Category: NEOS VR
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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
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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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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Quantum Computing in NEOS VR
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact – JE Solo 437-350-7768 blackbagmediacollective@gmail.com Black Bag Media Collective Announces Quantum Computing Partnership A historic first! Canadian media-artists will be connecting the minds of AI-enhanced virtual beings with a quantum computer. VANCOUVER | TORONTO | CHICAGO | PRAGUE | VIENNA March 17, 2021 – The Black Bag Media Collective…
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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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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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under world experiment
During experiments for the Metacreation in NEOS VR project, JE Solo created a composition themed on the idea of sorrow and then asked an Artificial Intelligence to explore the song and create a new composition using only whale song. This was the result: Mournful Whales Then, JE created a composition themed on extinction and asked an Artificial…
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Meta Creation in NEOS VR
Meta Creation in NEOS VR is the latest project from the BBMC. BBMC artists are experimenting with the capabilities of NPCs (Non-Player Characters) in the social VR world of NEOS. The artists are creating NPCs that have the ability to create in their own right – essentially becoming autonomous virtual artists. JE Solo has been…
