e391 – FAIL Whale

whale coming out of the water
Photo by Todd Cravens on Unsplash

Michael and Michael begin this episode with Ben Evans’ provocative article on ways to think about a metaverse.  The co-hosts bring up interesting points on the mobile, social and cloud transformations over the years, and how that may – or does not – really fit within the discussion on the metaverse. They also consider an article about how VR can be used to immersively simulate near death experiences. 

Then Michael and Michael switch over to all things AI.  Unmesh Dinda shows how to generate a fake person in a selfie with amazing fidelity leveraging Dall-E and GFPGAN – check out the video to see how simple he makes it.  Anslo demonstrates serious generative design chops with SlowRoads.io “endless driving zen”.  Choose your mode of transportation, weather, time of day, and then drive, or let the autopilot drive for you.  If you’d like to simply walk faster, Shift Robotics has a kickstarter that you need to see.  The Moonwalkers are easy to step into with any shoes, and using AI for stabilization and speed, will allow you to naturally walk at double your usual speed.

Michael and Michael then discuss Rewind.ai and the pros and cons of life logging on your laptop.  The Museum of Failure makes an appearance, reminding of the importance of failure in the innovation process. 

The team notes, along with most of social media, that Mastodon has shown amazing growth over the past week.  You can find the Games At Work presence over on https://botsin.space/@gamesatwork_biz .

What is your prediction for the next AI innovation? Drop us a line at @gamesatwork_biz and let us know! 

Selected Article Links

Benedict Evans’ blog post: Ways to think about a metaverse

dilbert.com metaverse comic strips

The Daily Beast article: One Man’s Quest to Build the Perfect Near-Death Simulation

My Modern Met article: Man Fools Relatives Into He Has a Girlfriend but She’s Actually AI

Unmesh Dinda’s PiXimperfect YouTube channel

anslo’s medium post: Slow Roads 

Slow Roads

PC Mag article: Shift Robotics Used AI to Create the ‘World’s Fastest Shoes’

Kickstarter: Shift Moonwalkers

Shift Robotics

Games At Work e205 – Fashionable AR (for the Segway Drift product)

Rewind.ai

Museum of Failure 

TechCrunch article: Mastodon’s microblogging app saw a record number of downloads after Musk’s Twitter takeover

Our new Mastodon account – https://botsin.space/@gamesatwork_biz

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