Perfect Worlds
Fake Airlines, Planes, and Pilots: the Parallel Universe of Virtual Aviation
The little-known hobby that has hundreds of thousands obsessed.
The Team That Brought Homer Simpson into the Third Dimension
20 years ago, a fledgling computer animation shop helped Homer Simpson step into a new dimension for the first time.
I Stared Into the Void at a Secret Light Show in Las Vegas
It’s the only piece of art I’ve ever had to sign a liability waiver to view.
Inside EVE Online's Homegrown Media Apparatus
At 12 years old, Eve Online has become so deep and so large that it needs an in-game news media.
Choose Between Baltimore Cops and Protesters in this Riot Simulator, Coming Soon
The timing of 'Riot: Civil Unrest' is coincidental, but fitting.
How a Superintelligent AI Could Convince You That You're a Simulation
The famous thought experiment frames the problems with designing artificial intelligence.
This Piano Simulator Seems Dumb But Is Actually Super Fun
Touch Pianist lets you play songs using your touch screen or the keys on your computer keyboard.
Why Do We Play Video Games That Feel Like Work?
Video games offer a utopian version of work: one where your goals are clearly defined and you're in control.
Scientists Are Simulating Life After Driverless Cars
And as usual, human nature is the biggest problem.
There Is Growing Evidence that Our Universe Is a Giant Hologram
If this depiction of space is correct, then like any computer, there is an inherent limit to the universe’s data storage and processing capacity.
Sillyspeak: the Art of Making a Fake Language
How simulated mini-languages are used in the laboratory.