I don't think AI generation is bad but we all know people can't resist the urge to use it in a bad way so.

Probably mostly picture adventure games using it.

I think AI for voice acting is pretty neat and a good solution if a studio isn't FAT with cash. (they can pay someone or use their own voices to train the models, no need to steal famous actors voices!!!!)

I'd like to see it being used for in-game Interaction such as using it to program behaviour models of AI characters so they react better and can even understand player.

We will need to put up with the waves of trash AI gen content for a while until a developer actually decides to use generative AI in a GOOD way.

As for stealing everyone's data, yeah seems that is how they work, up to the studio to ensure they aren't just straight stealing copyrighted/trademarked content since AI can at times just copy/paste someone's unique licenced work...

I don't think its wrong for a AI algorithm to learn how to do things from real-world examples as long as its output is transformative and NOT just copying. (Humans do this)

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Only if its used to create/generate compatibility layers including layers to keep server infrastructure emulated.
BUT that is likely not what their talking about.

Also I do believe the Generative-AI thing will crash down hard; but in its place will come General-AI which will replace us at a geometric rate. Governments/People won't be able to react fast enough with the disruptions that brings (SkyNet jokes aside)

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I'm sure this is EPIC's excuse and many other big corpo game stores.

They really don't use or even remotely understand Steam, if they did, they'd get it.

Steam does so many things, is being developed, offers rewards for people just using it, has community, modding, even linux and compatibility support. It does it all, even VR and Indie games.

Making an annoying Store App, is not enough. There was a point in time when Steam was annoying to use as well, not any-more.

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Be nice to one day ditch Gamescope for HDR. It has issues to say the least...

ATM the Wine Wayland driver has input capture issues, DPI scaling issues (winecfg dpi setting can fix), and DLSS not working, plus a bunch of other minor issues. BUT HDR does work with it at least...

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NOPE

VRR not fixed. Broke still. Shame

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Pretty sure Multi-VRR can ONLY be done on Wayland. X11 is not capable of it. As I'm told.

A earlier release of this had a HDMI2.1 bug which caused blackouts in Multi VRR mode or disabled VRR or black flickering in games.

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They should update Dying Light 2 to its much earlier graphical fidelity..

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I'll have to check this out again sometime. (I keep telling myself that)

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I imagine this could be something close to what they may offer to their new VR headset which will have a standalone mode I'd assume. Little skeptical if they can fit in INSIDE the headset, but perhaps a addon that sits on the back or top of strap?

With advancements in rear-re-projection and frame generation, I think it is now possible to have a 120Hz standalone VR headset that can run things like HL Alyx. Assuming AMD has some internal special custom hardware Valve has access to (very likely). (also keep in mind that controls can be disconnected to the rendering pipeline, so latency issues would be very minimal)

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Smart devs are rare. It is a shame the game is so damn grindy, I do have some of the top tier stuff unlocked but haven't played for a year and rarely grind anymore as it often turns into too much work. (unless you pay money)

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