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Google tries to replicate synesthesia with its latest experiment
'Play a Kandinsky' uses machine learning to bring sounds to one of the artist's paintings.
My AI-moderated video chat with strangers gave me hope
The questions also differ slightly across all the sessions, according to McCarthy. Had I only been speaking with Serenity, I would have missed out on the collaborative aspect. But of course, the quality of your BTB experience hinges on the people you get to interact with.
See the 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' painting in 10-gigapixel detail
Microscope manufacturer Hirox has created a panorama of Vermeer’s famous Girl with a Pearl Earring at a mind-goggling 10-gigapixel resolution.
Twenty One Pilots' livestreamed music video set a Guinness World Record
The 'Level of Concern' project ran for almost 178 days.
OnePlus' second concept phone is an 8T that changes color
The experimental phone has a stylish pattern on the back that can switch between light silver and dark blue. According to OnePlus, the design relies on a special film “that contains metal oxide in glass,” with “the valence state of the metal ions varying under different voltages.” Well, OnePlus believes that the film could become a genuinely useful part of the phone.
Hitting the Books: How Bell Labs jump-started the multimedia art movement
Like [Frank J.] Malina and Klüver, Pierce’s interests extended far beyond engineering. Pierce proved remarkably tolerant of Klüver’s art-and-technology efforts, seeing these as activities that could benefit engineers as well as artists.
Vocal synth with teeth is equally hilarious and horrifying
Love Hulten has developed a vocal synth where each key plays notes through plastic teeth — it's just as strange as it sounds.
AT&T hosted a live Axel Mansoor concert in AR using only 5G phones
AT&T and Ericsson held a concert in augmented reality where Axel Mansoor and his fans needed only 5G smartphones to have an intimate gig.
Watch the trailer for Studio Ghibli's first fully CG movie
Studio Ghibli has released the trailer for its first CG movie, 'Earwig and the Witch.'
Google's 360-degree tours will live on in the Arts & Culture app
Moving forward, you won’t need to be a student to access Google's 360-degree Expeditions tours — nor will you need a VR headset, for that matter.
Adobe's Fresco painting app is now available on iPhone
Last year, Adobe debuted Fresco: a powerful drawing and painting app that brought the realistic feel of watercolor, oils and more to the iPad and Surface devices. As is typically the case at its annual MAX event with Creative Cloud apps, Adobe is showing off a host of new features that are coming to Fresco. First, the company is adding font support through Adobe Fonts.
Lenovo and Ava DuVernay unveil VR film series on empowering women
The series looks at the stories of women from countries like Mexico, Japan, China, India, Germany, France, Italy, the UK and the USA.
Google Arts & Culture app lets you turn yourself into a Van Gogh painting
If you’ve ever wondered what your portrait would look like if Van Gogh or Frida Kahlo were to paint it, Google can help you find out.
The first music video shot on Snap Spectacles 3 is a rumination on love
Over the years, we've seen music videos and movies shot on iPhones, GoPros, and even in a few disappointing cases, Google Glass. Long story short, if a gadget has a camera, people will use it to make art, and that streak continues today with a new music video from R&B artist Bosco that was shot entirely on Snap’s Spectacles 3. As you might expect, the video -- made to accompany Bosco's single "4th of July" -- is packed to the gills with Snapchat's augmented reality lenses.
Adobe digitally recreated Keith Haring’s paint brushes and tools
Adobe digitally recreated 37 brushes inspired by iconic artist Keith Haring.
Google Arts & Culture app lets you view ancient creatures in AR
Google has spent years developing 3D models that you can view and manipulate in the real world using smartphone-based AR. Tigers, velociraptors, Iron Man and even Childish Gambino — I’ve enjoyed summoning them all from the comfort of my living room. Google’s latest AR offering is an ancient crustacean with a large black eye covered in tiny lenses.
Snapchat's latest custom Lenses are designed for dancing videos
Snap has updated its Lens Studio platform so artists and developers can create custom Lenses — the company’s term for AR experiences — that leverage full body tracking. Snapchat’s maker has created two templates, Full Body Triggers and Full Body Attachments, that can conjure up various effects based on what the user is doing inside the frame.
Roland marks TR-808's 40th anniversary with a documentary and freebies
Roland is marking the TR-808 drum machine's 40th anniversary with a documentary, virtual instruments and more.
'Ghost in the Shell' (the good one) arrives in 4K on September 8th
Mamoru Oshii's masterpiece 'Ghost in the Shell' is finally getting a 4K remaster.
MIT algorithm finds subtle connections between art pieces
A new system developed by MIT researchers called “MosAIc” is finding hard-to-spot similarities between art pieces at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. To use MosAIc, the user inputs an image and MosAIc’s algorithm finds similar art pieces.