Abstract: SLAM technology plays a crucial role in indoor mapping and localization. A common challenge in indoor environments is the “double-sided mapping issue”, where closely positioned walls, doors, ...

What looks like an ordinary border on the map turns out to be one of the strangest geographic anomalies in the world. In this remote corner of the Middle East, a small village belonging to the UAE ...

Attention, gamers: if you thought new titles on top of the endless cavalcade of sequels and remakes were derivative now, wait till you hear about what the game engine maker Unity has got in store.

Making a video game usually means learning to code, working with complex game engines, and spending hours piecing everything together. That is true even for simple casual games. Many aspiring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A global effort that grew from a viral Instagram series in Lubbock began with the phrase, "I just bought this elementary school, ...

TL;DR: Unity's upgraded AI, launching in beta at GDC, enables developers to create full casual games using natural language prompts without coding. Leveraging advanced models from OpenAI and Meta, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stanford researchers mapped rare mantle earthquakes worldwide, revealing clusters near the Himalayas and the Bering Strait.

Jack Vu and Abby Manuel had been part of a volunteer program teaching weekly computer and Spanish classes to kids in Houston’s East End for more than a year, when one day the kids stopped showing up.

Last spring, as ICE raids spread through Southeast Houston, Jack Vu watched fear and uncertainty ripple through the community he had long volunteered in. The heartbreaking reality was impossible to ...

Thursday was the third straight day of above-freezing temperatures in the Metroplex. And while those temperatures in the 50s thawed much of the area roads out, there are still non-major highways that ...

Abby Manuel and Jack Vu noticed in April 2025 that some of the kids in the weekly classes they volunteered with had stopped showing up. They realized an uptick in U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the universe—showing its influence on the formation of stars, galaxies and planets. The research, including ...