Category: Technology
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Failing to Create My Own AI Apps: What I Learned
Generative AI is everywhere. You can create images off a prompt. You can have ChatGPT write you a recipe. Everyone is posting their AI-generated avatars (including me). Artificial intelligence has been used for Art for a long time. Something about 2022 made it take off. Wired has a whole article on regenerated AI images. I […]
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Meta enables URL to Open in Virtual Reality
Meta released a way to open links in virtual reality (well, Meta’s virtual reality). Opening links directly in virtual reality (VR) can provide a more immersive and seamless experience for you. Instead of switching between different devices or applications, you can access and interact with web content directly within VR. By opening links directly in […]
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Web3 Gift Guide 2022
It’s that time of year. One for giving, gifting, and treating yourself to something special. I personally have bought kid toys, and kid clothes (pro tip: shop the sales for next season’s outfits) and browsed local small businesses for fun gifts (like a candle that burns down to a usable whiskey glass). Then I thought, […]
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5 Signs You’re already in the Metaverse
When I was at The Economist Metaverse Summit, the question everyone had was, what is the metaverse? The following week I volunteered at my university’s Majors Fair for undecided students. I handed out pamphlets for computer science (even though my major was Management Information Systems – hey, how often do you get to talk about […]
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10 Best Quotes from The Economist Metaverse Summit
The Economist Metaverse Summit took place in Silicon Valley to talk about all things metaverse. After attending, if I had to sum up the state of the metaverse in one sentence, it would be: The state of the metaverse is in flux. We’re trying to design it with the problems of Web2 in mind. But […]
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Grand Rapids Art Prize Cancels NFTs And That’s A Shame
Now that I’m back in Michigan, I want to talk about the Michigan tech scene! Unfortunately, to start, we have a story about the cancellation of NFTs at ArtPrize. ArtPrize started in 2009 when I was going to school at Grand Valley State University. ArtPrize is an open, independently organized international art competition that celebrates […]
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