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Patrick Soon 🥽🎮⚖️
VR/MR Videogame Lawyer @ Meta
There appears to be some confusion - the Patrick Soon you mentioned who works at Meta is not the same Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire entrepreneur and medical researcher.
The Patrick Soon at Meta is a videogame attorney who works at the intersection of corporate and entertainment law.23 He has made some posts on LinkedIn about a game called Population: One and the Metropolis update launch.3
In contrast, Patrick Soon-Shiong is a South African-American businessman, investor, medical researcher, philanthropist, and transplant surgeon.1 He is the founder of NantWorks and the inventor of the cancer drug Abraxane.1 Soon-Shiong has a net worth of $6.2 billion as of 2024 and is the owner of the Los Angeles Times.1
So in summary, while they share the same name, Patrick Soon at Meta and Patrick Soon-Shiong are two completely different people with very different careers and backgrounds. The Patrick Soon you asked about is a videogame lawyer, while Patrick Soon-Shiong is a prominent medical researcher and billionaire.
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🏞️ This is wild.
🎮 In late August, Google researchers released a paper announcing the world's first game engine powered by an AI neural model, GameNGen.
🤖 In this clip, there's no actual Doom code being processed. Instead, GameNGen has remade Doom frame by frame just from seeing another AI play the game: https://lnkd.in/gbvXMuaJ
📝Here's the GitHub link with the research paper: https://lnkd.in/gmrZHK9A
❓ What are the implications of this kind of technology on the gaming industry? What are the risks? Genuinely curious how MS/Xbox feels about this paper, given that Doom is their IP by way of Bethesda (which they acquired for $7.5 billion).
#gamengen #gameengine #gamedevelopment #ai #google #doom
📣 Wow! First impressions are rolling in for Batman: Arkham Shadow! And they're looking good!
📰 Some choice quotes from IGN's review:
🦇 "But how does it actually play? Pretty well, it turns out!" 🦇 "And you know what? It’s pretty fun." 🦇 "It feels cool to beat the ever-loving tar out of the dredges of Gotham." 🦇 "...I’ve played enough to call this a real Arkham game." 🦇 "Should you go out and buy a Meta Quest 3 just for this game? It’s too early to make that call, but at the very least, it has the potential to tempt a lot of people."
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#camouflaj #batman #batmanarkhamshadow #meta #quest3 #warnerbros #arkham #vrgames #virtuareality #gaming
