House Studio in Castelo de Vide / Atelier LandauerSave this picture! Tiago Casanova, Alan LevittWorkshop, HousesCastelo de Vide, PortugalArchitects: Atelier LandauerAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:130 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Tiago Casanova, Alan LevittMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Located on the western edge of Portugal's Serra de Sao Mamede, the site offers a slightly overhanging view over the Alentejo plain. A flat alley set between two large granite massifs gives access to the house. It's extended by a natural ramp at the foot of an imposing rock. The house-studio is perfectly oriented on the North-South axis.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Built by local craftsmen, the walls are made of the same granite as the rock on which they stand. There are no lintels on the faades: for each opening, the walls are interrupted all the way to the top, revealing, at a constant height, the rim of the upper concrete slab. To preserve the protective presence of the stone, the pipes have been placed inside. Rainwater is collected in a cistern beneath the house.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The house studio has been designed as a group of rooms. Each of these rooms refers to a primitive archetype: a dolmen, a menhir, a megaron, a partially covered enclosure. The dolmen - a long, linear room - links the three other rooms. It has been compressed to its maximum width. Bordered by stones on both sides, the interstices between the rooms create an incompressible gap between the thresholds. Each time you move from one room to the next, you can also consider leaving the house.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Between the thick granite walls of each room, low-profile slabs convert the interstices into solar chimneys. Direct openings to these volumes of warm, west-facing air are provided at the top of the rooms. Adjustable louvers modulate the convective movement of the air entering through the northern faades. This principle is entirely passive and works even when the house studio is unoccupied.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officeAtelier LandauerOfficePublished on January 05, 2025Cite: "House Studio in Castelo de Vide / Atelier Landauer" 05 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1025250/house-studio-in-castelo-de-vide-atelier-landauer&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

In this tutorial, Ill show you how to dramatically speed up your level design process in Unreal Engine 5.5 using the Actor Palette Plugin! Learn how to quickly drag and drop assets directly from a showcase level into your main level, making level creation twice as fast. I'll also demonstrate how to dock the Actor Palette window for an efficient workflow, whether you have a single or dual-screen setup.The level featured in this video is from the stunning Egypt Ruins pack, which you can find here: Egypt Ruins Asset Pack: https://www.fab.com/listings/d6faf74f-a914-448d-bd50-4f3bb482fc85 Special thanks to the artist behind the incredible clothing assets featured in this scene! Check out their work here: Clothing Artist Portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/fahi_r If youre ready to unlock the secrets of faster level design, dont miss this video!

In "time expansion experiences," time typically appears to expand by many orders of magnitude.

Soulslike games have been on the rise for quite some time now, and 2025 is shaping up to be one of the genre's biggest years yet. Between ongoing franchises and newcomers alike, there is no shortage of major releases to look out for. If even half of these titles live up to their promise, fans of the Soulslike genre will be well-fed indeed.

Yukiko's Castle is the first real dungeon players will be exploring in Persona 4 Golden. While it's only seven floors long, players will experience a lot and learn about the ins and outs of the game while being eased into the combat.

A talented Zelda fan has crafted impressive replicas of the enchanted masks from The Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask. The 2000 follow-up to the beloved Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was the second 3D Zelda game released on the Nintendo 64, tasking the young version of Link with saving the world of Termina from destruction by a fallen moon. The player has only three real-world days to do this, with Majoras Mask allowing Link to rewind time in order to gather the necessary clues and prevent the impending calamity.

Edit: Just realized this might be under the wrong channel as it's related to engines/graphics rather than game design (sorry)I'm trying to implement a camera for my game engine and looking at other engines as a reference there is a editor camera which you use to freely move around the scene, but then you also have cameras that you can add to the scene which would be used for the actual game and depending on the context (i.e being in an edit or play mode) the engine switches between th

