Category: machine learning

  • VR Forward

    VR Forward

    The Black Bag Media Collective is thrilled to announce our latest project — VR Forward, a series of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality based performances, installations, streams, and presentations featuring work by some of the most innovative Canadian artists, and curated by JE Solo. This project will see new installations and performances for virtual spaces,…

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  • Another Historic First for BBMC Artists

    Another Historic First for BBMC Artists

    BBMC artists, led by JE Solo, have been working with teams of programmers to create NPCs (Non-Player Characters) inside of NEOS VR who think using a quantum computer. This week, many months of work have been paying off as JE Solo tests the quantum programming of their NPC for the first time. JE Solo has…

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  • Time is a book

    Time is a book

    Ongoing research from the BBMC project Quantum Computing in NEOS VR, from Liz Solo’s webpage: “I’m working with different Artificial Intelligence technologies and machine learning programs in order to 1) see what they can do; and 2) develop a virtual artist who composes work that contains some of the creative “DNA” of my own work–a…

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  • AI-Human Writing Collaboration

    AI-Human Writing Collaboration

    As part of the ongoing project, Quantum Computing in NEOS VR, JE (Liz) Solo is working with an Artificial Intelligence on a writing project. JE trained an Artificial Intelligence to read all of their lyrics and then instructed it to write new lyrics in the style of Liz Solo. Here are a few of the…

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  • In Conversation with JE Solo – Meta Creation in NEOS VR

    In Conversation with JE Solo – Meta Creation in NEOS VR

    Ideatron interviews artist JE Solo about their latest installation, under world – developed through the BBMC’s Meta Creation in NEOS VR project. JE discusses their artificially intelligent NPC whales; working as a creator in NEOS VR; and how working in VR influences their work as an author of science fiction, (and vice versa). Meta Creation…

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  • under world

    under world

    These videos document JE Solo’s under world installation, and feature Artificially Intelligent Non Player Characters – twin whales. These underwater creatures compose their own unique songs in real time based on their interpretations of an original composition by the artist. This project is part of the BBMC’s Meta Creation in NEOS VR project.   Meta…

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  • Meta-Creation Exhibition

    Meta-Creation Exhibition

    After many months of research and development the BBMC are ready to premiere results from our Meta Creation in NEOS VR project. JE Solo has built an underwater environment to house their creation – a set of twin NPC (Non-Player Character) Whales that plays AI generated audio as they interact with users. JE’s exhibit opens…

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