In the last two years, more than a dozen Virtual Reality tools have emerged, offering artists a wide range of mediums to express their creativity. These VR platforms have allowed every type of artist to showcase their talents in the Metaverse. This article delves into an exploration and comparison of VR, 2D painting software applications, comparing their capabilities against traditional oil and acrylic painting techniques. If you are an artist considering investing in a headset for your artistic endeavors or simply choosing an app, this article will provide a comprehensive side-by-side comparison of these programs with their real-life counterparts.
As momentum grows around global climate goals, a number of arts organizations are taking a larger look at their environmental impacts and incorporating sustainability into their values and strategies. To simplify this process, a variety of industry-specific tools are available to estimate CO2e emissions in arts and culture. Julie’s Bicycle, Gallery Climate Coalition, and ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager emerged as widely used emissions calculators, because of their ease of use, established network to share and compare results, and in some cases, adoption by funders or regulatory bodies.
Getty Images has become the newest company to join the AI Image Generator bandwagon, creating their own that is trained using NVIDIA's Picasso. NVIDIA is a machine learning model that was created with the intention of using solely images that are property of Getty Images, which makes this Image Generator unique from the rest. This review compares the other competitors for generative AI with Getty’s new tool.
Platforms like Synthesia and D-ID allow users to create AI-driven videos. These new apps are reshaping video creation, giving users unprecedented tools to create content. This article highlights the unique features and comparisons between Synthesia and D-ID, providing insights into their functionality, user experience, output quality, and cost impact.
Traditionally, games’ non-player characters (NPCs) were essentially scripted entities characterized by predetermined actions and restricted interaction capabilities. Nevertheless, the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has injected vitality into these characters, rendering them significantly more dynamic and convincing in their behavior.
Discord is a popular free-to-use browser app and software that gives users the ability to write, make voice or video conversations, and share their screen. The app provides users and their teams with the necessary real-time communication if they want to stay in sync when competing in esports, watching a movie, or video conferencing. This review dives into the pros and cons, and explains some of the basic and premium features of Discord.
In a time when authenticity is valued more than ever, yet social media is at its most popular, this new social media app is striving to integrate authenticity with social media. Introducing BeReal, a free social media app that was released in 2019 and gained over a 2000% increase in downloads and users in this past year.
Emerging from COVID-19 lockdowns, being able to attend performing arts performances in person has felt like a sensory treat. Feeling the energy of the collective audience, the soft whispering and rustling in seats, the sounds of footsteps as performers take the stage, the low hum of stage lights - being present with art as it is performed heightens the senses in a way that its virtual counterpart simply cannot, in spite of numerous advances in the digital landscape over the last two and a half years.
Enter the Neumann KU 100, or “Michel” as Kevin Noe, Artistic Director of Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (PNME), affectionately calls the humanoid microphone that sits at the center of ensemble’s 2022 season finale show, literally and figuratively. The microphone is a feat in binaural audio, engineered to replicate how sound travels through the human ear. When heard through headphones, it’s as if the listener’s head is placed right where the microphone is placed. For PNME’s performance, this meant that the audience’s ears were placed on stage between a cello and clarinet, surrounded by an ensemble of musicians.
Dall-e mini, recently renamed Craiyon due to its resemblance to the unrelated Dall-e created by OpenAI, became an internet phenomenon in recent months for its image generation. For those unaware of the technology, users can type a hyper-specific prompt into the image generator, and the AI generates something similar to the image terms.
Dataro is the “GiveTech” startup’s propensity modeling software that uses machine learning technology to generate predictions about how donors are likely to behave. Dataro’s AI software aims to maximize income and minimize wasted costs, as well as transform the way that fundraisers stay alert and relevant to how donors are engaging with their organizations. I see Dataro as a revolutionary force in nonprofit fundraising. The technology, if truly effective with the right organization’s data, harnesses the potential to shape how we prioritize our time with donors.
Writing is often understood as a form of art that comes directly from soul to page, an intimate reveal of human emotion.This core concept of writing is complicated with the development of AI trained to write and write creatively. It is, of course, “thinking” about the act of writing while writing, and doesn’t really have the capacity to think about what it is writing in Flusser’s sense.
AI writing models present a challenge to our notions of writing, but they may also be an overlooked tool to writers themselves. What do they mean for writers and the craft in the future? Could an AI bot write a New York Times Bestseller? This review explains the process and technologies behind AI writing and compares two low cost programs.
Grammarly is a free multi-platform writing app that makes suggestions to improve your writing in real-time through grammar, syntax, and tone. It’s available for Windows, macOS, Chrome, and Android, and the premium tier for individuals provides extra features such as one-click sentence rewriting (available for the cost of $30 monthly, $60 quarterly, or $144 annually). Grammarly is available to educational institutions at special rates, and Grammarly Business is available for teams of 3 or more, with monthly rates of $25 per team member and annual rates depending on the size of the team.
