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Artist uses AI to perfectly fake 70s science fiction pulp covers – artwork and titles

It’s algorithmic, generative 70s sci-fi pulp, courtesy OpenAI. Artist Lewis tells us about how it was done. Meanwhile, see how...

Bespoke visual noise is the next domain for Robert Henke – so let’s revisit Perlin, anyway

For the year 2022, it's remarkable how much visual generation is still based on decades-old algorithms. But here's one to...

MetaHumans and ray tracing, as Unreal powers The Matrix and MegaGrants

Let's not get sucked into any mention of the "metaverse" - from the standpoint of pure graphics power on mere-mortal...

Forester 2022 from Leafcutter John is a donationware modular sound naturewalk

Leafcutter John would like to invite you for a walk in a forest full of generative notes and sounds -...

NAP, a free, high-performance data-driven visual and audio platform, is now slicker than ever

Secret sauce? Hardly. It's more like a hot sauce competition with everyone sharing recipes. Naivi'a NAP Framework, if you missed...

Rymdigare for iOS combines FX in a fanciful UI and makes everything fuzzy and wonderful

There's a gently pastel-colored hand-drawn interface, a backstory involving extraplanetary mining. It's a reverb, a degrader and multi-effect, but also...

In FRKTL’s Azimuth, an ethereal world of undulating sonic and visual surfaces

In fragmented, alien futuristic materials, FRKTL – aka Sarah Badr – has produced another spectacular release. This project fuses her...

FUSE for vvvv is a visual revolution – free, always-runtime patching right on the GPU

Add free, open-source visual programming on the GPU to the free-for-noncommercial-use vvvv - and get materials, lighting, effects, particles, and...

Unreal Engine 4.27 out now with goodies like Web UI; early-access UE5 MetaSounds makes noise

It was the dawn of the third age of audiovisual creation.* Yes, Unreal keeps adding eye-popping, ear-bursting media powers, both...