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: Polish Pavilion
A new deepfake video inserts Henry Cavill into Timothy Dalton's James Bond movies and he looks rather natural in the role:https://t.co/cyCsuEzzzF
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) October 28, 2021
via @TVweb by @slimymeteor #Deepfake #ML #MachineLearning https://t.co/jzJTnJL4Al
"Sotheby's #Metaverse" is holding its first sale with a collection "Natively Digital 1.2: The Collectors" featuring 53 works from 19 NFT collectors, including many famous #NFT projects by XCOPY, Pak, CryptoPunks, Bored Ape Yacht Club, ArtBlocks...https://t.co/G5OXAbhMZf
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) October 22, 2021
via @AP
Polish pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai references the flight of birds through kinetic sculpture:https://t.co/jA0RPOC0E9
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) October 26, 2021
by @AndreeaCutieru via @ArchDaily #KineticSculpture #Architecture #Expo2020 #ArtInstallation
Key artificial intelligence (#AI) trends 2021: AI as a tool for global good, emphasis on responsible AI development, intelligent and hyper-automated business processes etc.:https://t.co/8PYrNxZA3Z
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) October 22, 2021
via @Datamation by @ShelbyHiter #ArtificialIntelligence
F1 superstar Lewis Hamilton becomes latest athlete to use PORTL’s hologram tech and you can check it out in a city near you:https://t.co/dM7eKN9eiM
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) October 26, 2021
via @Brobible by @gifdsports #Holograms #PORTL #DigitalHuman #Formula1
Varjo’s new VR headset points the way to collaboration done right:https://t.co/9ieJ17es0b
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) October 22, 2021
by @Enderle via @Computerworld #VR #VirtualReality
Once again on #Metaverse. There are at least three major potential definitions of the it, this hot trendy thing that Facebook is investing $5 billion into and hiring 10,000 technologists for:https://t.co/MVxZFp1N9g
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) October 26, 2021
via @forbes by @johnkoetsier
Blockchain NFT ticketing system, ‘TicketMint’ to provide real-world entry into Metaverse:https://t.co/YtEondAiLS
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) October 25, 2021
via @RealCoinGeek #Metaverse #NFT
Supernatural agency uses AI, machine learning to power creative ideas:https://t.co/e7IKDgy5fG
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) October 25, 2021
via @adage#AI #MachineLearning
Adobe has built a deepfake tool, but it doesn’t know what to do with it:https://t.co/oHA1PQ4Mnp
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) October 28, 2021
via @Verge #ML #MachineLearning #Deepfake
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