Xbox starts Xbox Labs to explore AI-made game ports and mods
Microsoft is forming a small Xbox Labs team to try ideas from fans who use AI to move games to new devices.
Xbox is starting a small team to try new ideas. Some fans use AI to help old games run on new devices. Xbox wants to learn from them. Nothing is ready to play yet.
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Why it matters
Fans are now moving older games to new devices, and Xbox says it wants to learn from that in the open.
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The details
- The Verge reports Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced Xbox Labs on October 13.
- It is a small group of game makers, engineers and scientists.
- Sharma says Xbox will build in the open and share tools and learnings with developers.
- She cites more than 72 billion hours a year spent playing Xbox games.
- No product or date was announced.
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