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: courtesy of Nick Knight/SHOWstudio via i-d.vice.com
Using AI to power fashion-tech Intelligent Avatars in the metaverse, with the goal of “providing us with insight on a topic that we may’ve been completely unbeknownst to”:https://t.co/CfFxiNpMZj
— Acentric (@AceExperiential) November 14, 2022
by @rak01059727 via @BlocksterCom#AI #Fashion #Avatars #Technology #Metaverse
Disney Animation is teaming up with the producers of Immersive Van Gogh to develop an immersive projection experience celebrating nearly a century of animated movies: https://t.co/FMJGrzgCEm
— Acentric (@AceExperiential) November 14, 2022
via @whiskynsunshine#ImmersiveExperience #FanEngagement #ThemedEntertainment
Niantic, developer of Pokemon Go, has announced a new Marvel Universe augmented reality mobile game called World of Heroes where players will use their phones to interact with the real world:https://t.co/wU5cVaCEXk
— Acentric (@AceExperiential) November 14, 2022
by @LawofTD via @IGN#AugmentedReality #FanEngagement #Gaming
The Bestiary Chronicles is a comic series drawn by Midjourney — a modern fable on the rise of AI and a case study on the exponential advances in AI image generation:https://t.co/G5Te6Goa3k
— Acentric (@AceExperiential) November 17, 2022
by @lesatnews via @CNET#AI #Comics #GenerativeArt #DigitalArt #Technology
Adidas released a 16-piece digital outerwear collection in a new product category called Virtual Gear. Current NFT holders were airdropped pieces at random:https://t.co/fH0apPKIp9
— Acentric (@AceExperiential) November 18, 2022
by Maghan McDowell via @voguebusiness#NFT #Fashion #DigitalGoods #CustomerEngagement
Interior designers are adopting VR & AR to show their clients renderings, allowing them to see what final designs will look like in their homes:https://t.co/fCtIdBfOOE
— Acentric (@AceExperiential) November 21, 2022
by @ShivaniVora via @RobbReport#VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #VR #AR #MR #XR #InteriorDesign #Architecture
Web3 companies tend to use messaging that’s too complicated for average users to understand, but their communications teams can simplify the UX for mass adoption:https://t.co/e1hQSrT8Wd
— Acentric (@AceExperiential) November 21, 2022
by @PeterVeltliner via @VentureBeat#Web3 #NFT #Blockchain #UX #Communications
Israel’s recent ZER0|1NE festival, at the Tower of David Museum (Jaffa Gate), explored technological advances in art, including digital art and the role of artificial intelligence:https://t.co/89uULWZiDw
— Acentric (@AceExperiential) November 22, 2022
by Barry Davis via @Jerusalem_Post#ArtJerusalem #DigitalArt #AI
Research has shown that 90% of AI and ML deployments fail, often due to the lack of training data. Better training requires a steady diet of synthetic data:https://t.co/1bsCPUM34t
— Iconoclast (@NYiconoclast) November 24, 2022
by @words_with_ash via @VentureBeat#SyntheticData #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML #AI
Macy’s is taking its legendary Thanksgiving Day Parade to the metaverse, including NFT parade balloons:https://t.co/4k3CSRvHuc
— Acentric (@AceExperiential) November 24, 2022
by John Russel Jones via https://t.co/Y6FdwOVCJS#Metaverse #NFT #Thanksgiving #Holiday #Parade #CustomerEngagement
British fashion photographer Nick Knight will be minting a series of NFTs called ‘ikon-1’ in the image of Chicago-born model Jazzelle Zanaughtti:https://t.co/yg2NQLMt6Z
— Acentric (@AceExperiential) November 24, 2022
by joe bobowicz via @i_D#DigitalFashion #NFT #Metaverse #Avatars
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