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MAY 27, 2017

At Soul Machines , a company that uses artificial intelligence to create lifelike avatars that respond to human emotion, a fair amount of their work could be considered unsettling to the average person who fears the coming takeover by our AI-robot overlords. It’s a company that pretty much lives in the uncanny valley, that space between fake and real that can creep people out, but that’s not usually what happens when people meet BabyX, said Soul Machines founder Mark Sagar.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 27, 2017

It’s been a little while but welcome back to our weekly virtual reality art roundup. This is a place where we highlight the most impressive VR artistry we’ve come across from creators in Tilt Brush, Quill, Medium and more. This week we’ve got some real treats for you that include an adorable future Jedi Master and everybody’s favorite ninja (or least favorite depending on whether or not you main Bastion).

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MAY 27, 2017

Pornography has been instrumental in spurring the adoption of new technologies. As anybody with an understanding of human nature will attest to, if you want people to spend their time and money on something, you need to give them a reason, and sex is always going to be one of the most compelling reasons out there. Another reason why the adult industry has proven such a driver of new technologies could also be that it exists on the margins of social acceptability in the first place.

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