I played Pokopia, Pokémon’s first life-sim game, to see if it was worth the wait

This week, the newest game in the Pokémon franchise arrives with the long-awaited debut of Pokopia. I played the company’s first-ever life-simulation game to see if it was worth the wait.
Wired

Pico’s Project Swan XR Headset Wants to Go Where the Apple Vision Pro Failed

ByteDance, the Chinese company best known for creating TikTok, got into the virtual reality game when it bought the startup Pico in 2021. Now, Pico is taking its mixed reality (XR) efforts even more ...
Nature

How AI made sense of COVID-19 complexity

As the summer of 2020 approached, Japan’s COVID cases were rising daily, schools had abruptly shut, and the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics had just been postponed. Daily government updates on the ...