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Razer Wants to Be Your Copilot. New Developer Tools May Bring More AI to Games

The new software developer kit aims to help developers catch more bugs and give better in-game advice.

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Lori Grunin Senior Editor / Advice
I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology and handed out buying advice for what seems like forever; I'm currently absorbed by computers and gaming hardware, but previously spent many years concentrating on cameras. I've also volunteered with a cat rescue for over 15 years doing adoptions, designing marketing materials, managing volunteers and, of course, photographing cats.
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A simulation of how a racing sim takes advantage of haptics on Razer's Freyja cushion.

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You may or may not care about Razer's developer tools but there are a couple that might affect you as a gamer: two AI helpers tucked into WYVRN, its new, all-in-one software developer kit. Those two tools are Razer QA Copilot, which streamlines bug detection and resolution, and Razer Game Copilot, which debuted at CES as Project Ava.

QA Copilot is really intended for game developers. It's designed to manage the QA process -- automatically tracking and reporting the bugs you run into as a tester. This can potentially lower the friction that makes a gamer decide not to participate as well as make life easier for professional QA testers.

Razer QA Copilot joins the ranks of the in-development, in-game AI advisors intended to provide custom advice, taking into account where you are in gameplay and ways to improve performance. It requires adoption and training by game developers. Since its preview, it's also been trained on new game genres, such as fighting and action RPGs.

There were some developer kit updates that you'll probably see the results of in the future, such as incorporating height into Chroma to reflect altitude in the game, expanding its Sensa HD haptics to racing games, notably for its Frejya haptic chair cushion.