Category: research

  • 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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  • Quantum Computing in NEOS VR

    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

    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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  • JE Solo talks VR with CBC

    JE Solo talks VR with CBC

    In the following interview excerpt, JE Solo speaks with the CBC’s Heather Barrett about Virtual Reality, and the BBMC’s latest project – Meta Creation in NEOS VR. JE (Liz) Solo and Jeremy O. Turner have been working for months in the NEOS VR platform to develop NPCs (Non-Player Characters) that have the ability to create…

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  • Nanome VR

    Nanome VR

    This week BBMC members entered cyberspace on Oculus Quest to have a private meeting with Steve McCloskey. McCloskey is the CEO of: Nanome VR, the Matryx blockchain innovation attribution system, and Calcflow. Steve gave a detailed tutorial of Nanome VR’s professional and academic capabilities. Nanome VR’s Matryx blockchain allows you to collaborate on molecular design…

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