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NVIDIA and Microsoft today unveiled product integrations designed to advance full-stack NVIDIA AI development on Microsoft platforms and applications.At Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft announced the launch of the first cloud private preview of the Azure ND GB200 V6 VM series, based on the NVIDIA Blackwell platform. The Azure ND GB200 v6 will be a new AI-optimized virtual machine (VM) series and combines the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 rack design with NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand networking.In addition, Microsoft revealed that Azure Container Apps now supports NVIDIA GPUs, enabling simplified and scalable AI deployment. Plus, the NVIDIA AI platform on Azure includes new reference workflows for industrial AI and an NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for creating immersive, AI-powered visuals.At Ignite, NVIDIA also announced multimodal small language models (SLMs) for RTX AI PCs and workstations, enhancing digital human interactions and virtual assistants with greater realism.NVIDIA Blackwell Powers Next-Gen AI on Microsoft AzureMicrosofts new Azure ND GB200 V6 VM series will harness the powerful performance of NVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchips, coupled with advanced NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand networking. This offering is optimized for large-scale deep learning workloads to accelerate breakthroughs in natural language processing, computer vision and more.The Blackwell-based VM series complements previously announced Azure AI clusters with ND H200 V5 VMs, which provide increased high-bandwidth memory for improved AI inferencing. The ND H200 V5 VMs are already being used by OpenAI to enhance ChatGPT.Azure Container Apps Enables Serverless AI Inference With NVIDIA Accelerated ComputingServerless computing provides AI application developers increased agility to rapidly deploy, scale and iterate on applications without worrying about underlying infrastructure. This enables them to focus on optimizing models and improving functionality while minimizing operational overhead.The Azure Container Apps serverless containers platform simplifies deploying and managing microservices-based applications by abstracting away the underlying infrastructure.Azure Container Apps now supports NVIDIA-accelerated workloads with serverless GPUs, allowing developers to use the power of accelerated computing for real-time AI inference applications in a flexible, consumption-based, serverless environment. This capability simplifies AI deployments at scale while improving resource efficiency and application performance without the burden of infrastructure management.Serverless GPUs allow development teams to focus more on innovation and less on infrastructure management. With per-second billing and scale-to-zero capabilities, customers pay only for the compute they use, helping ensure resource utilization is both economical and efficient. NVIDIA is also working with Microsoft to bring NVIDIA NIM microservices to serverless NVIDIA GPUs in Azure to optimize AI model performance.NVIDIA Unveils Omniverse Reference Workflows for Advanced 3D ApplicationsNVIDIA announced reference workflows that help developers to build 3D simulation and digital twin applications on NVIDIA Omniverse and Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) accelerating industrial AI and advancing AI-driven creativity.A reference workflow for 3D remote monitoring of industrial operations is coming soon to enable developers to connect physically accurate 3D models of industrial systems to real-time data from Azure IoT Operations and Power BI.These two Microsoft services integrate with applications built on NVIDIA Omniverse and OpenUSD to provide solutions for industrial IoT use cases. This helps remote operations teams accelerate decision-making and optimize processes in production facilities.The Omniverse Blueprint for precise visual generative AI enables developers to create applications that let nontechnical teams generate AI-enhanced visuals while preserving brand assets. The blueprint supports models like SDXL and Shutterstock Generative 3D to streamline the creation of on-brand, AI-generated images.Leading creative groups, including Accenture Song, Collective, GRIP, Monks and WPP, have adopted this NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint to personalize and customize imagery across markets.Accelerating Gen AI for Windows With RTX AI PCsNVIDIAs collaboration with Microsoft extends to bringing AI capabilities to personal computing devices.At Ignite, NVIDIA announced its new multimodal SLM, NVIDIA Nemovision-4B Instruct, for understanding visual imagery in the real world and on screen. Its coming soon to RTX AI PCs and workstations and will pave the way for more sophisticated and lifelike digital human interactions.Plus, updates to NVIDIA TensorRT Model Optimizer (ModelOpt) offer Windows developers a path to optimize a model for ONNX Runtime deployment. TensorRT ModelOpt enables developers to create AI models for PCs that are faster and more accurate when accelerated by RTX GPUs. This enables large models to fit within the constraints of PC environments, while making it easy for developers to deploy across the PC ecosystem with ONNX runtimes.RTX AI-enabled PCs and workstations offer enhanced productivity tools, creative applications and immersive experiences powered by local AI processing.Full-Stack Collaboration for AI DevelopmentNVIDIAs extensive ecosystem of partners and developers brings a wealth of AI and high-performance computing options to the Azure platform.SoftServe, a global IT consulting and digital services provider, today announced the availability of SoftServe Gen AI Industrial Assistant, based on the NVIDIA AI Blueprint for multimodal PDF data extraction, on the Azure marketplace. The assistant addresses critical challenges in manufacturing by using AI to enhance equipment maintenance and improve worker productivity.At Ignite, AT&T will showcase how its using NVIDIA AI and Azure to enhance operational efficiency, boost employee productivity and drive business growth through retrieval-augmented generation and autonomous assistants and agents.Learn more about NVIDIA and Microsofts collaboration and sessions at Ignite.See notice regarding software product information.

