Elsewhere Electric is a co-op puzzle game coming to Quest and PC VR, where one player explores the world in VR while the other joins in on mobile.
Set in an eerie facility, players will step into the shoes of two Elsewhere Electric employees sent to investigate the abandoned building and get it back online. An asymmetric workload splits responsibility between a VR player and a mobile one, with communication playing a key role in progression and puzzle-solving success. As seen during today’s Future Games Show, here’s the new trailer.
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As the VR player physically explores the facility’s unnerving depths, the mobile player relays key information about the space to ensure they make it out alive. Haunting invisible creatures, world-shifting abilities, and curious language cyphers complicate your expedition further as you and your friend try to solve problems and survive.
Games by Stitch describes Elsewhere Electric as a “spooky roguelike Metroidvania,” and it’s not the studio’s first foray into VR. The team previously released mystical escape room simulator Flow Weaver and cosmic horror game Broken Spectre.
Elsewhere Electric is coming to Quest and Steam this Summer. The free accompanying mobile app is available on Android and iOS.
Update Notice
This article was initially published on January 24, 2025. We updated it on March 20, 2025, when the first official trailer was revealed.
As the 2025 Linux
Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF)
approaches, the density of memory-management patches on the mailing lists
has increased. Included among those are patches aimed at improving the
reliability and performance of huge-page allocation, implementing page
promotion on tiered-memory systems, adding a different approach to
deduplicating memory, and replacing the BPF memory allocator. Read on for
an overview of each.
If you’re building a new, no-compromise (or low-compromise) gaming PC, a great place to start for primary storage is Crucial’s T705. When we reviewed it last month, we called it the “fastest SSD for gamers and creators” thanks to its combination of ultra-high sequential transfers, low latency, and top performance in trace-based test. Even
With my launch day testing of the Radeon RX 9070 graphics cards on Linux the Mesa RADV driver was used given that is what is predominantly used by Linux gamers/enthusiasts and is used out-of-the-box by all of the major Linux distributions. Last week AMD released an AMDVLK Vulkan driver with RDNA4 GPU support as the company’s official open-source Vulkan API Linux driver. For those curious how the Mesa RADV and AMDVLK drivers are competing for the Radeon RX 9070 series, this article is for you with benchmarks of both drivers and both RX 9070 graphics cards.
A day-one patch for Assassin’s Creed Shadows will address criticisms of how the open-world RPG allows players to go on a violent rampage through religious shrines in 1500s Japan. Parts of specific buildings will no longer be destructible, and the monks inside will no longer bleed when hit, following recent comments on…
Seven years in the making, this is a video of BuildsByBaz’s lifesize (28-foot) replica of a Colonial Viper Mark II spaceship from Battlestar Galactica. It’s glorious. Could you imagine sitting in the cockpit of that thing making pew-pew noises to yourself? That’s what my dreams are made of. Just kidding, most of my dreams are made of being chased or all my teeth falling out, and sometimes I’ll pee a little IRL.
A bunch more build photos, videos and information at Baz’s website HERE.
In case you need further evidence that companies involved in AI chip manufacturing are looking to give themselves whatever edge they can, SoftBank is adding to its institutional expertise by buying former Intel president Renee James’ Ampere Computing. The conglomerate is paying $6.5 billion in cash for the chip design business.
Ampere, which James founded in 2018, focused on cloud-native computing at first. No prizes for guessing which area the company has moved into since then: “sustainable AI compute,” according to a press release.
SoftBank is betting that Ampere will bolster Arm’s research and development. It was reported last month that Arm, which SoftBank also owns, is working on an in-house chip.
“As SoftBank Group broadens its AI infrastructure investments in ventures such as Cristal intelligence and Stargate, the acquisition will help enhance SoftBank Group’s capabilities in key areas and accelerate its growth initiatives,” the company said in a statement. Ampere is set to keep its name and run as a wholly owned subsidiary after the deal closes, which is expected to happen later this year pending regulatory approval and other closing conditions.
“With a shared vision for advancing AI, we are excited to join SoftBank Group and partner with its portfolio of leading technology companies,” James, who is CEO of Ampere, said in a statement. “This is a fantastic outcome for our team, and we are excited to drive forward our AmpereOne roadmap for high performance Arm processors and AI.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/softbank-is-buying-ex-intel-president-renee-james-chip-design-company-for-65-billion-141112408.html?src=rss
Sennheiser’s consumer audio division is steadily building its entry-level HD 500 series of headphones this year. The latest hardware to hit the shelves is the HD 550 open-back set that touts a featherweight design, a frequency response of 6Hz to 39.5 kHz, and modular components, which means users can easily swap out earpads and cables to suit
Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has warned that the company’s revived smartwatch line will face significant functionality limitations when paired with iPhones, blaming Apple’s restrictive policies that favor its own Apple Watch. “It’s impossible for a 3rd party smartwatch to send text messages, or perform actions on notifications (like dismissing, muting, replying) and many, many other things,” Migicovsky wrote in a blog post, adding that the situation has “actually gotten worse over the last 8 years.”
A 2024 class action lawsuit cited in the post claims Apple has added further restrictions since iOS 13, including requiring users to display full content previews on their lock screens for notifications to reach third-party watches. Pebble is still developing an iOS app because 40% of potential customers use iPhones, he said. Migicovsky warned that the watch will “always appear to have less developed functionality on iOS than Android” and some features will arrive on Android first.
Enriched Lithium is a critical ingredient in fusion reactors. Making it is a toxic nightmare, but scientists may have found a way to do it without poisoning the world.
If you’ve ever sat in front of your Windows PC wondering exactly what is causing it to run so sluggishly, some clarity may be on the way: Microsoft is testing a new FAQ page in Windows 11 that will analyze your system specs and give you some advice about why you might not be seeing top performance speeds.
