To Newell, AR and VR aren’t end goals as such, but rather steps along the way to a future of widespread BCI, something he’s likened many times in the past to The Matrix in terms of how immersive and interactive the technology will be.
On stage, Newell took several questions from students, some of which landed on Valve’s involvement in immersive technologies such as AR, VR, and BCI. Valve, which created the high-end PC VR headset Valve Index and award-winning PC VR title Half-Life: Alyx (2020), is still investing “big” in new headsets and games. The event was captured on video by Reddit user ‘Odysseic’ ( web archive), however a recent tweet by VR designer and tech analyst Brad Lynch revealed a smaller soundbite taken from a different angle that pointed out what went largely unreported. In a public talk at Auckland’s Sancta Maria College, a local Catholic high school, Newell spoke a bit about his vision for the future of gaming and the technologies the company was investing in to make that happen. Newell has been living in New Zealand for the past few months, which has been comparatively unaffected by COVID-19 due to strict measures in that country. It was necessary for the becoming of Enigma 6 and also 7.In a talk at an Auckland, New Zealand area high school back in May, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell revealed they’re making “big investments in new headsets and games,” something he hopes will prepare the company for a future of brain-computer interfaces (BCI). I can say, it was important for myself in that moment of my life. “That fans didn’t understand or like this idea is alright with me. “I wanted to make sophisticated pop-music in the spirit of Enigma,” he said.
Its beat-driven title track was a major hit in some European countries, notably in Greece, and prompted a second single, “Following The Sun.”Ĭretu acknowledged that, overall, the album did not reach the commercial heights of its predecessors in a 2008 interview, in which he maintained that it was an important connection between his past and future music. The album was another top ten entry for Enigma in Germany, peaking at No.6, and became a Top 20 success in other countries including Austria and Holland. Listen to uDiscover Music’s Enigma Best Of playlist. There were also lead vocals on two tracks by Andru Donalds, the Jamaican singer who had a Top 40 solo pop hit in the US in 1995 with “Mishale,” and had also appeared on “The Screen Behind The Mirror.” Cretu’s then-wife Sandra again featured on some vocals, as did Ruth-Ann Boyle and Michael himself.
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