LG has unveiled its OLED evo TV lineup for 2025 and is showing them off at CES this year, along with its other home entertainment products. The new models are powered by the company's latest (Alpha) 11 AI processor Gen2, with deep learning algorithms that give the TVs the ability to sharpen the visuals of low-resolution and low-quality images. LG says the new TVs are also the industry's first with 4K resolution and a refresh rate of 165Hz, as certified by NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD FreeSync Premium. That enables the models to delivery stutter-free gameplay with minimal input lag.The company has upgraded its Brightness Booster Ultimate technology for the new OLED TVs, which means they can achieve brightness three times higher than conventional OLED models. For dark scenes, LG promises "top-notch black levels," as these models have received UL Solutions' "Perfect Black" and "Perfect Color" verification. LG was notably the first in the industry to obtain the Perfect Black verification back in 2022, ensuring viewers that their TVs can achieve true black when the image on screen calls for it.Photo by Billy Steele / EngadgetLG's rapid brightness and color temperature stabilization feature allows viewers to enjoy the best of what their TV can offer as soon as they turn it on. And if they choose to watch a film, the models' Filmmaker Mode with Ambient Light Compensation feature will kick in to automatically adjust the picture's settings based on the environment's lighting conditions in order to stay true to how the filmmaker wants viewers to experience their movie.When it comes to audio, the TVs come with AI Sound Pro that can deliver 11.1.2 channels of surround sound. Meanwhile, the models' AI Remote can recognize individual voices for tailored recommendations. Viewers can also use AI Search powered by Microsoft Copilot to understand conversational queries and "uncover subtle user intentions."One of LG's new OLED TVs is the latest M5 series, which serves as the successor to its previous M-series models that can wirelessly transmit video and audio. The latest M5 TVs are capable of wireless audio and video transmission at up to 144Hz without loss in picture and quality. While they have a slightly lower refresh rate than the other models in the lineup, the wireless M-series TVs also promise a "tear-free, stutter-free gaming experience." LG has been showing off this technology for a few years now, but they're bringing it to more and more TV in their lineup lately. Back in December, LG announced its new, more affordable QNED TVs would work with the Zero Connect Box, for example. Previously, it was available on the OLED M series but only at sizes of 77 inches and up.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/home/home-theater/lgs-oled-evo-tvs-for-2025-come-with-ai-and-a-165hz-refresh-rate-200037568.html?src=rss

LG is carrying over much of its 2024 soundbar lineup to 2025, but the company has one all-new model that it plans to debut this year. At CES, I got a preview of the compact speaker, the S20A, that will provide a boost to your TV audio without taking up too much space. The 2.0-channel unit offers 50 watts of power and works best with LG's TVs.When paired with one of the company's televisions, you can expect its Wow Interface that allows you to make sound adjustments through the TV UI. There's also AI Sound Pro tech that calibrates the audio based on each scene. LG will offer a three-band EQ on the S20A, so you can tweak treble, mids and bass to fit your preferences.Billy Steele for EngadgetDuring a quick demo of the S20A, I was impressed with the punchy highs and clarity from the smaller unit. LG says it won't come with a subwoofer as the company uses the soundbar's drivers for that low-end tone. Of course, this setup doesn't provide the booming bass that a standalone wireless sub would, but the company doesn't see that as an issue here. We'll look forward to testing that theory later in the year when the S20A is available for review.There's no word on pricing or availability just yet as LG is only teasing this new soundbar here at CES. That info, as well as more detailed specs, should arrive closer to launch.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/audio/speakers/lg-previews-the-compact-s20a-soundbar-at-ces-2025-191337487.html?src=rss

If youve been waiting for the right moment to upgrade your Kindle Scribe, now wouldnt be a bad time Amazon is running its first sale on the new model, which has only been out for a month. Normally $450, the 2024 Kindle Scribe is 19 percent off, bringing the 64GB model down to $365. With the latest generation, Amazon tweaked the appearance of the tablet and added some AI features, along with some new note-taking options. The second-gen Kindle Scribe has white bezels around the screen and either a green (Metallic Jade) or gray (Tungsten) border, in contrast to the previous models thick black border. The discount applies to both colors and, for the gray version, all storage options (16GB, 32GB and 64GB). When we tried out the new Kindle Scribe, we liked the new design and found the reading and writing experiences to be smooth. The new Kindle Scribe uses AI to help you clean up and summarize your notes, with the Summarize and Refine tools and you can apply these to individual pages or the entire Notebook. These features worked out pretty well for us. In her review, Engadgets Deputy Editor of Reviews Cherlynn Low found the Scribe was able to make sense of a disorganized plan shed written out by properly putting list items in sequential order, and she saw largely accurate results when it summarized her notes. Any mistake the system made felt reasonable, since I have horrible handwriting, she wrote. Theres also now a better way to write directly on ebooks. With the 2024 Kindle Scribe, Amazon introduced Active Canvas a little box that will pop up when you put your pen to whatever youre reading. The box can be resized and wont disappear when you leave the page. Youll also soon be able to write in collapsible margins, a feature expected to arrive early this year. One of our biggest gripes about the new Kindle Scribe was the relatively high cost, so if it appeals to you, dont miss your chance to get it at a discount. Follow @EngadgetDeals on Twitter and subscribe to the Engadget Deals newsletter for the latest tech deals and buying advice.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/the-second-gen-kindle-scribe-is-on-sale-for-the-first-time-184403045.html?src=rss