The feature is currently hidden away in the preview release of Windows—it’s not even active in the earliest testing version—but developer @phantomofearth.bsky.social has managed to access the relevant screens and find out how they work. The new page will apparently make its home in the System tab of Settings.
As per the screens shared online, an example of a frequently asked question is: “Is my GPU sufficient for high end gaming and video experience? How can having a dedicated GPU enhance my experience and productivity?” The answer then explains that less than 4GB of memory for a GPU can lead to lower performance and visual quality.
New Frequently Asked Questions list in Settings > System > About hidden in builds 26120.3576 and 22635.5090. Has some questions related to the Windows version and device specs. (vivetool /enable /id:55305888)[image or embed]
Then there’s: “How does having 4-8GB of RAM impact my PC’s performance? Can I run modern applications smoothly with this RAM capacity?” The response explains that you’ll be fine editing documents and browsing the web, though tasks such as photo and video editing may be more of a challenge for your system.
These questions and answers will apparently be tailored to each specific system, so you’ll only get information that’s relevant to your own setup. This could potentially be pretty useful when it comes to figuring out what’s slowing down the performance of your computer, or getting advice on which component needs an upgrade.
It’s worth bearing in mind that a huge chunk of Windows users aren’t even going to know what RAM is, let alone how it impacts the performance of their system. For those users, I could see the FAQ section being helpful—certainly more helpful than a dry list of system specs, which is all that’s available right now.
Right now, Windows 11 gives you a basic list of system specs. Credit: Lifehacker
That said, the responses are a little on the generic side (I really hope Microsoft hasn’t given Copilot the job of writing them). Information like “a high-end GPU can provide better graphics, smoother gameplay, and faster processing” isn’t exactly a revelation, and doesn’t really quantify how much improvement a user might see with a graphics card upgrade—so some estimates on potential performance gains would be welcome.
However, the more precise these FAQs get, the greater the risk of inaccuracies: Microsoft wouldn’t want a user to be in the situation of buying an expensive GPU upgrade only to see minimal performance boosts because of a slow CPU, for example. Assessing PC speeds and the contribution of each component is a complicated business, which is probably why these FAQs are rather vague at the moment.
Hopefully, Microsoft can work in some more specifics before this feature actually launches without running the risk of misleading users. Of course, a lot of the details also might change between now and whenever this gets pushed to all Windows users—if indeed it ever does see the light of day. But it’s a potentially useful new addition to the OS that will provide some extra context to your system specs.
POC’s new road and MTB helmets have been ranked as the safest Virginia Tech’s Helmet Lab has ever tested.
The Cytal road helmet and Cularis MTB helmet are rated number one in their respective classes by Virginia Tech.
POC says safety performance and ventilation were its priorities when developing the new helmets.
“We know how to develop highly ventilated, comfortable, aerodynamic and highly protective helmets; with the Cytal and Cularis, we wanted to challenge ourselves to take another step forward,” says POC’s chief product officer, Oscar Huss.
“In particular, we wanted to integrate more of our real-world testing and research knowledge to refine details and enhance helmet performance. And the Cytal and Cularis are a true embodiment of this approach.”
POC Cytal
POC’s Cytal road and gravel helmet in Hydrogen White. Poc Sports
Building on the success of the POC Cytal Carbon, released in the summer of 2024 and worn by EF Pro Cycling, the new Cytal road and gravel helmet is optimised for hot-weather riding.
According to POC, the Cytal uses the Venturi effect to channel air into the helmet and compress it, which improves both the cooling effect and aerodynamics.
The Cytal uses the same design as the Cytal Carbon, although without the carbon fibre used in the wing, the pricing becomes more accessible.
While the existing Cytal Carbon retails at £360 / $400 / €400, the new Cytal is priced at £290 / $330 / €320 / AU$500.
The use of CFD modelling has helped POC optimise airflow through the Cularis helmet. Poc Sports
Alongside Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling, the Cytal has also been tested thoroughly in the wind tunnel and in real-world scenarios to inform the development process.
Besides integrating the MIPS Air Node system to limit the impact of rotational forces on the brain, the Cytal’s safety features have also been developed using Finite Element Method (FEM) modelling.
You can choose from nine colourways, including multiple monochrome options alongside ‘deep green’, navy, red and orange.
POC Cularis
The POC Cularis MTB helmet in Hydrogen White.
A new model in POC’s line-up, the Cularis is a trail mountain bike helmet that’s designed to combine optimal safety with maximum ventilation.
POC’s product development team have been working with CFD modelling to make sure the Cularis provides a “super cool” fit.
Most notably, the Cularis ranks #1 out of 264 helmets tested at Virginia Tech since 2011, making it the safest MTB helmet it has ever tested.
The helmet features a ‘breakaway peak’, which is designed to detach in the event of a crash, as well as the MIPS Air Node system, for enhanced protection from angular impacts.
The POC Cularis retails at £200 / $240 / €230 / AU$350, and is available in three sizes and a choice of nine colourways.
Video games and their accompanying hardware have been a big part of mainstream entertainment for decades with billions of gamers worldwide partaking in the pastime. This segment is also not immune to the slings and arrows of fortune, and thus plummeting sales at certain times. To that end, video game hardware spending is down about 11% in
After what felt like an near-endless barrage of leaks and rumors, Google finally lifted the curtain on its Pixel 9a, a midrange Android handset that is poised to battle Apple’s recently launched iPhone 16e. Both are priced similarly, though the Pixel 9a has a $100 price advantage—it starts at $499, versus $599 for Apple’s replacement to the
