real-money tournaments into games

TechCrunch

The surge of interest in e-sports, online fantasy leagues and more extensive online financial infrastructure have made the concept of real-money gaming more popular among consumers and games developers. per month, and it has led to $54 in average monthly revenues per player per game. states plus Washington D.C.),

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Refract raises $8.5M SGD funding, announces new game development division 

TechCrunch

The latest funding will be used to intensify R&D for AXIS , a wearable and game-oriented full-body motion capture solution. CEO of Refract Chng told TechCrunch that the solution they found out was to allow players to use their bodies as game controllers. billion gamers through its games and technology, such as the wearable AXIS. .

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