MMORPG Soundscapes: Creating Realistic and Immersive Virtual Environments

MMORPG Soundscapes: Creating Realistic and Immersive Virtual Environments

In the vast and exciting Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG), players are transported to realms full of adventure, magic and the unknown. But beyond the stunning visuals and intricate gameplay, there is an aspect that often goes unnoticed but deeply shapes our experience: soundscapes.  Carefully designed and expertly integrated, these sonic tapestries are the […]

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World’s newest great ape faces habitat loss, multiple threats: Will it survive?

World’s newest great ape faces habitat loss, multiple threats: Will it survive?

JAKARTA — When scientists made the bombshell announcement in 2017 that the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) was a new species, the apes were immediately put under the global spotlight. With fewer than 800 individuals surviving in a tiny tract of forest in the western part of Indonesia, scientists declared the Tapanuli orangutan as the rarest […]

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Malaria infection harms wild African apes, study shows

Malaria infection harms wild African apes, study shows

Endangered great apes get malaria, just like humans. New evidence from wild bonobos shows us the infection harms them, too. Malaria is a devastating disease caused by parasites transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitos. For humans, symptoms start out mild—fever, headache and chills—but malaria infection can be fatal within 24 hours. For apes, little […]

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What can Half or Whole Earth conservation strategies do for orangutans?

What can Half or Whole Earth conservation strategies do for orangutans?

Orangutans, like most of the world’s great apes, are struggling. Their numbers continue to drop as their habitat disappears, or they’re killed by humans for food, out of fear or for self-defense. And it’s happening despite an estimated $1 billion in spending on concerted orangutan conservation efforts since 2000. The ongoing slide has left biologists […]

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