Ubisoft sets sights on VR, AI shakeups in future of gaming


Attendees try Ubisoft games at the Ubisoft Forward livestream event in Los Angeles, California, on June 12, 2023. After a decade that saw the revolutionary rise of free-to-play smartphone games and titles streamed directly from the Internet cloud, Guillemot thinks VR is likely to be the next major industry disruptor. — AFP

LOS ANGELES: French videogame titan Ubisoft is eyeing artificial intelligence and virtual reality as the next big things in gaming, its chief executive said, especially ahead of the release of Apple’s new mixed reality headset.

Ubisoft has long been known to take chances on new gaming innovations – the company launched an early partnership with Nintendo on its 2006 sensation the Wii console.

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