Google Playground Lets You Create Games Using Simple Text Prompts

Google Labs launches Playground, an experimental platform that lets you build, play, and share custom browser games using text prompts.
Basic Tutorials

Google Playground: Create Your Own Games with AI—No Coding Required

Google Playground lets you build your own browser games using text input. We'll take a look at its features, Unity Spark, ...
CNET

This Is the Biggest 2D Map of the Universe. Here’s How to Use It

Among the nearly 4 billion objects in the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys’ map is Messier 96 (NGC 3368), a majestic spiral galaxy nestled in the constellation Leo approximately 35 million light-years from ...
TechCrunch

Roblox is making it easier to build games with AI — and play them outside Roblox

At its annual Roblox Developer Conference (RDC), the company behind the popular gaming platform announced several new features, including new game-creation tools, expanded NPC (non-player character) ...
PetaPixel

Biggest 2D Map of the Universe Took 13 Years and 263,407 Photos to Make

This group of galaxies is nicknamed the Copeland Septet. It is one very small piece of the new DESI Legacy Imaging Survey, the largest 2D map of the Universe ever created. | Credits: DESI Legacy ...
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How To Make Your 2D Sprites Look Like 3D In Unity

This trick isn't new in any way, but if you're not familiar with how to give your 2D sprites a sense of volume using normal maps, Astral Hearts, the developer of Hellcrown, put together a short ...
9to5Mac

Adobe Illustrator now lets you rotate 2D vectors in 3D space

Adobe Turntable is now generally available in Illustrator, allowing creators to generate multi-angle views from any vector illustration. Here’s how it works. Back in October 2024, Adobe previewed ...
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Developer Shows How to Make 2D Game Look 3D with Sprite Stacking

Teo Chhim's simple explanation will help you make magic. Whether you're a 2D or 3D fan, it's always handy to know how to turn pixels into 3D shapes or at least make it seem like the objects in your ...
SpaceNews

Array Labs raises $20 million to scale production of radar satellites for 3D Earth mapping

WASHINGTON — Array Labs, a Silicon Valley startup developing radar-based Earth observation satellites, announced Jan. 5 it raised $20 million in a Series A round as it pushes to bring lower-cost ...
9to5Mac

Apple releases impressive open-source model that instantly turns 2D photos into 3D views

The model, called SHARP, can reconstruct a photorealistic 3D scene from a single image in under a second. Here are some examples. Apple has published a study titled Sharp Monocular View Synthesis in ...
AppleInsider

iOS 26: How to view 2D photos as 3D Spatial Scenes on iPhone

Turning a boring 2D photo into a more dynamic, 3D-like viewing experience might sound impossible. But you can do it right from your phone running iOS 26, thanks to Apple's new Spatial Scenes. Apple's ...
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First 2D semiconductor FPGA achieves wafer-scale integration

The global integrated circuit (IC) industry is confronting the physical limitations of Moore's Law. Atomic-layer-thick two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, such as Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2), are ...