Generative AI-powered laptops and PCs are unlocking advancements in gaming, content creation, productivity and development. Today, over 600 Windows apps and games are already running AI locally on more than 100 million GeForce RTX AI PCs worldwide, delivering fast, reliable and low-latency performance.At Microsoft Ignite, NVIDIA and Microsoft announced tools to help Windows developers quickly build and optimize AI-powered apps on RTX AI PCs, making local AI more accessible. These new tools enable application and game developers to harness powerful RTX GPUs to accelerate complex AI workflows for applications such as AI agents, app assistants and digital humans.RTX AI PCs Power Digital Humans With Multimodal Small Language ModelsMeet James, an interactive digital human knowledgeable about NVIDIA and its products. James uses a collection of NVIDIA NIM microservices, NVIDIA ACE and ElevenLabs digital human technologies to provide natural and immersive responses.NVIDIA ACE is a suite of digital human technologies that brings life to agents, assistants and avatars. To achieve a higher level of understanding so that they can respond with greater context-awareness, digital humans must be able to visually perceive the world like humans do.Enhancing digital human interactions with greater realism demands technology that enables perception and understanding of their surroundings with greater nuance. To achieve this, NVIDIA developed multimodal small language models that can process both text and imagery, excel in role-playing and are optimized for rapid response times.The NVIDIA Nemovision-4B-Instruct model, soon to be available, uses the latest NVIDIA VILA and NVIDIA NeMo framework for distilling, pruning and quantizing to become small enough to perform on RTX GPUs with the accuracy developers need.The model enables digital humans to understand visual imagery in the real world and on the screen to deliver relevant responses. Multimodality serves as the foundation for agentic workflows and offers a sneak peek into a future where digital humans can reason and take action with minimal assistance from a user.NVIDIA is also introducing the Mistral NeMo Minitron 128k Instruct family, a suite of large-context small language models designed for optimized, efficient digital human interactions, coming soon. Available in 8B-, 4B- and 2B-parameter versions, these models offer flexible options for balancing speed, memory usage and accuracy on RTX AI PCs. They can handle large datasets in a single pass, eliminating the need for data segmentation and reassembly. Built in the GGUF format, these models enhance efficiency on low-power devices and support compatibility with multiple programming languages.Turbocharge Gen AI With NVIDIA TensorRT Model Optimizer for WindowsWhen bringing models to PC environments, developers face the challenge of limited memory and compute resources for running AI locally. And they want to make models available to as many people as possible, with minimal accuracy loss.Today, NVIDIA announced updates to NVIDIA TensorRT Model Optimizer (ModelOpt) to offer Windows developers an improved way to optimize models for ONNX Runtime deployment.With the latest updates, TensorRT ModelOpt enables models to be optimized into an ONNX checkpoint for deploying the model within ONNX runtime environments using GPU execution providers such as CUDA, TensorRT and DirectML.TensorRT-ModelOpt includes advanced quantization algorithms, such as INT4-Activation Aware Weight Quantization. Compared to other tools such as Olive, the new method reduces the memory footprint of the model and improves throughput performance on RTX GPUs.During deployment, the models can have up to 2.6x reduced memory footprint compared to FP16 models. This results in faster throughput, with minimal accuracy degradation, allowing them to run on a wider range of PCs.Learn more about how developers on Microsoft systems, from Windows RTX AI PCs to NVIDIA Blackwell-powered Azure servers, are transforming how users interact with AI on a daily basis.

