On (most) Fridays we post here a roundup of interesting things we’ve read and/or posted on social media since the last roundup, generally stories about experiential activations, interactive art, themed entertainment, emerging technologies, advances in scientific research, and other things we find interesting.
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Cisco is rolling out a photorealistic real-time remote telepresence feature called Webex Hologram that uses an array of cameras and a HoloLens or Magic Leap AR head-mounted display:https://t.co/xrKkkZpQYe
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) February 4, 2022
by @CharlieFink via @forbes #AR #Holograms #AugmentedReality
The estate of Kobe Bryant has filed three trademark applications for virtual goods in the metaverse: https://t.co/c8fjKJvKqT
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) February 4, 2022
by Kim Bhasin and Luke McGrath via @luxury #VirtualGoods #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds#NFT
How artificial Intelligence and deepfakes might change the entertainment industry: https://t.co/TCmslqQOtb
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) February 4, 2022
via @JDSupra#Deepfake #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
What you should know about the metaverse, AI and supercomputers: https://t.co/hkDbyIbY69
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) February 7, 2022
by @SarkarArunima and @nickmalhotra via @wef #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Metaverse #Supercomputers
Foo Fighters will perform on Super Bowl Sunday — in the Metaverse: https://t.co/mOkSMY5BcV
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) February 9, 2022
by @Tomas_Mier via @RollingStone#Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #VR #FanEngagement
How the World Wildlife Fund tried — and failed — to create an eco-friendly NFT: https://t.co/yCt59dULhk
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) February 9, 2022
by @justcalma via @Verge #NFT #Blockchain #Sustainability
The metaverse is a new word for an old idea. To understand what we are — and should be — building, we need to look beyond Snow Crash:https://t.co/7hyG8CchRo
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) February 9, 2022
by @feraldata via @techreview#Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #AR #VR #BigTech
Tomás Saraceno’s spider-like creations, on view at a new exhibition at the Shed, lie at the intersection of sculpture, ecology and futuristic experimentation:https://t.co/8QnpBfLghL
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) February 8, 2022
by @adlubow via @nytimes#Sculpture #ArtInstallation #ArtNYC
Being human in a digital world — “Metamorph” is a 3D projection-mapped show created for 2021’s Bright Festival in Leipzig: https://t.co/X6ry0vmLkM
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) February 7, 2022
by @MeleahMaynard via @livedesignmag #ImmersiveExperience #ProjectionMapping #DigitalArt
The IOC has unveiled an NFT-based game for the 2022 Beijing Olympics: https://t.co/BtxitZ8R5n
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) February 8, 2022
by Ong Li Ping via @MarketingEds #NFT #DigitalGoods #Gaming #Olympics2022
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