Imagine a time when music fans will attend concerts performed by human musicians, but where all songs have been composed by artificial intelligence (AI). This time has arrived. Organized by Sony – Computer Science Laboratory (CSL), the concert took place in October 2016 in Paris (Gaîté Lyrique), and was part of the “Intense Science Festival“, which involved...

Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Leonardo da Vinci, Salvador Dali…. They were all extraordinary painters and left their names in the history of art. In addition, much of their contribution to art derives from their unique “styles of painting”. Simply said, one can understand “style of painting” by patterns of procedures with which one...

The potential of Virtual Reality (VR) to create a fast and long-lasting immersive experience has been vastly discussed. Consequently, there is currently a fast-moving competition across various start-ups across the globe to deliver relevant, innovative and affordable content for uses and stakeholders In this article I’ve selected what I believe are 5 of the most interesting...

The extraordinary capacity of immediately inducing users into telepresence is perhaps one of the greatest benefits brought by virtual reality (VR). As discussed previously here at LiveInnovation.org, Telepresence refers to a mental projection that enables users to feel like there are elsewhere. The projection enabled by VR has already numerous benefits: From education to surgery;...

During my childhood I recurrently had nightmares. Sometimes I fell from cliffs, other times a family member passed away. Occasionally I was being chased by dogs. And everything was always so real. But real only in my mind. It was purely a result of my imagination, or perhaps an unconscious interpretation of my conscious fears. My dreams felt real because my mind had projected an...