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.
Partially because of the pandemic, the world of art and museums is changing with the implementation of new technology and platforms. VOMA, or “Virtual Online Museum of Art,” is the first fully interactive virtual museum. This review discusses its pros and cons in the context of other recently created virtual museums.
Most museums only display about 5 % of their collection at any given time, while the rest of their collection locked away in vaults. One of the ways museum can share their hidden treasures is through their digital collection archive. Art UK is an excellent public digital archive that holds more than 200,000 paintings from the collections in United Kingdom that are not particularly accessible to the general public.
A recent NTEN article provided a list of free online tools to help nonprofit organizations test their websites for accessibility. These tools help to ensure the features and content on a website can be experienced by persons of all abilities. Today I take a closer look at one of the tools listed, WAVE, and review another option not included in the report, AMP.
has the player assuming the role of a stage manager at a variety of different productions. The degree to which the player succeeds or fails at a series of mini games effects the show itself at the end of the scenario. This game was play tested on a IPad 1 for this review. Fun: (4 out of 5 stars) The game plays well. The characters are charmingly rendered and are well suited to the genre of performing arts that they represent. The music of the show in question plays on cheerfully in the background and was a highlight. There was a good sense of immediacy in the constituent games within each production and as such the overall sense of timing was well designed. The strategies involved in game play were pretty linear and as such may be better suited for a younger audience.
Playability: (4.5 out of 5 stars) The game is quick to learn and master. The constituent games are well suited to the touch interface. Each module within a show has enough different about it to keep most people engaged for hours.
Depth: (2.5 out of 5 stars) The app and the four shows yielded about six and a half hours of game play. The player has to unlock each show in order and can play individual modules in the score attack mode. For an adult player the replay factor is limited after the four show scenarios replay is probably quite a bit better for a younger audience.
Value: (4.5 out of 5 stars) For the price of $.99 this feels like a bargain.
Overall: (4 out of 5 stars) There are a lot of good things going for The Show Must Go On. This app is a fun and easy introduction to four famous shows. The music that plays with the game is lovely, even when played through iPad speakers. I highly recommend checking this app out for killing time during holiday travel, it worked well for me.
