Another major upgrade, called Object Container Streaming, will help mitigate the load on players’ home computers and should improve performance. It will also see additions to the Stanton star system, including new moons, truck stops and space stations. The team behind Star Citizen tells Polygon that the 3.3 update will also include 10 “new and reworked” vehicles, weapons, armor sets and collectible items.
Once aware that we were watching them, though, they began to move their jaws around, blinking their eyes, opening their mouths and showing us the full range of motion. Avatars at first had deadened expressions as their players stared vacantly ahead into the stream. What we saw dipped heavily into the uncanny valley. It’s lifelike, yes, but that’s not always for the better. According to Polygon staff who demoed FOIP last year, it works well.