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: Refik Anadol’s Machine Hallucinations—Coral Dreams (2021) is part of an exhibition by the NFT marketplace Aorist via theartnewspaper.com
AR is driving increased user engagement in a way that traditional media can’t:https://t.co/q6fLhwc5oJ
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 2, 2021
by @davidripert via @Entrepreneur #AugmentedReality #AR #CustomerEngagement
When it opens in Paris late next year, Batman Gotham City Adventures will be the first multi-room escape experience in France inspired by DC’s Batman:https://t.co/MHVnDWnUed
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 1, 2021
via @Blooloop #ThemedEntertainment #ExperienceEconomy
Will artificial intelligence help or hurt cyber defense?https://t.co/Bz0OOLCAtE
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) November 29, 2021
via @govtechnews by @govcso #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Cybersecurity
Adidas is doubling down on its metaverse ambitions by entering into a four-way partnership with Bored Ape Yacht Club, Pixel Valut’s Punks Comic and crypto investor Gmoney:https://t.co/8zt6Aj9KpC
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 2, 2021
via @MarketingEds#NFT #Metaverse #CustomerEngagement
Dyson has launched a VR store that allows customers to demo its latest products at home on Oculus:https://t.co/VfumoMLp5g
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) November 29, 2021
by @polly_allcock via @notebookcheck #VR #VirtualReality #CustomerEngagement
Unveiled last week at the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum, Ai-Da is the world’s first highly-realistic humanoid robot artist, who writes poetry inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy:https://t.co/OARctcLSl4
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 1, 2021
via @coolhunting #AI #Robots #DigitalArt #RobotArtist
Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) are using synthetic AI data to help improve brain-computer interfaces: https://t.co/K5wMPSBMIB
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 1, 2021
by @tweetycami via @PsychToday #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GAN #BrainComputerInterface #BCI
Artificial intelligence could be used to accurately predict tsunamis: https://t.co/sVWynS9G9j
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 1, 2021
via @physorg_com and @cardiffuni #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
Art and crypto: a marriage made in Miami. As the mayor pledges to move Silicon Valley to the city, Art Basel in Miami Beach ramps up its NFT offerings:https://t.co/8DV59hRTAR
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 2, 2021
by @annyleshaw vIa @TheArtNewspaper #ArtMiami #NFT
The future of reality – the world of The Matrix is here and it’s nothing like what we imagined:https://t.co/C3GPtWJBC6
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 2, 2021
via @WIRED #Metaverse #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #VR #AR #XR #MR #SciFi
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