My name is Celine Tricart, creator of Masters of Lightan XR Game of the Year nomineeand co-founder of the game studio Coven. Im incredibly excited to bring our thrilling new action-adventure game to PlayStation VR2. As a longtime PlayStation fansince the original Silent Hill!I want to bring PS VR2 players an experience that feels unique and spectacular: a game where every move, every battle, and every victory is something you truly feel. With the immersive power and unique features of PS VR2, Masters of Light delivers an experience as intense and breathtaking as the story behind it.Play VideoWhat is Masters of Light?Masters of Light thrusts players into a galaxy on the brink of destruction. A black hole at the center of the galaxy has unleashed an army of Shadows, spreading chaos and darkness. You are The Wanderer, a powerful being of light and the galaxys last defense. Armed with magical powers, your mission is to crush the darkness, rescue the Sisters of Light, and restore hope. Each battle will test your strength, courage, and skill as you journey deeper toward the black holes core, where the ultimate challenge awaits.Masters of Light features high-energy 1st person combat where focus, timing, and strategy are keys to victory. For example, some enemies (shown above) are protected by unbreakable armor. The player must wait for it to attack, then block and parry right after for a chance to defeat it.Combat like never beforeMasters of Light takes first-person spell-casting combat to a new level of intensity. Wield raw energy to unleash explosive attacks, conjure powerful shields, and send waves of Shadows scattering with devastating blasts. Each battle demands sharp focus, strategic timing, and unrelenting force. With every strike, youll feel the power of your spells reverberate, leaving you exhilarated as you push back the darkness and fight to bring balance to the galaxy.For those intrigued by the games lore, hidden ruins across the galaxy hold echoes of a forgotten past. Reactivate these ancient sites to uncover secrets about your origins and the cosmic forces that shaped the universe. Whether youre drawn to high-stakes combat or delving into mysteries, Masters of Light offers a deeply immersive experience that rewards both skill and curiosity.Hidden in the 36 levels are ancient ruins that the player can reactivate to unlock pieces of the lore.Inspired by empowermentMasters of Light draws inspiration from my earlier VR project, Fight Back, which focused on self-defense empowerment using real-world techniques. That project sparked something in mea drive to take the feeling of empowerment even further. With Masters of Light, we embraced our core pillars of beauty, physicality, and confidence to guide every part of the games development.At Coven, we set out to create something beautiful, engaging, and challenging, while ensuring its accessible to a wide range of players. On PS VR2, every player becomes a superhero, discovering new abilities, conquering foes, and experiencing a powerful sense of strength and exhilaration.New enemies and superpowers are unlocked as players progress in the game, climaxing in insane battles that will leave you breathless.Pushing the PS VR2 features to the maxThe PS VR2s advanced graphics bring Masters of Lights mystical world to life with vibrant detail, enhanced by HDR and higher-resolution textures. Every scene pops, from the supernatural glow of your powers to the neon constellations youre liberating, making each environment feel immersive and alive.The PS VR2s eye-tracked dynamic foveated rendering and 90Hz refresh rate keep the visuals crisp and the action smooth, allowing players to target enemies instinctively with just a glance. This precise aiming system keeps you focused on the action, rewarding quick reflexes and heightening every battle.The PS VR2 Sense controllers further enhance realism with adaptive triggers and advanced haptics. Each spell cast, shield raised, and strike delivered resonates in your hands with weighty feedback. Paired with subtle headset vibrations, every moment of combat feels tangible and consequential, pulling you deeper into the experience.Already celebrated for its gorgeous art, Masters of Light reaches new heights thanks to upscaled skyboxes and graphics on PS VR2.A soundtrack that draws you inThe sensory experience of Masters of Light goes beyond visuals and hapticsits also deeply shaped by its soundtrack. During development, we found that synthwave perfectly matched the games retro-futuristic style. We crafted a dynamic soundscape with Waveshapers high-energy beats for combat and Paul Zimmermanns cinematic pieces for emotional depth.Take on the challengeMasters of Light offers an epic journey across 36 challenging levels. Each level is replayable, allowing players to perfect their performance and strive for a three-star rating and the coveted Perfectionist trophy. For those seeking the ultimate challenge, weve included Grand Master difficulty modewhere enemies are stronger, and the HUD is disabled, putting your skills to the test.The game also features leaderboards for each level, with global and weekly rankings that reset every Sunday. Only the most skilled players will rise to the top.The Snipe power allows players to target a distant enemy with one hand, and damage it with the other hand.Ready to rise?Masters of Light on PS VR2 is for those ready to embrace intense gameplay and full immersion. When the game launches on December 18, its your chance to shine and become the ultimate Master of Light. Are you ready to step into the light?

