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<p>Published 17 March 2025</p>
<p>e505 with Michael and Michael &#8211; stories and discussion on AI technical & security challenges, a Metallica augmented concert, Dungeons & Dragons and much more.</p>
<p>Michael and Michael get things started off while Andy is away with a discussion on the security challenges and technical complexity for AI implementations for Siri and in upscaling video.&nbsp; They then turn to another set of AI game generation and playing experiences using Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros.&nbsp; There have been many such stories in the past years where the level of AI sophistication has been tested by either developing game code or leveraging machine learning to play a game. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Moving into the augmented experience world, Michael R gives his firsthand impressions of the new Apple Vision Pro Metallica immersive concert. He was very impressed &#8211; listen into the episode for the specific vignettes that were most intriguing to him.&nbsp; This spurred a conversation between Michael and Michael about ways to potentially interact with such immersive experiences in the style that the 1983 game Dragon’s Lair used to highlight choices for the player.&nbsp; Take a look at the YouTube video below for this game mechanic.&nbsp; In another story, Lowe’s Home Improvement is using the Apple Vision Pro to help you visualize your kitchen design.&nbsp; This also reminds the co-hosts of similar experiences from Ikea.</p>
<p>The team then heads over to the Pokemon Go Gym to exercise the story the recent sale by Niantic of the game (and the game’s data) to Scopely.&nbsp; Michael and Michael imagine how in-game rewards could generate immensely valuable (near) real time location data collection.&nbsp; Last, the team wraps up with a couple of Dungeons and Dragons stories &#8211; one on the tabletop augmented experience and another on a colossal D20.</p>
<p>How would you like to experience a concert or sporting event from the comfort of your living room?&nbsp; Have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know!&nbsp;</p>
<p>These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot.&nbsp; All rights reserved.&nbsp; That’s our story and we’re sticking to it.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Selected Links</strong></h2>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>AI</strong></h2>
<p>9 to 5 Mac article: <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/13/apple-commenter-john-gruber-launches-blistering-attack-on-rotten-apple-over-siri-vaporware/">Apple commenter John Gruber launches blistering attack on ‘rotten’ Apple over Siri vaporware</a></p>
<p>Vice article: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/netflix-used-ai-upscale-a-different-world/">Netflix Used AI to Upscale ‘A Different World’ and It’s a Melted Nightmare</a></p>
<p>The Guardian article: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/mar/11/ai-pac-man-clones-reviewed-grok">‘A lot worse than expected’: AI Pac-Man clones, reviewed</a></p>
<p><a href="https://pacman.com/en/history/">Pac-Man history</a></p>
<p>Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2025/03/10/e504-can-you-digg-it/">e504: Can you Digg It?</a> for <a href="http://fly.pieter.com">fly.pieter.com</a>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Boy Genius Report article: <a href="https://bgr.com/tech/claude-3-7-outperforms-other-ai-in-super-mario-bros-but-its-still-no-gamer/">Claude-3.7 outperforms other AI in Super Mario Bros, but it’s still no gamer</a></p>
<p><a href="https://mario.nintendo.com/history/">Super Mario Bros history</a></p>
<p>Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2019/01/29/episode-225-ah-ha-its-ai/">e225: Ah-ha, it’s AI!</a> for AI playing Q*Bert</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>AR</strong></h2>
<p>MacStories article: <a href="https://www.macstories.net/news/metallica-is-coming-to-the-apple-vision-pro/">Metallica Is Coming to the Apple Vision Pro</a></p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/bxZeVKA6pUo?si=KeSQlVMftrj9gXmQ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe allow="autoplay *; encrypted-media *;" frameborder="0" height="150" style="width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.music.apple.com/us/album/enter-sandman/579372950?i=579373079"></iframe></p>
<p>Wikipedia article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon's_Lair">Dragon’s Lair</a></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/C-dg4J9_nes?si=cvYmEK6nGAJEy2Qh" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>9 to 5 Mac article: <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/10/apple-vision-pro-lowes-demo/">Apple Vision Pro demos expanding to new Lowe’s stores</a></p>
<p>Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2021/09/06/episode-336-pancaking-robots/">e336: Pancaking Robots</a> for Pancake “furniture as a service” and Ikea</p>
<p>Apple App Store: <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magic-room-lidar-environment/id6477834941">Magic Room: LiDAR Environment</a></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>AR / VR Games</strong></h2>
<p>TechCrunch article: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/pokemon-go-maker-niantic-is-selling-its-games-division-to-scopely-for-3-5b/">Pokémon GO maker Niantic is selling its games division to Scopely for $3.5B</a></p>
<p>404 Media article: <a href="https://www.404media.co/saudi-arabia-buys-pokemon-go-and-probably-all-of-your-location-data/">Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data</a></p>
<p>Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2025/03/03/e503-death-watch/">e503: Death Watch</a> for Scaniverse</p>
<p>Polygon article: <a href="https://www.polygon.com/dnd-dungeons-dragons/537899/sigil-vtt-review">After years in development, D&D’s Unreal-powered virtual tabletop still feels off</a></p>
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<p>Hello Mastodon! I&#39;m a power engineer who is trying out solo game development and on the way to release Power Network Tycoon &#8211; a game where you build and manage your own electrical grid with real physics simulation.</p>
<p>If you&#39;ve ever wondered how power systems actually work (or why they fail), this might be your jam. I built it to be technically accurate while still being fun. To say it&#39;s been a challenge is an understatement</p>
<p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2429930/Power_Network_Tycoon/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">store.steampowered.com/app/242</span><span class="invisible">9930/Power_Network_Tycoon/</span></a></p>
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            <a class="ftf-fediverse-post-embed-link" href="https://mastodon.social/@DavidMadeThis/114139247469648933">2025-03-10T17:11:40.896Z</a>
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<p>Tindie post: <a href="https://www.tindie.com/products/eean/massive-light-up-d20/">Massive Light Up D20</a></p>
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