WWDC 2019 brought with it a handful of new AR developments from Apple, including an updated version of ARKit that includes better real-time tracking of human bodies in AR.

Apple’s augmented reality-focused ARKit 3 is introducing two big additions this time around, both of which deal with how well ARKit-powered apps can track human movement.

The first, people occlusion, allows people to walk through a space and have AR-based objects remain stationary in front of or behind them as they do so. The other, motion capture, detects a person’s movements in real time and allows those to be used as input into an AR app or game.

Alongside that, Apple also announced the new, high-level framework RealityKit intended to let devs use photo-realistic rendering, camera effects, animations, physics and more in their AR creations as well as a program called Reality Composer to quickly prototype and create AR experiences. Apple’s developer portal has more info on those two additions, as well as other features found in ARKit 3.

The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry!

Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Our agile cross-functional team is searching for a Frontend Developer who will implement features and most importantly, share the passion for our games! Bring your knowledge of Haxe Development and your communicational approach of finding solutions to provide the best user experience for our players.

Your mission:

• You contribute to the continuous development and improvement of one of our keystone games
• You develop new features and improve existing game features with a strong focus on UI and UX
• You are part of the whole feature development lifecycle with a commitment to quality results
• You collaborate closely with Game Designers and Artists to implement new game features for our Flash and HTML5 browser clients

Your profile:

• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or a comparable education
• Working experience in game development, ideally on browser games
• Several years of experience with either Haxe / AS3 or JS
• A good eye for details and a passion for implementing UI and UX
• Working experience with MVC frameworks
• Well-versed in design patterns and software architecture
• Experience with writing browser automation tests
• Know your way around popular scripting languages (Python / Bash / Groovy)
• Solution-oriented and efficient style of work
• Team player and a good communicator with fluent English language skills
• A proactive and motivated individual with a willingness to learn
• Passion for online strategy games and knowledge of relevant game mechanics

Why join us?

• Be part of a great international team in a healthy and stable growing company
• Choose your preferred device (Linux, Mac or even Windows) to set-up your favorite workplace
• We actively support your further development and give you all needed resources to evaluate new technologies and participate in open source communities
• We provide additional training budget to spend on attending conferences, taking hard skill courses or improve your soft skills as well as purchasing books
• Our career model is set up equally for an expert in a technical career or a management path
• Use opportunities to make your code open source and show your achievements at international conferences
• We offer competitive compensation with benefits like relocation support, company gym, smartphone or tablet, company bikes, rooftop terrace with BBQ and much more

Excited to start your journey with InnoGames and join our dynamic team as a Frontend Developer? We look forward to receiving your application (cover letter, CV, and references) as well as your salary expectations and earliest possible start date through our online application form. Maximilian Kaeding would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

InnoGames, based in Hamburg, is one of the leading developers and publishers of online games with more than 200 million registered players around the world. Currently, more than 400 people from 30 nations are working in the Hamburg-based headquarters. We have been characterized by dynamic growth ever since the company was founded in 2007. In order to further expand our success and to realize new projects, we are constantly looking for young talents, experienced professionals, and creative thinkers.

Interested? Apply now.

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Starting at 2:00 p.m. PST today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha & Beta Rings will begin receiving the latest 1906 Xbox One system update (19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1906\18362.4036.190524-1924).

DETAILS:

• OS version released: 19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1906\18362.4036.190524-1924
• Available: 2:00PM PDT 5/26/19
• Mandatory Date/Time: 3:00 AM PDT 5/27/19

New Features:

In this 1906 update you’ll find fixes and known issues listed below, please keep an eye out for feature announcements as they’re ready to be previewed. Thanks, as always, for your passion for helping make Xbox One system updates the best they can be prior to release to GA!

Mixer

• Users can watch full-screen Mixer streams on the Mixer Twist.  Simply navigate to the Mixer twist, select a stream and hit A.  Please test out these new features and provide feedback.

Fixes:

My Games and Apps

• Fixed an issue in which some games were stalling or crashing when installing.

 System

• UI fixes to Home to correctly show when your Game Pass subscription is expiring.
• Narrator fixes to various parts of Home and the Dashboard. Localization fixes.

Known Issues:

Audio

• Headsets are not being assigned to the users profiles and not working correctly.

Profile Color

• Sometimes users may encounter the incorrect Profile color when powering on the console.

© 2019 Valve Corporation. All rights reserved. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries.