Hey, PlayStation fans. The team at Flat2VR Studios is beyond excited to bring you a totally unhinged, one-of-a-kind musical experience with Trombone Champ: Unflattenedarriving November 26 on PS VR2. This release marks a huge milestone for us at Flat2VR Studiosits our first official PS VR2 adaptation, and were thrilled to be bringing our take on this unique, BAFTA-nominated gem to the PlayStation community.Play VideoA new take on VR rhythmTrombone Champ: Unflattened is not your dads rhythm game. There are no blocks to slice or balls to smash, and you dont need to flail your arms like an octopus in a mosh pit. While other games ask you to zone out and follow along to a pre-set beat, Trombone Champ: Unflattened lets you wield the most majestic of brass instrumentsthe trombone, and lets you take control of the music itself. Youre not just reacting to a song like a musical lemmingyoure performing it. Every note, slide, and toot is yours to control, letting you decide whether to stick with the melody or go rogue in Improv Mode with a jazz solo wild enough to have your music teacher reaching for the tissues.Campaign promisesOur all-new Campaign Mode offers an epic journey packed with surprises for beginners and Trombone Champ veterans alike. It eases you in, letting you get comfortable with the instruments quirks and rhythm. But dont get too cozy. The campaign ramps up faster than a trombone glissando, introducing complex tracks and challenges that push your rhythm, timing, and ability to adapt. Every milestone you reach unlocks new tracks, and youll leave your mark on the leaderboards as you compete for the illustrious title of the one true Trombone Champ.HornucopiaLets be honest. One trombone just isnt enough. How many is too many? Were not sure yet, but were definitely going to find out. At launch, youll have over 20 trombones to unlock, each with its own sound, style, and personality. From a purrfect cat trombone that meows as you play to a ridiculously floppy pool noodle that bends with every slide or even a melting ice cream cone, each trombone has a unique look, sound, and feel. And with dozens more unlockable trombones rolling out in the coming weeks and months, there will always be a new piece of brass to chase after.As if that werent enough for you relentless collectors, Trombone Champ: Unflattened also offers a full set of collectible Tromboner Cards. Yes, theyre called Tromboner Cards, and yes, theyre exactly as ridiculous as they sound. With 50 individual cards packed with absurd trombone trivia and mysterious lore, these cards are truly another thing to unlock and collect. Think youve got what it takes to snag them all? Just dont lose your grip on the slide (or your grip on reality) along the way.Make it make senseThanks to the advanced haptics and adaptive triggers of the PS VR2 Sense controllers, Trombone Champ: Unflattened lets you feel each note as you play. Whether youre executing a delicate note or unleashing a full blast, the tactile feedback makes each musical moment feel impactful. Plus, with the game running at a smooth 120Hz on PlayStation 5 and delivering crisp, vibrant visuals in 4K HDR, every toot and slide looks as impressive as it feels. The dynamic environments and audience reactions adjust to your playing, adding an extra layer of immersion to every performance as you bring the music to life.Setting the StageAs our debut PS VR2 adaptation, Trombone Champ: Unflattened, kicks off Flat2VR Studios mission to take the classics and give them new life in VR. This is just the beginning for uswe have more in the pipeline, each reimagined to fully leverage the immersive power of VR. Were thrilled to have PlayStation players join us on this journey as we work to push PS VR2 gaming to new heights.So, whether youre a rhythm game enthusiast or just looking for a unique, laugh-out-loud experience, get ready to join the ranks of trombone legends on November 26. This is your chancedont blow it.

