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Programmed To Love

By Tom Saunter | Published: May 15, 2013

Two robots, Vincent & Emily, are connected to each other as if deeply in love: where at the heights of romance, every motion, utterance, or external influence is shared in an acutely empathic, highly attuned ’emotional’ response: The creation of German artists Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler and Carolin Liebl, the robots take in sound and motion data–from […]

Posted in Technology | Also tagged artificial intelligence, Carolin Liebl, creation, gallery, human, interaction, love, motion, Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler, open, robotics, robots, romance, simple, sound | 1 Response

True Skin: Full Version

By Tom Saunter | Published: October 11, 2012

Earlier this year I blogged the teaser for an upcoming short film by the team at N1ON, which looked like a really interesting work-in-progress. Yesterday, their film ‘True Skin’ was released to the world, kicking off a bidding war as studios move to capitalise on its unique visual style in a full-length feature, that will most likely […]

Posted in Film | Also tagged augmentation, bangkok, book, character, cyberpunk, Film, found, full length, future, humanity, implant, interesting, life, movie, potential, prototype, sci-fi, set, short film, skin, society, studio, teaser, true skin, vimeo, vision, visual, warren ellis | Leave a comment

Matthias Müller’s Particle Art

By Tom Saunter | Published: January 23, 2012

There’s this guy called Matthias Müller, and he makes beautiful abstractions out of virtual dust on his supercomputer. He’s some kind of motion-art superhero, probably sent to us from the exploding Planet 3DS Max by his scientist parents. In this post I’ve picked out a few examples of his work, because as well as being […]

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World Builder – A Film Where Holography Meets Romance

By Tom Saunter | Published: January 29, 2010

I stumbled upon a video last night, in which a man builds a virtual world using holographic tools for a certain special someone. It’s a blend of astounding graphics, clever user interface ideas, some poignant moments, and an actor who does this odd sideways smirk quite often (but don’t let that spoil it). World Builder […]

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Self-Pixellation

By Tom Saunter | Published: November 5, 2009

In his recent work “Papercraft Self Portrait”, 3D artist Eric Testrole did something really cool for Halloween. He pixellated his own head! It was kind of inspired by big-head mode seen in videogames. I really wanted to get the faceted geosphere look with wireframe. He’s been a character designer in the video game industry for […]

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