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WARSAW: Polish video Game maker CD Projekt aims to start the production phase of the next Game in its blockbuster "Witcher" series this year, the company's new joint CEO Adam Badowski told Reuters. "We'd like to have around 400 people working on the project by the middle of the year", Badowski said. Badowski, a company veteran, took the helm at CD Projekt along with Michal Nowakowski at the start of the year. The project, called "Polaris", is a new trilogy expanding the universe of the "Witcher" medieval fantasy franchise, which has sold over 75 million copies since the first Game was released in 2007. CD Projekt did not give a premiere date for the first game in the project, but analysts expect it to debut in 2026 or 2027. That leaves the company without major game release in the next couple of years. After a bug-ridden launch of another game "Cyberpunk 2077" in late 2020, CD Projekt has been focused on trans...

Apple is ramping up production of the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, setting the stage for a launch by February, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday citing people with knowledge of the matter. Production of the new headset is at full speed at facilities in China and has been for several weeks, according to the report. The goal is for customer-bound units to be ready by the end of January, with the retail debut planned for the following month, the report added. The Vision Pro, priced at $3,499 launch ed in June and was expected to be available by early 2024 in the US. The company sent an email to software developers on Wednesday encouraging them to "get ready" for the Vision Pro by testing their apps with the latest tools and sending their software to Apple for feedback, according to the report. Media reports in July suggested the iPhone maker had been forced to make major cuts to production forecasts for the headset due to design comp...

Sony Group is increasing its focus on the virtual production business where it is seeing market-beating growth, a company executive said, riding on the strength of the Japanese entertainment conglomerate's technology. The business, which offers virtual production facilities to filmmakers and broadcasters, involves using a wall of light-emitting diode (LED) panels displaying images - a science-fiction landscape or a downtown cityscape - that are integrated into the scene as it is shot. An alternative to green screens, where digital effects are added at a later stage, advantages of the system include more realistic reflections created by light from the panels and greater immersion for actors on set. Sony sees its edge from the company's strength in hardware - the conglomerate makes everything from image sensors for cameras to the supersized LED video walls - and moviemaking expertise as a major player in Hollywood. "It's because we have the hardware that we can ...