Upon hitting Adventurer Rank 20, youll unlock Genshin Impacts Battle Pass. The Battle Pass uses a separate leveling system that requires you to complete simple daily and weekly quests.Our Genshin Impact Battle Pass guide explains how the Gnostic Hymn Battle Pass works and whether its worth buying.How the Genshin Impact battle pass worksEach quest you complete will reward a set amount of Battle Pass EXP, and it takes 1,000 BP EXP to go up one level. The quests will require you to do things like fight a Trounce Domain bosses three times or log in and do your daily four Commissions. Most active players will level up their Battle Pass just by playing normally, but you can only earn 10,000 BP EXP a week. The pass maxes out at 50 levels.Battle Passes typically stick around for about six weeks before they refresh with the launch of a patch.Sojourners Battle Pass (free) versus Gnostic Hymn Battle Pass (paid)There are two versions of the Battle Pass. The Sojourners Battle Pass is free and it gives rewards like Mora, Adventurers Experience, Mystic Enchantment Ores, or Sanctifying Unction (materials to give artifacts EXP), depending on which material you pick. Every 10 levels of the Sojourners Battle Pass, youll be rewarded with an Acquaint Fate.The Gnostic Hymn Battle Pass costs $9.99 and gives more Mora, Heros Wit, Mystic Enchantment Ores, or Sanctifying Essence, in addition to the items from the Sojourners Battle Pass. It also gives you a Sanctifying Elixir so you can make custom artifacts, as well as materials for upgrading talents (skills). Theres also a bounty box at level 30 that allows you to pick a four-star weapon from an exclusive set. Every 10 levels of the Gnostic Hymn Battle Pass, youll be rewarded with Intertwined Fates.For $19.99, you can buy the Gnostic Chorus. This is the same as the Gnostic Hymn Battle Pass, but instead of starting at level 1 of the Battle Pass, youll start on level 10. (If you buy it after youve leveled up your Sojourners Battle Pass, youll just add 10 levels to your existing level.) It also includes a special name-card style, furniture-blueprint, and five Fragile Resin (for recovering stamina). Gnostic Chorus is discounted if you already own Gnostic Hymn.Notably, every 10 levels, the Battle Pass gives Fates to use on gacha wishes. The free Battle Pass rewards Acquaint Fates and Gnostic Hymn rewards Intertwined Fates.Upgrading your Battle Pass to the Gnostic Hymn is only worth it if you complete it. We recommend not purchasing the upgrade until you hit rank 50, as youll get all the rewards retroactively anyway.Genshin Impact Battle Pass weaponsThe paid Battle Pass rewards a box called the BP Bounty, which allows you to pick one of the 10 following weapons:The Black Sword (sword)Serpent Spine (claymore)Solar Pearl (catalyst)The Viridescent Hunt (bow)Deathmatch (polearm)Wolf-Fang (sword)Talking Stick (claymore)Sacrificial Jade (catalyst)Scion of the Blazing Sun (bow)Ballad of the Fjords (polearm)Its hard to rank the weapons, but Serpent Spine and Wolf-Fang are commonly seen as the best and The Viridescent Hunt and Talking Stick are regarded as the worst of these weapons but you should just grab whatever you need from the BP Bounty that suits your characters needs.We recommend looking up individual build guides for your favorite characters on Keqing Mains and seeing what they recommend. For example, if youre a Kinich main, you may want to opt to build the Earth Shaker, a Natlan craftable weapon, over picking (or dishing out the $10 for) the Serpents Spine. However, if youre maining Arataki Itto and you dont have his dedicated five-star weapon, the Serpents Spine is his second best choice, making it a worthwhile pick.If youre looking for more to do in Genshin Impact, we have tons of guides to get you started. Our early Genshin Impact guides will provide beginners tips, list out the free characters you can get, and how their elemental reactions work.We have expansive guides on pesky Sumeru side content, like Udumbara Pistil locations and where the Aranyaka Mysterious Clipboard buried chests are. We have content for Natlan, too, explaining how to unlock the various Natlan world quests and how to make the Natlan craftable weapons.

