(VRPinea, April 24) Today's key news: Whistleblowers said that a VR version of "Assassin's Creed" is in development and will be released within a year; Carnegie Mellon University in the United States has developed a VR headset that can sense lips and teeth; Disney and Snap have cooperated to create AR castle murals.
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A VR version of Assassin's Creed will be released within a year
Multiple protagonists return
According to whistleblower Tom Henderson, the name of the VR version of Assassin's Creed that Ubisoft is developing will be Assassin's Creed Nexus, and players will have the opportunity to see multiple protagonists from the previous games in the series, including Ezio of Assassin's Creed 2, Connor and Hayerson of Assassin's Creed 3, and Kassandra of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey.
It is understood that Ubisoft announced in 2020 that it was making VR versions of Assassin's Creed and Cell Splinter for Oculus devices, but has not released any details since then. According to Henderson, Assassin's Creed Nodes has 16 missions, with tutorial sections that will include combat, stealth, stealing, climbing, and more. Henderson expects the game to be released in the next 12 months, and Ubisoft officials have not responded to the news at this time.
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New VR headset technology: Players can perceive the sense of lips and teeth
Recently, Carnegie Mellon University in the United States has developed a new type of VR headset, which can allow players to perceive the sense of touch in the mouth such as lips and teeth by equipping it with ultrasonic phased array technology, thus bringing a new experience.
It is understood that ultrasonic phased array technology originates from radar electromagnetic wave phased array technology, which is composed of many radiation units arranged into arrays, and adjusts the radiation direction of electromagnetic waves by controlling the amplitude and phase of each unit in the array antenna, and can synthesize the radar beam of flexible focus scanning within a certain space range.
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Game developer Playable Worlds is done
Over $25 million in Series B funding, Lilith participated
Recently, game studio Playable Worlds announced that it has raised more than $25 million in Series B funding, which was raised by Kakao Games Corp. Led the investment, with existing investors Bitkraft Ventures and Galaxy Interactive, and new investors Lilith Games and Gaingels participating.
It is understood that Playable Worlds is located in the United States. According to the studio, it is developing a cloud-native sandbox online game and plans to use the "strategic investment" to recruit more developers and expand the size of the team. Playable Worlds didn't reveal any details about the game, though CEO Raph Koster said its goal is to provide players with an "experience of rich simulations, a durable online world, and deeper social mechanics" in the game. Koster noted that the studio has developed a meta-universe platform technology suite that can be used to build games on top of it.
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Disney and Snap create ar castle murals
According to TechCrunch, Disney teamed up with Snap to use AR technology to create a virtual mural at Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World. On the occasion of The Walt Disney World Resort's 50th anniversary, visitors can use Snap's AR technology to add photos to the murals of memories at Cinderella Castle.
The Memoir Mural will use photos from Disney PhotoPass, and travelers who want to leave their own photos in the Memos Mural will first need to designate a photographer at Disneyland to take a photo or select a photo from a collection of Disney characters and icons; second, travelers can use the My Disney Experience app to add content to the mural while at WonderLand Park; and finally, visitors can choose where to pin their photos. Disney said the photos will be kept for at least three years.
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Rooms of Realities
It will be released by the end of this year
Polish developer Bluekey recently announced that an early access version of its rooms of Realities VR game will land on Steam later this year, supporting Valve Index, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets.
It is understood that Rooms of Realities is known as a collection of various escape room games, and its core mystery is related to the design of each environment, which players can play in co-op mode or single-player mode. While individual scenes can be scary, they were designed to keep all players entertained. Early Access will last 2 to 3 months, and Bluekey also plans to add new maps and challenges to the game.
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