Augmented Reality (14)
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- 5 min
- Indie Wire
- 2021
New virtual exhibits displayed through Web XR, or Extended Reality available over the network of internet browsers, allow Black artists and creators to present ancestral knowledge and stories while providing a new basis on which AI could be trained. This use of AI leads to an imagination free of colonial or racist constructs that may otherwise be present in digital media.
- Indie Wire
- 2021
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- 5 min
- Indie Wire
- 2021
How Black Storytellers Are Using XR and Afro-Futurism to Explore Ancestral Identity
New virtual exhibits displayed through Web XR, or Extended Reality available over the network of internet browsers, allow Black artists and creators to present ancestral knowledge and stories while providing a new basis on which AI could be trained. This use of AI leads to an imagination free of colonial or racist constructs that may otherwise be present in digital media.
How does artificial intelligence and augmented reality open doors for expression of minority voices? How can digital art be used to make a specific statement or call for a cultural shift? What are the benefits of applying wisdom from across the globe and before the digital age into the design and deployment of digital technologies?
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- 3 min
- MacRumors
- 2021
Facebook’s collaboration with Ray-Ban on a new technology of “smart glasses” comes with a host of questions on whether or not capabilities such as facial recognition should be built into the technology.
- MacRumors
- 2021
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- 3 min
- MacRumors
- 2021
Facebook Weighing Up Legality of Facial Recognition in Upcoming Smart Glasses
Facebook’s collaboration with Ray-Ban on a new technology of “smart glasses” comes with a host of questions on whether or not capabilities such as facial recognition should be built into the technology.
What are the “so clear” benefits and risks of having facial recognition algorithms implanted into smart glasses, in your view? What are the problems with “transparent technology” such as smart glasses, where other citizens may not even know that they are being surveilled?