Genshin Impact is an RPG gacha game that thrusts players into a huge open world. While there are guided quests to complete, players can easily find themselves lost, as the game is a lengthy labyrinth of character upgrade systems, side quests, and other content. The game has retained massive popularity since 2020 for a good reason, and if youre looking to start your journey into Teyvat, theres a lot to do.Our Genshin Impact beginners guide provides some tips that will help you successfully navigate the world of Teyvat, using the knowledge weve gained from our years of playing the game.Pick up everythingAs you walk around, youll notice sparkling environmental items just about everywhere. You have an inventory limit of 10,000, so just pick up everything you can. Flowers, food ingredients, and other items that might seem useless will be useful down the line to craft into various foods and power-ups for your characters.Flowers and some other ascension materials only respawn after a certain number of real life days, so you dont want to be in a situation where you have to wait real time to upgrade your characters. Youll be glad you dont have to go out of your way to find these items down the line.If you plan on going hard in exploration, keep tabs on what youve foundIf you love solving puzzles, cracking open chests, and nabbing collectables, then good news: Genshin is a great game for you. However, if youre looking to really grab everything, youll want to start keeping tabs on what youve found as soon as you start. We recommend using this unofficial fan-made interactive map to do so. (We like it because users can leave comments, often helping you figure out puzzle solutions or where items are, if youre feeling lost.)Take a minute to think about team buildingThere are multiple things you need to know when going into team building. For one, your team should usually involve one character who mainly focuses on dishing damage, two characters that help support that damage in some form, and one character that will help sustain your team with healing or shielding. Different characters fit into different roles and while you can get away with running whatever you want early on, harder content might end up stumping you if you dont have a proper team set up.The second thing you need to consider is their elemental resonance and reactions. Having more elements doesnt mean your team is necessarily better, as the elements interact with each other differently, and having two of any element on your team provides a unique buff. Mixing Cryo (ice) and Hydro (water) will freeze enemies, but mixing Cryo with Electro (electricity) will decrease the enemies physical damage resistance. Theres a lot here, so you can mix and match a ton of characters to create worthwhile effects.Dont forget to build your charactersAs you blast through the story, you might forget to level up your characters, their weapons, and their artifacts (equipment). Much more, characters do have specific weapons and artifact sets that work best on them, so if you have access to these, you should use them. Dont just slap whatever you picked up off the ground on them without giving the items some thought!That being said, it can be pretty hard to parse all the game jargon in the equipment descriptions, so we recommend using guides to help you sort out your character builds. Keqing Mains is our build site of choice, maintained by people who crunch the numbers and put in the time to recommend whats best.Your characters dont need to be built to 100% efficiency theres plenty of free-to-play options to equip your characters with, so dont fret too much about it.Co-op is your friend, especially earlier onThe domains you have to fight your way through to get artifacts and upgrade materials from can be hard early on, especially if you dont have these characters built and you need to clear these to build the characters, so it becomes a bit of bizarre ouroboros of a problem. Dont be afraid to hit that co-op button, which will match you with other players that can help carry you make it through these domains easily.Prioritize completing limited-time eventsUnlike its sibling games, Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero, once a Genshin Impact event ends, its gone. Even if it was a flagship event with lots of lore in the cutscenes its gone and theres no way to replay it. That being said, the limited-time rewards from these events are typically pretty good. Some events have dropped best-in-slot weapons for characters alongside its usual handful of Primogems and upgrade materials, so theyre worth doing. Some events will even give free four-star characters, helping you flesh out your roster, so youll definitely want to make sure to participate in these events before theyre gone forever.Plan your gacha pulling responsiblyIf you are staring at that new, shiny character in the gacha wish banner with glossy eyes, with nothing by a few thousand Primogems in your pocket, you should prepare for the worst. It will take at most, 180 wishes (28,800 Primogems) to bring a five-star character or weapon home, guaranteed. While you may get lucky and win your coin flips to win the right prize and win it early, you should always be prepared for the what if you dont get what you want.We recommend saving your Primos for the characters or weapons you really want. While we cannot outright tell you whether or not you should spend money in this game to help you get what you want, we will remind you that this is gambling, and things can snowball very quickly if youre not careful.Take your timeAt this point, Genshin Impact is a huge game and itll take hundreds of hours at this point to catch up to everything. There are side quests that can take a dozen hours to complete, thousands of collectables, and so much other optional side content, that itll make your head spin if youre rushing to just catch up. Set reasonable goals and pace yourself. Catching up fully in Genshin Impact is no easy feat, and if youre looking to do so, you dont want to burn yourself out.If youre looking for more to do in Genshin Impact, we have tons of guides to get you started. Our early Genshin Impact guides will list out the free characters you can get, how their elemental reactions work, and explain the battle pass to you.We have expansive guides on pesky Sumeru side content, like Udumbara Pistil locations and where the Aranyaka Mysterious Clipboard buried chests are. We have content for Natlan, too, explaining how to unlock the various Natlan world quests and how to make the Natlan craftable weapons.

