Xbox Launches "Xbox Labs" to Test Emerging Ideas and New Technology
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced Xbox Labs, a small internal team tasked with rapidly developing and testing new tools, products and features.
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Xbox has created a new internal team called Xbox Labs, designed to turn early ideas into products that players and developers can try, CEO Asha Sharma announced in a blog post.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, the unit is described as a small group of game makers, engineers and scientists drawn from across the business. Its remit is the quick development, iteration and testing of tools, products and features, with success measured by how users respond. Sharma said the team would build in the open, learn from what people do, and gauge progress by whether more people are playing and creating.
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