Not many outside of Southern Ohio have seen a year No. 3 from Joe Burrow as a starting quarterback. He never started a game in his three seasons at Ohio State and had two superb years at LSU. His second year taking the mantle of the Cincinnati Bengals ended with a 23-20 loss in Super […]
Enlarge / Despite the prominent “Xbox” in this image, Microsoft suggests some of these popular Activision titles could persist on PlayStation “into the future.” Microsoft now says that it has “committed to Sony” that “Call of Duty and other popular Activision titles” will be “available on PlayStation beyond the existing agreement and into the future […]
Enlarge / Sony AI has trained a new AI called GT Sophy to be extremely good at Gran Turismo . (credit: Clive Rose – Gran Turismo/Gran Turismo via Getty Images) A team of researchers at Sony AI have used deep reinforcement learning to teach an artificial intelligence to play Gran Turismo at a world-class level. […]
Enlarge / The small light-absorbing portions (labeled 12 in this diagram) are key to Sony’s solution to the “god ray” problem. (credit: Sony / USPTO) If you’ve spent any significant amount of time in virtual reality, you’ve probably encountered issues with “god rays,” a specific type of lens flare that looks a bit like a […]
Enlarge (credit: Sony) If Sony and Polyphony Digital stick to their current deadline, the newest installment of the 25-year-old Gran Turismo franchise should launch on March 4. Gran Turismo 7 will be the first GT game for the PS5 console (there’s a PS4 port for those of us who can’t get hold of the latest-gen […]
Three big acquisitions this month show an industry in flux and readying with regard to change. Read More
Enlarge / Well, we didn’t necessarily see this one coming. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Sony | Bungie) After Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard King , talk turned to how Sony and its PlayStation division would deal with the fallout of the purchase. Might Sony miss out on a megaton first-person shooter franchise if Xbox becomes […]
Enlarge / The Sony Xperia 5 III, in green. (credit: Sony) Sony is bringing a $1,000 flagship smartphone, the Xperia 5 III, to the US market. Calling the device “new,” however, is a bit of a stretch, as the phone was announced nine months ago. As you’d expect from the price, the Xperia 5 III […]
Sony, Samsung, and chip makers created buzz ahead of the annual tech convention in Las Vegas. Read More
Enlarge / Sony has followed 2020’s Vision-S 01 sedan with this, the Vision-S 02. It’s an electric SUV, and the company} might well put it into production. (credit: Sony) In 2020, Sony surprised the world by unveiling a good electric concept car at CES. Called the Vision-S, it was designed to showcase technology from across […]