Cultural Digital #224
Immersive things, internet culture, and more.
Hello
There are lots of things to play with this week, plus a whole chunk of immersive experiences to gawp at and something about the power of memes. Fun. Enjoy!
Playbrary, from the National Library Board of Singapore and LePub, is smart. You pick one of a thousand books and it’ll give you a prompt to put into ChatGPT that will turn it into a choose-your-own-adventure game.
He took some convincing, but I eventually got Dracula to bite me (it took me nine moves and featured a hurled chair and quite a lot of ketchup).
Immersiveness
2023 list of 50+ Immersive Things that mix storytelling, performance, play, design & code. Lance Weiler’s 5th edition of this list.
Immersive experiences — a must to survive as museums? “Are museums being overtaken in popularity by the experience industry?”
Taking the Plunge – American Alliance of Museums."Wolf describes a continuum of engagement where immersion is only the first of four levels of potential engagement a person might have with the imaginary worlds game designers and authors create".
LGBTQ+ VR Museum. "When Antonia F. came out, she realized there weren't any museums solely dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community—so she decided to create one in VR".
#TBF23 Guest Q&A: Layered Reality's Hugh Gledhill. An interview with the performance marketing director at Layered Reality, a London-based business that develops immersive events.
Internet culture
YOU'RE ALL TRAPPED IN HERE WITH ME. The idea of 'chat' as 4th person pronoun, plus the nature of streamers' relationships with their audiences.
The Power Of Memes In Different Fandoms: How Fans Contribute To The Expansion Of Narrative Universes And Influence Media Consumption. From Know Your Meme.
Other
Turner Contemporary: Sculpture highlights importance of alt text. This was a campaign with the RNIB.
MCN 2023: Schedule. I just spotted that slides from the Museum Computer Network’s last conference are all online. Btw, membership is now free and they’ve put out a call for proposals for the next one (deadline very soon).
What’s the best way to support our visitors and customers remotely? "How can you make big improvements to a service and enable it to grow when you aren’t able deliver a full scale technology transformation?" From the V&A's Lizzie Hines and featuring chatbots, simplifications, online school bookings, and more.
Introducing Sam, Mamamia’s new AI-powered programmatic audio offering for brands. A podcast network made an AI-generated voice based on their presenter’s voices and use it for reading adverts.
Say What You See. “Learn the art of image prompting with the help of Google AI”. This is the latest from Google Arts & Culture.
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