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Multiplayer Online Science

60 points by hyperific 3y ago

smegsicle 3y ago
might want to rethink the logo if they don't want people to think it's a microsoft project
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solarpunk 3y ago
Don't let DARPA find out about this or we'll have a public-private partnership between Valve and Raytheon operating functional manhack arcades in the next half life installment.
- hyperific 3y ago
  This reminds me of the time DARPA crowd sourced sub hunting drone testing in Dangerous Waters. https://www.networkworld.com/article/752576/software-free-darpa-software-lets-gamers-hunt-submarines.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/752576/software-free-da...
- karaterobot 3y ago
  I know not with what weapons Half-Life III will be fought, but Half-Life IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Ha ha, just kidding, they'll never make Half-Life 3.
- pyinstallwoes 3y ago
  They already funded MMO's like EverQuest through Sony Online Entertainment / Verant Interactive, Inc. This was to facilitate the research for live battle "simulations" using the same technology for "theater operations." When I was researching this, I found a surprising amount of DoD/DARPA related funding into 3D graphics, and games. It kind of gave me an uncanny valley vibe of irony, in the sense that my mind went to a place of a cosmic joke that the Demiurge was an AGI born out of these efforts and it's been live for who knows how long. But yeah, that's just my crazy side on the second part...
neets 3y ago
Reminds me of Daemon by Daniel Suraez
dpflan 3y ago
What is the motivation for gaming companies to use this “thin layer API” in their games? Do they get a cut of some funding pool, or just some good karma?
staflow 3y ago
Yes very useful because bottleneck in nanoparticle and organic chemistry research is definitely a shitty online metaverse, now CERN researchers can finally come together to innovate!
nullandvoid 3y ago
Could this be implemented as a Captcha? From what I've heard bots can solve current image based versions better than humans anyway.
TruthWillHurt 3y ago
If you can turn the problem into a game you've already solved it.. don't see the value here (except saving compute time by using humans for pattern recognition instead of computers).
- YoshiRulz 3y ago
  Not necessarily; take protein folding for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldit#Accomplishments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldit#Accomplishments
NooneAtAll3 3y ago
but is it possible to try this outside pay-to-play games?
low_tech_love 3y ago
Interesting example of a “the more you read the less you understand” website!
- karaterobot 3y ago
  The video has more information, but even the video has a lot of filler, so start from 2:12. https://youtu.be/L_mH6Ak_Ny0?feature=shared&t=132 https://youtu.be/L_mH6Ak_Ny0?feature=shared&t=132

60 points by hyperific 3y ago

smegsicle 3y ago

might want to rethink the logo if they don't want people to think it's a microsoft project

deleted 3y ago
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solarpunk 3y ago

Don't let DARPA find out about this or we'll have a public-private partnership between Valve and Raytheon operating functional manhack arcades in the next half life installment.

hyperific 3y ago
This reminds me of the time DARPA crowd sourced sub hunting drone testing in Dangerous Waters. https://www.networkworld.com/article/752576/software-free-darpa-software-lets-gamers-hunt-submarines.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/752576/software-free-da...
karaterobot 3y ago
I know not with what weapons Half-Life III will be fought, but Half-Life IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Ha ha, just kidding, they'll never make Half-Life 3.
pyinstallwoes 3y ago
They already funded MMO's like EverQuest through Sony Online Entertainment / Verant Interactive, Inc. This was to facilitate the research for live battle "simulations" using the same technology for "theater operations." When I was researching this, I found a surprising amount of DoD/DARPA related funding into 3D graphics, and games. It kind of gave me an uncanny valley vibe of irony, in the sense that my mind went to a place of a cosmic joke that the Demiurge was an AGI born out of these efforts and it's been live for who knows how long. But yeah, that's just my crazy side on the second part...

neets 3y ago

Reminds me of Daemon by Daniel Suraez

dpflan 3y ago

What is the motivation for gaming companies to use this “thin layer API” in their games? Do they get a cut of some funding pool, or just some good karma?

staflow 3y ago

Yes very useful because bottleneck in nanoparticle and organic chemistry research is definitely a shitty online metaverse, now CERN researchers can finally come together to innovate!

nullandvoid 3y ago

Could this be implemented as a Captcha? From what I've heard bots can solve current image based versions better than humans anyway.

TruthWillHurt 3y ago

If you can turn the problem into a game you've already solved it.. don't see the value here (except saving compute time by using humans for pattern recognition instead of computers).

YoshiRulz 3y ago
Not necessarily; take protein folding for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldit#Accomplishments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldit#Accomplishments

NooneAtAll3 3y ago

but is it possible to try this outside pay-to-play games?

low_tech_love 3y ago

Interesting example of a “the more you read the less you understand” website!

karaterobot 3y ago
The video has more information, but even the video has a lot of filler, so start from 2:12. https://youtu.be/L_mH6Ak_Ny0?feature=shared&t=132 https://youtu.be/L_mH6Ak_Ny0?feature=shared&t=132