Season of Opulence Begins

Imperial Summons

All players who have completed Forsaken may acquire an Imperial Summons from Benedict 99-40 in the Tower. This quest grants Power Surge gear.

Crown of Sorrow raid begins at 4 PM PDT.

Sandbox

Weapons

Ace of Spades

• No longer two-taps when paired with One-Eyed Mask’s Vengeance perk if the victim has at least 4 resilience.
• Memento Mori restored to 6 bullets, but bullets are now lost on stow.

Lord of Wolves

• Release the Wolves perk can now be activated on special reload instead of on kill.
• Normal burst damage decreased by 20%.
• Release the Wolves non-precision damage decreased by 23%; precision damage decreased by 34%.

Sleeper Simulant

• Reduced bounce damage against bosses, minibosses, and vehicles by 95%.
• Reduced precision multiplier, but increased base damage by 66%.
• This change results in precision shots dealing approximately the same damage as before, but you are punished less for landing non-precision shots.

Sturm and Drang

• Storm and Stress max overcharge rounds increased to 99.
• “Sturm Overcharge” buff text now displays the number of overcharge rounds.
• Overcharge damage increased by 100% in PvE.
• Fixed an issue where a 10% precision damage bonus remained on Sturm when it had used all its overcharge rounds.

Whisper of the Worm

• White Nail perk now loads the magazine from reserves.
• Increased ammo reserves to max 18 without armor perks.
• Fixed an issue where White Nail would fail to activate under certain network conditions.

Luna’s Howl/Not Forgotten

• RPM changed to 150; damage was adjusted to match other 150 RPM (lightweight) Hand Cannons.
• These weapons still retain the Precision sub-archetype benefits and firing animation.
• Magnificent Howl has been reworked.
• Rapidly landing two precision hits now increases damage and range on your next shot.
• The damage increase affects only non-precision damage, but the bonus range is applied regardless.
• Fixed an issue where Magnificent Howl would be slow to activate under certain network conditions.

Fusion Rifles (Non-Exotic)

Damage increased against PvE combatants:

• High-impact increased by 30%.
• Precision increased by 44%.
• Adaptive increased by 44%.
• Rapid-fire increased by 47%.

Exotic Fusion Rifles

Note: Changes to Exotic Fusion Rifles are due to archetype tweaks and not direct changes; most of these are minor.

Jötunn

• Changes affect PvE damage only.
• Impact damage increased by 10%.
• Detonation damage reduced by 15%.
• DOT damage increased by 10%.
• This results in an overall 5% increase in total damage.

Merciless

• Damage of first bullet at slowest charge time increased by 30%, which decreases as the weapon reaches its fastest charge time. Damage at the fastest charge time is unchanged.

Telesto

• Impact damage increased by 49%.
• Detonation increased by 3%.
• This is an overall damage increase of 4%.

Submachine Guns

• Minor adjustment to idle pose for SMG archetype to help set it apart from the rifle archetypes.
• Updated firing animations to better reflect the shooting experience of an SMG.

Dev Commentary: These changes apply to hipfire only, and do not impact accuracy. The goal of this change was to enhance the feeling of shooting an SMG. We’ve added a random fire pose that will add variation and make the gun feel a little more unstable and lively in your hands. We’ve also added a progressive fire animation that will give your Guardian a feeling of gripping and controlling the more active weapon during sustained fire.

Swords

• General
• Ammo capacity increased to a max of 70.
• Starting ammo increased by 10.
• Black Talon
• Ground and aerial projectile ammo cost increased from 3 to 4.
• Adaptive Frame
• Ground uppercut ammo cost increased from 3 to 4.
• Aggressive Frame
• Now lunge at target with their aerial light attack.
• Light attack consolidated into a single damage event.
• Slam attack consolidated into a single damage event.
• Slam attack ammo cost increased from 3 to 4.
• Lightweight Frame
• Tuned damage output.
• Ground light attack increased by 17%.
• Aerial light attack decreased by 21%.
• Ground dash attack increased by 87%.
• Aerial dash attack increased by 78%.
• No ammo aerial light attack decreased by 49%.
• All other no-ammo attacks decreased by 15%.
• Ground dash attack ammo cost increased from 2 to 3.

General

• Fixed an issue where magazine-size indicators didn’t display the proper arrows when changing magazine perks on the Breath of the Dragon and Trackless Waste SMGs.
• Truesight’s “weakened” enemy highlight or glowing will no longer appear to flicker erratically.

