Begone, polygons: 1993’s Virtua Fighter gets smoothed out by AI
Sega's famously boxy 1993 arcade game gets a fan-powered Stable Diffusion refresh. Enlarge / "Sarah" from Virtua Fighter gets an AI makeover thanks to Stable Diffusion and a fan named Colin Williamson. (credit: Colin Williamson).....»»
Nintendo wraps Smash Bros. roster with Kingdom Hearts’ Sora
Almost 3 years of DLC additions end with a little Disney-Final Fantasy magic. Kingdom Hearts' Sora is the final fighter to be added in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Challenger Pack 11.....»»
Top Gun 2: Why Tom Cruise Wasn"t Allowed To Fly An F-18 Fighter Jet
Throughout Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise's character Pete "Maverick" Mitchell pilots multiple aircraft, but the US Navy forbade the actor from piloting the F-18 Super Hornet. Set for release, after several bumps in its schedule, on May 27,.....»»
Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles shows promise, but feels incomplete
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles is a new arena fighter with a lot going for it, but a bit holding it back......»»
Horror Beat-‘Em-Up Night Slashers Is Getting A Remake
1993's Night Slashers is getting a full remake, Forever Entertainment has announced! The post Horror Beat-‘Em-Up Night Slashers Is Getting A Remake appeared first on PlayStation Universe. The studio behind the Pazer Dragoon reboot, Forever.....»»
Survey suggests climate change has reduced the presence of invasive Argentine ants
In 1993, Stanford University biology professor Deborah Gordon and her first graduate student, Katy Human, began a survey of ants at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Nearly 30 years, four more graduate students and scores of volunteers lat.....»»
Pac-Man and Picasso: Researcher pushes the boundaries of learning in mathematics education
Earth is a round planet where flat surfaces and perfect shapes are scarce, but assignments in many geometry courses are completed on grid paper with simplified line segments and symmetrical polygons......»»
Archaeologists recreated three common kinds of Paleolithic cave lighting
Experiments could enhance our understanding of the origin of prehistoric art in caves Enlarge / Spanish archaeologists recreated three common types of Paleolithic lighting systems. (credit: Medina-Alcaide et al, 2021, PLOS ONE) In 1993, a medi.....»»
The Capcom Pro Tour tournament series returns in 2021 with $5,000 prizes
Capcom officially announced the return of its Street Fighter 5 tournament series, Capcom Pro Tour......»»
Drone Refuels US Navy Fighter Jet In Midair For the First Time
An unmanned aircraft successfully refueled a U.S. fighter jet in midair for the first time, officials said Monday. CBS News reports: A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet and a Boeing-made drone were briefly connected by a hose as the drone transferred jet fuel.....»»
Game developer created a scene of his dog with 10 billion polygons in Unreal Engine 5
To make this experiment, Gary Freeman, lead developer of Ionized Games, started by taking 122 photos of his dog sleeping on a bed. Then, he threw all the photos into Reality Capture, created 3D models out of them, and exported the generated assets wi.....»»
2022 Taos gives VW a Jeep Compass fighter
The German brand's new entry-level compact crossover, the 2022 VW Taos, is intended to give VW dealers an affordable entry in the growing segment......»»
Star Wars: Squadrons headlines June 2021 PS Plus lineup
Sony has outlined the PS Plus lineup for the month of June 2021. It includes Operation: Tango, Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown, and Star Wars: Squadrons......»»
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown coming next week as a PS4 exclusive
Sega's classic fighting game series, Virtua Fighter, is making a return with a PS4 exclusive remake......»»
Sega might bring back classics including Crazy Taxi, Panzer Dragoon and Virtua Fighter
Sega in its results presentation for the fiscal year ending March 2021 shared some interesting slides regarding the company’s future direction......»»
16-bit classics Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol are getting modern re-releases
Zombies first arrived on the Super Nintendo in September 1993 before finding its way to the Sega Genesis a couple of months later. In it, players controlled protagonists Julie and Zeke as they attempted to rescue their neighbors from characters typic.....»»
Pomelo raises $9M to build a payments infrastructure for LatAm fintechs
Pomelo, a startup building a fintech-as-a-service platform for Latin America, has raised $9 million in a seed round of funding. The Buenos Aires-based startup’s new infrastructure aims to allow fintechs and embedded finance players to launch virtua.....»»
Ford is bringing back the F-150 Lightning as an all-electric pickup
Ford was a bit late to the game with its “muscle truck,” the SVT Lightning. The first generation Lightning debuted in 1993, just as the high-performance yet extremely rare GMC Syclone and Typhoon were ending their runs. Ford produced the first-ge.....»»
Honeywell Admits Sending F-35, F-22 Technical Drawings To China
schwit1 shares a report from UPI: The State Department announced it has reached a $13 million settlement with U.S. defense contractor Honeywell International over allegations it exported technical data concerning fighter jets and other military vehic.....»»
SitRep: Is the F-35 officially a failure?
Cost overruns, other issues prompt Air Force to look for "clean sheet" fighter. (video link) The oft-maligned F-35 program has run into another bit of turbulence. For years, Congress has authorized the Defense Department to purchase more.....»»
Biodiversity: We can map the biggest threats to endangered species in your local area
Since 1993, 15 species of bird and mammal are thought to have gone extinct, including China's Yangtze river dolphin and the Pernambuco pygmy owl from Brazil. But these recent examples are a tiny fraction of what scientists estimate could disappear in.....»»