Jetpacks Are Overrated: a technology show

I’ve got a short and sweet chat this week, looking at the state of AI adversaries and challenge systems in video games. Not from the perspective of ‘can this AI beat the humans’, but instead from the idea that AI could do a lot to enhance our enjoyment of game experiences if we start applying it in new ways.

At a recent esports event, the Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice, Poland, I had a chance to have a quick chat with Frank Soqui (So-ki), Intel VP of Gaming, about where AI is heading to better challenge players of all skill levels. And, ultimately, how this feeds into a lot of great use cases for smarter AI systems on our home PCs.

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One device for everything. Can it be done yet? Will it ever really happen? It's such a perennial question as we continue to iterate through the smartphone era. As screen sizes and interfaces change. As the processing power falls into step with laptops. As peripheral and add-on screen options make it easier to adapt to the needs of any given environment.

Samsung's recent smartphones - Galaxy S8 through the latest Note 9 - offer us the DeX system for plugging your phone into a screen, keyboard and mouse at a desk - turning the handset into a full-fledged ChromeOS style experience.

Does it work? I spent a few days using it as my desktop replacement to find out.

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This week I spend some quality time with a Kogan 49-inch 32:9 SuperUltraWidescreen monitor and decide whether or not one really, really big screen is better than working with two separate monitors. From work to gaming, how does this fit into making a daily life at a desk better?

The monitor

https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-49-curved-329-super-ultrawide-144hz-hdr-monitor-3840-x-1080/

SizeUp by Irradiated Software

http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/

AquaSnap by Nurgo Software

https://www.nurgo-software.com/products/aquasnap

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Seamus Byrne speaks with Chris Charla, Director of the ID@Xbox program, that helps independent game developers sell their games on Xbox One. Plus some elevator pitches from some of the indie devs we spotted at PAX Australia.

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Check out another show, 'The Scrapyard', about all things Blizzard games.

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Sometimes when we talk about shiny new technologies, we focus so much on what’s new about it, we can forget to think about whether or not it’s actually going to do anything useful or beautiful.

On this show we’ll review cool new things in practical ways, we’ll talk to innovators about what truly drives their thinking, and we’ll offer advice on putting your tech to work in the best way possible.

This is the tech show about stuff that really makes life better.

Welcome to Jetpacks (Are Overrated).

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