This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For a long time, the architectural world seemed convinced that the only way to make a building feel healthy was to ...

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On a warm afternoon last fall, Steven Caron, a technical artist at the video-game company Quixel, stood at the edge of a redwood grove in the Oakland Hills. “Cross your eyes, kind of blur your eyes, ...

Artificial intelligence is often thought of as disembodied: a mind like a program, floating in a digital void. But human minds are deeply intertwined with our bodies — and an experiment with virtual ...

Emma (she/her) is an Evergreen Editor at DualShockers. During her time with DualShockers, she has had a handful of roles including writer, specialist, and editor, and has led some of the biggest ...

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