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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Video games and their communities are influencing the metaverse: https://t.co/14DRLnChE4
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 27, 2021
by Noah Shin via @VentureBeat #Metaverse #Gaming #VirtualWorlds
How music AI could create a future Grammy award winner – producers, musicians and software developers weigh in on the making of a machine as the next hot pop artist:https://t.co/owQPpscDYW
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 27, 2021
by @typendlebury via @CNET#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML
A whole new wave of smart glasses could arrive in 2022, but they will probably still need a lot of work:https://t.co/5vQBSk0vs5
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 28, 2021
by @jetscott via @cnet#SmartGlasses #AR #AugmentedReality
The new Biscayne Bay virtual reality experience lets you swim with manatees and mangroves:https://t.co/Irf9fmkSZu
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 28, 2021
by @JoshCeb via @MiamiNewTimes#VR #VirtualReality #ThemedEntertainment
Chinese search giant Baidu is testing the metaverse waters with XiRang, which will allow 100,000 users to participate at once:https://t.co/6H5slGb7MC
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 29, 2021
by @AFP via @Gadgets360#Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #BigTech #VR
Isko and other brands explored the metaverse at Circular Fashion Summit, the largest VR gathering for the fashion community: https://t.co/8d5MAap4OX
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 29, 2021
by Liz Warren via @SourcingJournal #VR #VirtualReality #Metaverse #DigitalFashion
Artificial intelligence Botto was able to earn his first million dollars by selling his paintings at NFT auctions:https://t.co/ARuZbsgHq2
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 30, 2021
by Maksim Panasovskyi via @gagadget#NFT #DigitalArt #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
Sofia Crespo is an artist whose work combines neural network technologies and images of the natural world to generate what she calls “speculative nature”: https://t.co/ToEYibtqoM
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 30, 2021
by @SophieHaigney via @artinamerica #DigitalArt #GenerativeArt #AI #GAN
Is virtual reality the next great way to meditate? https://t.co/p76c3pVodm
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 30, 2021
via @DeseretNews by @gitanjalipoonia #VR #VirtualReality #Meditation #Mindfulness
Augmented shopping could be next big e-commerce trend: https://t.co/KRMfDsALID
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 30, 2021
by @jack_daleo via @freightwaves#Ecommerce #AugmentedReality #AR
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