Today’s headlines deal with the metaverse as a hazy dream but to be constructed. But if it’s outlined as a community of digital worlds we will inhabit, its oldest nook has been already working for 25 years.
It’s a medieval fantasy kingdom created for the web role-playing sport Ultima Online.
It was the primary to simulate a complete world: an enormous, dynamic realm the place gamers might work together with nearly something, from fruit on timber to books on cabinets.
Ultima Online has already endured a quarter-century of market competitors, financial turmoil, and political strife. So what can this sport and its gamers inform us about creating the digital worlds of the longer term? Read the total story.
—John-Clark Levin
How does an EV battery truly work?
The batteries propelling electrical autos have rapidly change into essentially the most essential part, and expense, for a brand new technology of automobiles and vehicles.
The overwhelming majority of electrical autos are powered by lithium-ion batteries, that are additionally present in smartphones. They can maintain excessive voltage and distinctive cost, making them an environment friendly, dense type of vitality storage.
But whereas they’re anticipated to stay dominant in EVs for the foreseeable future, battery builders are working in direction of lighter, cheaper and extra environment friendly alternate options. Read the total story.
—Patrick Sisson