Singapore Tech News, Features & Reviews

Eight students from ITE College Central have used Sony’s mocopi motion-capture technology to develop two experimental games, including one in which two players jointly control a single character. The second-year Higher Nitec students built their prototypes in Singapore in under three months before joining a 12-day immersion in Tokyo, where they presented the projects to Sony’s extended-reality teams and used their feedback to refine the experiences.

Epson has launched the SureColor G9030 in Singapore, its first 64-inch direct-to-film printer for high-volume industrial textile production. The machine combines a wider printing area with a default print speed of 34.1 square metres per hour and automated maintenance features designed to reduce downtime. Available from 1 October, it also supports an optional twin-roll setup that allows businesses to run two printing jobs side by side on a single machine.

WhatsApp has introduced optional parental controls that let parents and teenagers agree on privacy settings, receive updates about group activity and choose how teens use Meta AI, Channels and Status. The controls are designed to support conversations about online safety while keeping personal messages and calls protected by end-to-end encryption. The announcement follows WhatsApp’s parent-managed accounts for preteens, which are now available in Singapore.