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.
Featured Image: Light to Night 2022
How countries are leveraging computing power to achieve their national artificial intelligence strategies: https://t.co/PBGDxyEzIQ
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) January 14, 2022
by Samar Fatima, Gregory S. Dawson, @KevDesouza, and James S. Denford via @BrookingsInst #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #ML #Supercomputers
Light to Night 2022, a part of Singapore Art Week, invites you to an immersive arts festival like never before: https://t.co/yHANLhuFTb
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) January 14, 2022
by Cadence Loh via @YahooNews #ImmersiveArt #PublicArt #ProjectionShow #ArtSingapore
Surveillance could follow us into ‘the metaverse’ – with our bodies as its new data source:https://t.co/KslJZSNuy0
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) January 15, 2022
by @Tatum_Hunter_ via @WashingtonPost#Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #VR #AR #BigTech
Chabad is everywhere — even in the virtual reality ‘Metaverse’:https://t.co/l8YQSrp61d
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) January 17, 2022
by @mayamirsky via @jewishsf#Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #VirtualReality #VR
A look at 5 traditional brands that are already boldly embracing the metaverse: https://t.co/qhGXUQxyg4
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) January 18, 2022
by @DRLGibson via @thedrum #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #CustomerEngagement
'The Drop' is part immersive theatre, part escape room – Swamp Motel is following the success of its online interactive trilogy with its first in-person experience:https://t.co/tciU80InlQ
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) January 18, 2022
by @lallamerlin via @Blooloop #ImmersiveArt #ThemedEntertainment #ExperienceEconomy
The industrial metaverse is coming – how will companies take advantage?https://t.co/fhwsWdE1r8
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) January 19, 2022
by John Burton via @SmartIndustryUS #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #SmartIndustry
A former Google scientist created Hume AI to help stop the computers that run our lives from exploiting us:https://t.co/QUQ98GpApY
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) January 19, 2022
by @zeitchikWaPo via @washingtonpost#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SocialMedia
Philosopher David Chalmers says ‘virtual reality is genuine reality’ so embrace it: https://t.co/E01ojJXnDq
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) January 19, 2022
by @iansample via @guardian#VirtualReality #VR #VirtualWorlds #Metaverse
How gaming created the visual language and social rules of the metaverse: https://t.co/YTGgcJUFDF
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) January 19, 2022
by @chrismsutcliffe via @thedrum#Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #Gaming
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