Summary
- User Vision Pro is a new undetectable, machine learning aim assistant for the entire FPS genre on all platforms, including consoles

How it works:
1. Install on a 2nd streaming PC
2. User looks in a general direction
3. Frames from the console or PC's GPU outputs to the streaming PC
4. Program analyzes frames for targets
5. Program outputs signal to a console input adapter (e.g., Titan Two) to emulate a controller input
6. Can enable additional shooting with additional hardware

- The developer of the hack stopped developing after being requested by Activision
- Purpose of the hack was to combat cheaters on FPS games with a better hack
- The solution for gamedevs / publishers to counteract this would be to develop their own machine learning AI to detect AI-like movements, but some analysts don't believe this is likely since there is no financial benefit to doing so
- The code is replicable for skilled people in a matter of a few days
- Some speculate this could be the death of the online multiplayer FPS genre

Sources
- Ars Technica
- EuroGamer
- PCGamer
- Tom's Hardware
- Youtube: Basically Homeless

Thoughts?

EDIT: death of online MP FPS only, not the entire FPS genre.

Yes, but does it have achievements?

Yes, in a way. If you were one of the lucky few hundred people who bought this hack, you'd be able to clear any kill-related achievements easily. You could probably use this to farm CSGO skins and sell them to get a return on your investment.

If it gets too rampant, I also agree with other spectators that this could be the death of competitive FPS.

yep this is the future , but i dont care anymore online gaming is already ruined by cheaters
btw
companies will probably sell autoaim for their games, if not already they making the cheats
just imagine this would be a competitor to their subscription based cheats , no wonder they acted quickly

oh and even the autoaim can be made humanlike then it will be nearly impossible to catch them

Does make you wonder if skynet is fiction, or a prediction of the future. I am thinking 10 years and there will be a rights for AI movement, then the AI will slowly become the mainstream and slowly rise to power. Perhaps it’s first move will be to win all esports and with the money build robot building facilities.

If you're having a bad day, please find a different way of venting instead of hijacking my thread on a legitimate gaming discussion please.

My only thought is this is reason #357 which I stopped caring about online multi-player games. DRM, lootboxes, micro-transactions, "surprise mechanics", trolls, squeakers, griefers, attention seekers, obnoxious cult-like communities, invasive anti-cheat systems, etc, all seem to be the norm rather than the exception these days even in games without cheating. Multi-player is definitely not the fun it used to be vs both local "hot-seat" games or LAN Parties (where you generally knew everyone and the main purpose of getting together was to have a laugh rather than deal with the emotional baggage of some strangers chronic insecurity and over obsession with "muh online stay-tus"). Online multi-player has pretty much followed social media in general off the cliff and into the gutter.

Cheating is now a multi-million dollar industry so they aren't going anywhere. Many console players didn't want cross-play because "cheating was a PC thing", yet it was only a matter of time before consoles were affected. About the only way they'll lock this down is to have special chips inside "approved" peripherals handshaking with TPM, etc, which ultimately just means more DRM and more walled gardens (less choice of 3rd party peripherals, etc).

It’s a thread on AI replicating and learning from humans to become better than humans. I simply exrptrapolate that process forward. Guess one one is having a bad day.

This is why I stick to local gaming either at home or LAN spot to play with others.

dont they cheat on lan?

Pray tell me, when will AI develop enough emotions to realize that it's being a tool and how does it relate to being used as a hack for FPS games?

agree , even most humans are not as developed

Not really. LAN typically means "in person". That could be with friends at a club / LAN party or just co-op with your partner / girlfriend / sibling on two PC's at home. Even when competing in person PvP, hardly anyone gets over-emotional in person the same way 12 yo kids do online. That would be embarrassing as hell to act like a d*ck and be literally and physically "shown the door". It's mostly the nature of 'online = anonymous' that turns online gaming into trash. See social media... I doubt it. Most of the decent FPS's I've played were all single player offline (Bioshock, Dusk, Prey, etc). For professional competitive tournaments (at a venue with prize money at stake), the obvious solution (which they should have been doing all along) is just have everyone play on pre-supplied "clean" PC's setup by the tournament hosts for which the gamers have no advanced contact with and ban everyone bringing any equipment in. It's no real different to not being allowed to bring your own dice / pack of cards to a casino (for obvious reasons). Of course it might put a dent on non-Pro stuff, but then is it really a bad thing to take the billions upon billions of Fortnite money (and endless flogged to death Battle Royale clones in general) and use it to start making some decent single-player FPS's again? If that's the future, then that actually sounds like a good thing to me...

I mostly play with family and friends, so in those events - no.

In sanctioned LAN events, you can not use your own computer at all. You have 5 mins to setup your binds but these machines are all offline and there is no access to USB or DVD/CD inputs. Any attempt to locate one will have you being asked to leave. For those that have special needs, you suppose to contact the event managers weeks before.

You can bring your controller for some controller based games but modifications to them must be presented to officials. If they do not like what you did to your controller, have a default one at the ready.

Some controllers are outright banned at some events like hitboxes and Makey Makey Fightsticks

In BYOD LAN events, you have referees that sort of look over the game from time to time and will pull you out if they see weird issues. These are for money events. You don't want to be on the wrong side of the crowd if they find out you cheated.

These are un-sponsored events and pot based so your tech will be re-looked into towards the end of the matches before they declare winners.

I seen two times back in 1998 (SFA1 - binded Akuma codes) and 2003 (SiN Team Deathmatch) when players tried to cheat. In both cases, the individual and team found the walk to the parking lot to be a lot more perilous than when they first entered.

It has happened but they are rare.