*This is from almost a year ago, but there’s still a lot of gimmicky novelties on display here.

*It’s been ten years since Google Glass. https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/smart-glasses-have-a-lot-of-work-ahead-in-2022/ (…) Will someone figure out how we interact with these glasses? There’s no mouse or trackpad or keyboard for AR. There isn’t even an agreed-upon controller. While VR headsets generally tend to have dual controllers that look like a gamepad split apart, AR headsets tend to either […]

*Street art is not NFTs, and it’s not in the galleries either, but the pandemic doesn’t slow it down much. https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/most-beautiful-murals-2021/47-nerone-new-brighton

*Benvenuti, MMXXII! “Just weeks after being acquired by Nike Inc., NFT studio RTFKT collaborated with leading NFT gallery Oncyber to jointly launch Space Pods.” https://blokt.com/news/space-pods-a-stunning-way-to-show-off-your-nfts-in-the-metaverse 

*Why not? https://www.davidedileo.com/musicisart

#MFR2021 – Maker Music: Cubo Session Max CASACCI + Studio Clichè Live @ Gazometro Ostiense

*Wow! https://www.artribune.com/professioni-e-professionisti/who-is-who/2021/12/intervista-alessandro-sciaraffa/

https://www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/articoli/la-persona-del-2021-l-enigma-beeple/137688.html

*This is less than a coincidence. *The business about fraud entering the prop collectible space is also quite interesting. They’re not real, they’re “props,” so how to you get an authentic one?

*There’s Laura Kampf, whose aesthetic philosophy consistently leads her to make useful objects out of society’s throwaway junk. “That’s a particularly Frankenstein-looking gadget that she’s cobbled up there, even by Laura’s generous standards. *You’ll notice that the guy who inspired this project, “Felix,” gets recruited by Laura as her Youtube videographer. Then she encourages her […]