Adam Savage on a Ghostbusters set

*It’s American cinema FX product, but the tradecraft is interesting.

Cyberspaces and Metaverses

*A message direct from the originators of the terms.

Electronic art for cats

https://www.reddit.com/r/arduino/comments/qmkxv3/made_a_laser_tower_on_arduino_nano_for_my_cats/

Laura Kampf and her former spyware

*Some impressive Germanic classification and filing there.

A manifesto about the Metaverse

*I don’t believe any of this, but it’s useful to see it stated in such a clear way. https://medium.com/meta-verses/the-seven-rules-of-the-metaverse-7d4e06fa864c Humbly submitted, in service to the great work. The Rules Rule #1. There is only one Metaverse. Rule #2: The Metaverse is for everyone. Rule #3: Nobody controls the Metaverse. Rule #4: The Metaverse is open. […]

Meanwhile, at Feral File

*We’re in the days of NFT when people are visibly making everything up as they go along. There are no “best practices.” FERAL FILE https://feralfile.com I am excited to announce the launch of Feral File’s Ethereum bridge. It allows you to migrate a Feral File NFT from the Bitmark blockchain to Ethereum. You can then […]

Beeple triumphantly defaces a hundred-dollar bill

*Because, as the best-paid artist in crypto-land, why wouldn’t he? *Also, he was performing this gesture to amuse a fan, and probably it was funny. Would adorning a hundred euros be this amusing? You have to wonder.

The Artissima XYZ cross-media digital platform

*If we hadn’t suffered through a pandemic and quarantine, I’d be rather shocked to see Artissima becoming this digital and metaversified. However, that was then, while this is new-normal. https://xyz.artissima.art/ *We’re heading over to the Lingotto venue for a look around.

Felix Stalder pondering Meta’s metaverse on the nettime list

Felix Stalder pondering Meta’s metaverse on the nettime list: I’m sure most of you have heard by now that Facebook is renaming itself “Meta” and promoting a platform called “Metaverse”, basically, a shared, but heavily customizable VR/AR world. If you haven’t seen the video from the keynote, have look. You won’t be able to get […]

Meta’s Metaverse

*Oh dear.