e407 — Can’t Spell Pain Without AI

mo-cap digital image of a person with a red circle on their back, hunched over while walking and a hand positioned close to that circle. — Photo by julien Tromeur on Unsplash

Published 6 March 2023

Michael, Michael and Andy start things off for this edition of Games at Work with an intriguing report on how a number of companies in Japan are founding a metaverse infrastructure called Ryugukoku. It is envisioned that participants in this environment will encounter metaverse services and content that “takes on the form of a moving ‘city’, ‘castle’, or ‘vehicle’ that roams around the virtual world” according to a Fujitsu press release. Furthermore, the metaverse infrastructure will have identity management, payment settlement, digital twins and a number of additional services provided by member companies. It will be very interesting to see how this develops!

Then, the co-hosts take on several headset stories, beginning with an MIT Media Lab project called X-AR, which provides x-ray vision to locate RF tagged items. Then, the team takes a look at the German startup Tooz, who have created an implementation of AR lenses that fit in very normal looking eyeglass frames. Next, the team considers a story from iMore about how the Apple VR headset may look, as well as the reported functionality of “air typing” as a user experience.

Then, the team turns their attention to generative solutions on several fronts. Among them is a camera that translates to text what it sees and then feeds that text into an image generator to produce a picture. Another example is Perilous Shores, which generates fantastic fantasy maps which could be used in role playing games. Then, the co-hosts look at scenario.com which allows the easy and rapid production of game assets. Michael R produces some cool potion bottles – see an example in the show notes below.

Wrapping things up for this episode, the team discuss the new APIs from OpenAI for ChatGPT and Whisper. They also touch on Wired Magazine’s policy statement for how they will and will not use generative AI technology for the magazine.

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