Immerse, a Medium publication that we co-produce with MIT’s Open Doc Lab, just released a new newsletter. Here’s a glimpse at their latest articles:
The year so far
- A compilation of reports and projects created by the signatories and community members who signed their public statement on AI.
- Deniz Tortum looks at Runway and asks whether AI editing will change the way we see.
- Interview with Philip Galler, Co-CEO of Lux Machina.
- Dan Schindel asks whether pirates can save nonfiction works and finds inspiration in the corner of the internet where torrent trackers, MEGA uploads and other bootleg networks thrive.
- #mymuslimfilm in Extended Reality: spotlighting 11 artists whose practices span installations, AR, VR, games, interactive projects and more.
- An interview with Charlie Shackleton about his desktop documentary-VR performance hybrid, “As Mine Exactly”.
What they’re keeping an eye on
- David Olusoga on his plan to level up Britain — with the 3D internet and a Blackpool “queercoaster.”
- How can we make VR more accessible?
- Second Life’s mistakes should inform today’s metaverse.
- How Myst taught a generation of gamers to explore new worlds.
- An article with a headline so OMG it seemed like an April Fools joke: Worldcoin Promised Free Crypto If They Scanned Their Eyeballs With “The Orb.”
- Still confused about crypto? Kevin Roose wrote a long piece called The Latecomers Guide to Crypto. Follow it up with Molly White’s critical take on crypto in The Edited Latecomers Guide to Crypto, hear White discuss it with Paris Marx on the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast.
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