Abstract: Globally-consistent localization in urban environments is crucial for autonomous systems such as self-driving vehicles and drones, as well as assistive technologies for visually impaired ...

Over two years since its initial announcement, Key’s upcoming all-ages romance visual novel anemoi is finally playable by way of a free demo (available only in Japanese for now), which can be ...

One of the principal challenges in building VLM-powered GUI agents is visual grounding, i.e., localizing the appropriate screen region for action execution based on both the visual content and the ...

In 2000, at the end of that year’s last Comiket convention, Type-Moon released Tsukihime, an eroge visual novel about vampires. 25 years later, you can now play its remake, Tsukihime - A piece of blue ...

Abstract: Visual localization plays a critical role in the functionality of low-cost autonomous mobile robots. Contemporary leading methods for precise visual localization are predominantly 3D ...

After the English-speaking gaming world spent decades saying little more than "lol, Japan" at the concept of visual novels, the genre has finally grown enough in popularity for notable titles to ...

Two of the most popular casual gaming genres are visual novels and interactive fiction. These unique niches focus less on intense gameplay and mechanics, instead emphasizing compelling characters and ...

Discover a new world of visual novels with diverse genres like romance, horror, and comedy. Unveil thrilling stories and ...

Visual novel games come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are rich fantasy epics with 42 branching paths and hidden easter eggs, while others are bite-sized gems that are perfect for cozy train ...

I’m old enough to remember when novelists were big-time. When I was in college in the 1980s, new novels from Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, Saul Bellow, John Updike, Alice Walker and others were cultural ...

Visual novels cater to beginners with simple gameplay focused on choices rather than complex mechanics. Visual novels cover ...

Ace Attorney is one of those absurd ideas that could only be created as a video game — a cartoonish courtroom drama where you pick out discrepancies in testimony and present crucial evidence to turn ...