Armor

Super-Generating Exotic Armor

• Skull of Dire Ahamkara, Orpheus Rigs, and Phoenix Protocol now grant Super energy back on diminishing returns, making it rarer to get a full Super back.
• Shards of Galanor and Ursa Furiosa had their Super gain caps reduced to be in parity with other Super Exotic changes.
• Adjusted amount of Spectral Blade Super restoration when defeating enemies with Gwisin Vest.
• 1 PvP kill = 11.1% → 8.3%
• 2 PvP kills = 19.1% → 12.5%
• 3 PvP kills = 20.8% → 14.2%
• 4 PvP kills = 21% → 15.8%
• 5 PvP kills = 21% → 16.7%
• 1 Dreg kill = 7% → 11.1%
• 2 Dreg kills = 17.7% → 14.3%
• 3 Dreg kills = 20% → 16.5%
• 4 Dreg kills = 20.9% → 16.9%
• 5 Dreg kills = 21% → 17.1%
• Minor adjustments to the Heavy Ammo Finder perk.

Gemini Jester

• Increased duration of disorient and no-radar effects by 0.5 seconds.

Aeon Gauntlets

• Potency of energy given by Aeon Arms increased for all classes.
• Titans now trigger Aeon Arms off of melee kills instead of barricade, and they receive melee energy.
• Visual effects on Aeon Gauntlets altered for all classes to distinguish between a player whose energy is full or not.

Abilities

• Fixed an issue where “Six-Shooter” refunds a bullet when destroying Titan barricades.
• Fixed an issue where “Entropic Pull” melee and “Devour” melee were applying a physics impulse that pushed enemies away.
• Fixed an issue where using Chaos Reach with Geomag Stabilizers could sometimes lead to weapons disappearing.
• Fixed an issue where players could gain full grenade energy when canceling out of a Nova Warp Super.
• Fixed an issue where Combination Blow’s melee damage buff was buffing the Arc Staff Super in PvP environments.
• Note: This was addressed for PvE in a previous update.
• Moving between overlapping Wells of Radiance no longer lead to removing the buff earlier than expected.

Investment

Clans

Emotes

Eververse

Rewards UI/UX

Note: There are still actions that will cancel the apply function, such as hitting the “Preview” button, exiting Inventory early, letting up on the “Apply” button too early, or completely moving the cursor off of the item being applied.

Vendors

General

Activities

Raids

Crucible

Patrol

Heroic Adventures

Strikes

Tower

Niobe Labs/Bergusia Forge

Commando/Zero Hour

Misc.

If you prefer your puzzle experiences to be mixed with some platforming action, the momentum and physics-based puzzle platformer Deleveled might be worth keeping an eye on. The game launches on the Switch eShop this Autumn for $9.99 and is from The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild – previously responsible for The Bridge, Tumblestone and Almost There: The Platformer.

In Deleveled, you control two characters simultaneously who fall in opposite directions. One falls down, while the other falls upwards. Neither can actually jump, but both can exchange momentum through solid objects. The requirement is to use your characters to flip switches in order to exit each level. All up, you’ll work your through ten worlds and experience more than 100 levels. Each area is filled with secrets and there are even bonus levels to explore. This is supported by a chiptune soundtrack, with each world uniquely scored.

Tell us below if you would be interested in trying out this puzzle platformer when it is eventually released.

Elephants used to wander freely across Asia. Today, they roam through a fraction of the landthey used to. As the human population grows, Asian elephant habitat continues to shrink. In Africa, the story isn’t much brighter: In addition to dwindling habitat, the African elephant contends with an illegal ivory trade that kills more than 20,000 elephants a year. Conservationists and researchers are doing all they can. But with fewer than 500,000 elephants left worldwide, time is running out. 
 
That’s where programs like AI for Earth come in.  
 
AI for Earth grants are awarded to projects that change the way people and organizations monitor, model and, ultimately, manage Earth’s natural systems.  
 
More than 300 grants have been given to projects in 60 countries. That’s good news for elephants — and other animals, too. See how researchers, conservationists and scientists are using Microsoft’s cloud and AI tools to understand diverse species and safeguard vulnerable animals.  

Elephants

Organizations like Conservation Metrics (with the Elephant Listening Project) use AI-enabled tools to help ensure a better future for the elephants. To monitor and predict poaching threats, Conservation Metrics and the Elephant Listening Project use acoustic surveys, and Save the Elephants relies on GPS tracking collars.   

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