Desigers Wendy Maruyama and Tom Loeser exhibit new work for the first time together in New York City in over 30 years in Colorama at Superhouse. This whimsical space is freeing, healing, and shockingly bright. Good designers know that child-like wonder, not the stuffy adult kind, is what touches our souls. Tapping in to that unrestrained joy of creation is somewhat harder as we age, a muscle that must actively be exercised lest it be lost to atrophy.but but but felt stool and Switchback seating by Tom Loeser \\\ Rx and With Salt or Without wall art by Wendy MaruyamaMaruyama and Loeser understand this fully, releasing themselves from the rigors of traditional furniture craft with organic details and a sense of fantastical quickness, at odds with the slower, hand-hewn nature of the collection. Each facet, fillet, and surface has been considered, employing materials in unique combinations that weve never seen before. The distinctive edges of the work shown above is adorned in black and white stripes, making use of planes usually hidden or unconsidered. This choice in itself is charming, allowing for a level of detail and consideration quite rare in furniture design.Switchback seating by Tom Loeser \\\ Rx and With Salt or Without wall art by Wendy MaruyamaSwitchback seating by Tom Loeser \\\ Rx and With Salt or Without wall art by Wendy MaruyamaSwitchback seating and Chairiot table by Tom Loeser \\\ With Salt or Without wall art by Wendy MaruyamaEach piece builds off of each other, the overall effect quite impressive. The rendered details, all of which clearly done by hand, add a personal touch to the work. This grounds us in the incredible amount of knowledge these two designers have brought to the table, striving upstream against the flow of conventional minimalist design. It is quite difficult to maintain this sense of curiosity that Maruyama and Loeser have managed to foster, especially in times of rapid change. They stand the test of time, again showing exactly how important human touch is, celebrating those that came before us.but but but felt stool and Switchback seating by Tom Loeser \\\ Rx wall art by Wendy Maruyamabut but but felt stool by Tom Loeser \\\ Cadence wall art by Wendy MaruyamaThe concentric layers of felt shown above are such a beautiful detail, simply allowing the unfinished side of the material to be shown on the top. This, in juxtaposition to the relatively industrial hardware that keeps the stool together, is quite nice. Below, hand-carved undulations on the table are adorned with a dusty blue and brilliant red, the contrast between the tones helping the red achieve an incredible intensity.Chairiot table by Tom Loeser \\\ Nik Nak wall art by Wendy MaruyamaChairiot table by Tom LoeserChairiot table by Tom LoeserChesterbench by Tom LoeserChesterbench by Tom LoeserChesterbench by Tom LoeserChesterbench by Tom LoeserSwitchback seating by Tom LoeserSwitchback seating by Tom LoeserSuperhouse is a New York City-based art and furniture gallery, specializing in modern and historical pieces alike. Celebrating the unconventional, founder and director Stephen Markos is especially drawn to sculpture, 1980s art furniture, and contemporary craft. He attributes his upbringing in New England, surrounded by all manners of vintage and folk works, to his lifelong passion for art and design.Switchback seating by Tom LoeserWendy Maruyama is a prolific furniture designer, working and teaching for over 40 years in a frequently unforgiving industry. Early in her career, she adopted folk techniques and feminist ideologies in inventive ways, touching viewers across the globe with her specific blend of sensitivity and color. In recent decades, she has been delving into her Japanese-American heritage, and the sometimes fraught history that comes along with that identity. The social-practice component of her artwork is successful in combining art, advocacy, education, and community. Her work manages to pull you in with stirring visuals and keep you engaged with multiple layers of content, explains Elizabeth Kozlowski, independent curator and editor of Surface Design.Wendy MaruyamaDeeply guided by the history of craft and design, Tom Loeser is a furniture designer drawn to the dysfunctional just as much as the functional. Entrenched in the history and technique of craft furniture, his work embodies a highly considered, yet fantastical approach. In 2010, he collaborated with his wife, Bird Ross, on the reception desk at the Madison Childrens museum, which is unconventional, intensely interactive, and has a wry sense of wit. Usually involving carving and painting, his pieces make one think of another timeline, transporting and otherworldly objects born out of careful respect and attention.Tom LoeserColorama is open until January 11, 2025 at Superhouse, 120 Walker Street, 6R, New York, New York. For more information, visit superhouse.us.Photography by Matthew Gordon Studio.

