Category: Technology
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My Cyber Whales Are Migrating
NEOSVR is likely going down soon, fallen victim to some bitcoin piracy scheme, among other complications. For a while it looked like the installations I have created in NEOS VR could be at risk. Among those installations are the Poetrix interface that was developed using a quantum computer and uses machine learning to write original…
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Webinar on Working with Emerging Technologies
On Wednesday April 23 at 7 PM EST, I’ll be presenting at a free webinar on working with emerging technologies–all are welcome. This workshop is hosted by the Canadian Author’s Association in partnership with SF Canada. Here are the details: Hacking the Future – Working with Emerging Technologies JE Solo has been working with emerging…
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Exhibit of The Songstress
I’ll be demonstrating my NPC environment on Thursday, December 23 from 6 to 8 PM EST. When I say “NPC Environment” I mean that the whole space is the Non-Player Character, so the space itself is the “consciousness”, (not just a standalone character). The Songstress creates original poetry using quantum computers, machine learning, and magic!…
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My Quantum Virtual Poet Was Born This Week
Over the last many months I’ve been working with teams of programmers to create another unique virtual artist (See Whale Watching in VR for documentation of my first virtual artist beings). This time I have created a virtual Poet NPC (Non-Player Character) inside of NEOS VR who think using a combination of technologies, including a…
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Summon the wild
As part of the ongoing project – Quantum Computing in NEOS VR – I am working with machine learning on a writing project. I trained a machine learning program to read my lyrics and then instructed it to write new lyrics in the style of Liz (JE) Solo. Here are a few of the results…
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under world exhibit
These videos document my most recent installation and performance, under world. The piece features Artificially Intelligent NPCs (Non Player Characters) – twin cyber whales who live in a virtual world in the online platform of NEOS VR. These underwater creatures compose their own unique songs in real time based on their interpretations of one of…
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under world
I’ve been performing many audio experiments as part of the Meta Creation in NEOS VR project, produced by the BBMC. The goal of the project is to create a Non-Player Character, or NPC, inside of the social VR world NEOS VR, that is enhanced by machine learning software and is able to compose its own…
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Metacreation in NEOS VR
These are screen grabs from inside NEOS VR where I’m working on a new project. Meta Creation in NEOS VR is a BBMC collaboration between myself and my long-time colleague, Dr. Jeremy Turner in Vancouver. We are working with multiple layers of scripting and specialized programs to create unique NPCs (Non-Player Characters) that “live” in…
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hybrid:fusion
Coming up in August – I will be experimenting with different dimensions as I travel to the future in my latest performance piece – hybrid:fusion. Join me in my studio on August 25 and 26 at 8 PM as I explore inter-dimensional portals on a quest to reconcile the present with the future. Watch live…
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Performance Images
Streaming performance at the BBMC Studio with Mike Kean, interacting with Isabel Valverde and dancers at the HiDance festival in Rome: A few shots by Jared Reid from a perfromance at the Festival of New Dance, St. John’s: A screen capture shot from “Take Me” at the Off Label Festival in Victoria at Open Space…
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Ladonian Noble Wedding Project
In a recent interview I was asked how I got started working in virtual worlds. It got me to thinking about one of the very first projects I worked on that incorporated multiple locations and first played with the idea of virtual reality. The year was 2003 and the project, a collaboration with Jeremy Owen…
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the machine
I have just started to work on the edit for the machine – my next release. the machine is a multi-media piece that merges film, video and machinima to create a post apocalyptic fairy tale set in St. John’s, Newfoundland. I had the opportunity to work with a fantastic crew during the shoot and learned…
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Hybrid Performance with AOM
Performing Pauline Oliveros/Free Noyse’s “Hello Vancouver” with the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse and Real Life players. This performance was part of a series of demonstrations at the New Music Network in Montreal. See: http://www.newmusicnetwork.ca/forum2012.e/seances.php#paradigms http://www.newmusicnetwork.ca/forum2012.e/seances.php#stretched
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InWorld opens this Weekend!
Roles 4 Women Theatre Company is proud to present the first show of its inaugural season – Liz Solo‘s multi-reality performance piece “InWorld”, live at the LSPU Hall Second Space,Thursday November 24 to Sunday November 27 at 8:30 PM. A stand up comedienne has given up “the life” and taken to gaming full time. She now lives alone with her…
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