Tag: media platforms

• Specifying Spring ‘83

  August 12, 2022

  What fol­lows is a nar­ra­tive descrip­tion of a pro­to­col that I believe might open up some inter­est­ing new pos­si­bil­i­ties on the inter­net. My goal here isn’t to “sell you” on… more ›

• How Did Two Unknown Latin Music Operators Make $23 Million From YouTube? The IRS Says They Stole It

  August 12, 2022

  It was hard to miss Jose “Chenel” Medina Teran driving a lime-green Lamborghini Aventador around West Phoenix. With its butterfly doors and leather interior, the garish sports car, which costs… more ›

• Digital Originals

  August 10, 2022

  Everyone’s got a story to tell. So in The Mill’s Experience Team we’re building custom tools to express individual experiences through physical and virtual clothing. Not just for high-profile football… more ›

• Let’s Agree That I Don’t Know You

  August 8, 2022

  In a world of strangers, the act of recognizing who you are has value. But increasingly that personalized greeting is becoming commoditized: from personalised spam to automated birthday greetings; the… more ›

• The overworked humans behind China’s virtual influencers

  August 8, 2022

  Over the past decade, entertainment companies in China and Japan have increasingly invested in developing virtual talent: pop stars that appear on stage via hologram, animated personalities who livestream themselves playing games and… more ›

• Electrify understanding

  August 8, 2022

  I am fully convinced of the need to electrify everything. One of the things we’re going to have to do on the way to that is understand electricity, batteries, grids… more ›

• Meet Luo Tianyi, China’s biggest virtual pop star

  August 8, 2022

  Luo Tianyi is China’s most popular virtual idol among an estimated 30 to 40 holographic celebrities in the country. The trend originated in Japan, which has a long history of… more ›

• KOLs Are Dead. Long Live the Virtual Influencer

  August 8, 2022

  Luxury brands have long used influencers or key opinion leaders (KOLs) to get into the hearts, minds, and ultimately digital wallets of young Chinese consumers. Influencers, particularly those who enjoy… more ›

• Algorithmic fame

  August 8, 2022

  Social influence rests on the fact that, when faced with abundance of choice, we habitually rely on others to know what to buy, read, wear, or listen to. When these… more ›

• Colour & Shape: Using Computer Vision to Explore the Science Museum Group Collection

  August 7, 2022

  This article analyses a selection of the Science Museum Group Collection. We examined over 7,000 photographs of objects from 21 categories. The categories were selected on the basis that they contained… more ›