The work of Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson has always felt like a surreal supercharge for the senses to me, as if Im somehow experiencing the strange magic of my own sight for the first time. His newest exhibition Your psychoacoustic light ensemble is currently on view at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York and presents a range of perception-tripping new works, including watercolors that emulate spectral light, new color-shifting glass sculptures, and a surprising room where sound becomes visible and light feels audible. The whole thing adds up to an ethereal and wondrous dive into the rabbit hole for both the senses and the psyche.Installation view, Olafur Eliasson Your psychoacoustic light ensemble at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery. Photo by Lance BrewerInstallation view, Olafur Eliassons Your psychoacoustic light ensemble at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery \\\ Photo: Pierre Le HorsThe centerpiece of the exhibition is a large dark room where six shape-shifting orbs of light fade in and out of existence like apparitions on the wall, distorting like rainbow puddles of water, clearly responding to a beautiful low-frequency harmony of music in the room. But this isnt a recorded soundtrack synced to a digital projection its a series of spotlights casting light onto a sound-distorting mirror that vibrates to each pitch. Here sound become visible and nearly-tactile in real time.Installation view, Olafur Eliassons Your psychoacoustic light ensemble at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery \\\ Photo: Pierre Le HorsInstallation view, Olafur Eliassons Your psychoacoustic light ensemble at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery \\\ Photo: Lance BrewerEliassons work often reveals its own making like a magician that shows you how a trick is done while only increasing the wonder of that magic. And in this work, viewers can either sit on a bench to experience the light and sound projection, or choose to walk around the spotlight-holding stands to inspect the flexible drum-like mirrors as they vibrate. This artwork isnt just a theater with a single screen, its the whole room.Installation view, Olafur Eliassons Your psychoacoustic light ensemble at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery \\\ Photo: Lance BrewerTwo exceptional new hanging glass works are also on view. The mesmerizing 5-foot diameter glass sculpture Fierce tenderness sphere is made from two types of glass a yellow glass and a green/blue colour-effect filter glass. Together the countless triangles and angles of glass create surprising color-shifts as you change your angle and distance.Olafur Eliasson, Fierce tenderness sphere, 2024 \\\ Photo: Pierre Le HorsOlafur Eliasson, Fierce tenderness sphere (detail), 2024Upstairs, the 8-foot-tall Probability of conscious antigravitation (below) merges five polyhedrons in a hanging color-shifting column. The front is made from colored glass while the back is black-backed mirrors. In reality, only three colors of glass are physically present (magenta, yellow, and cyan) but perceptually combine into a surprising range of colors as reflected light mixes and overlaps within each volume.Olafur Eliasson, Probability of conscious antigravitation, 2023 (Installation view at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York) \\\ Photo: Pierre Le HorsOlafur Eliasson, Probability of conscious antigravitation, 2023 (detail)But my favorite room is the upstairs sky-lit gallery of new massive watercolors. Measuring up to 7-1/2 feet wide, these subtle gradients feel like ghosts of spectral light, as if a real rainbow is casting an image on white paper.Olafur Eliasson, Installation view, Your psychoacoustic light ensemble, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York \\\ Photo: Pierre Le HorsOlafur Eliasson, Watercolour rainbow (to come), 2024 \\\ Photo: Pierre Le HorsThe watercolors, painted with multiple thin layers, feel like theyre made as much from light as pigment. On sunny days especially, a passing cloud outside the gallery may shift the natural light in the room, causing colors to change in saturation. Its a reminder that these works (and all perception) is as much about the phenomena of our own human eyes as it is about physical objects we perceive.Olafur Eliasson, Installation view, Your psychoacoustic light ensemble, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York \\\ Photo: Pierre Le HorsOlafur Eliasson, Ethereal watercolour rainbow, 2024The exhibition concludes with a small white curtain that leads into a second dark room, this time projecting a real rainbow produced by a full-spectrum LED light and large curved prism-apparatus. Titled Your rainbow horizon the work presents a rainbow of real light that is tweaked slightly from our natural experience, appearing here as a straight line and in reverse color order.Olafur Eliasson, Your rainbow horizon, 2024 \\\ Photo: Pierre Le HorsIn all, Olafur Eliassons Your psychoacoustic light ensemble finds brilliance between the etherial and the physical, revealing frequencies of sound and light with a calm beauty and infection curiosity that is a MUST-visit in real life.Portrait of Olafur Eliasson, 2024 \\\ Photo: Louise YeowartWhat: Olafur Eliasson: Your psychoacoustic light ensembleWhere: Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, 521 W 21st St, New York, New YorkWhen: October 24 December 19, 2024All images courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles

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