Media Dojo - The Augmented Cities Project

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2022-08-11

  Creating AI Devin: An AC Conversation with Devin Finley and Natalie Monbiot

We interview Devin Finley, voice actor and professional model, and Natalie Monbiot, Head of Strategy for Hour One, about the process of transforming a human performer into a synthetic character. We discuss the creative process, the studio shoot, the bu...
  The Soundcasting Network author
2022-07-12

  Exploring Synthetic Voices with Alex Serdiuk From Respeecher

Nelson Mandela once said, "If you speak to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you speak to a man in his own language, that goes to his heart." The Augmented City podcast dug into that idea from the viewpoint of synthetic medi...
  The Soundcasting Network author
2022-02-09

  How Art Can Save the World: A Conversation about the Humanities with Dean Hollis Robbins

If Aliens landed on a university campus, which department would they visit first? We speak with Dr. Hollis Robbins, who makes the case for the Humanities as that "go-to" source of knowledge about people and what makes them tick. Hollis is a dean and a ...
  The Soundcasting Network author
2021-08-04

  Quantum Computers and Cryptography's Future: An AC Interview with Skip Sanzeri of QuSecure

Every day, billions of people, and hundreds of billions of transactions, depend on security based around public key infrastructure (PKI) --- the cryptographic paradigm that underpins the Internet. From electronic commerce, to streaming movies, to ban...
  The Soundcasting Network author
2021-04-06

  Crafting Conversations with Shyamala Prayaga, founder of Digital Assistant Academy

We sit down with Shyamala Prayaga, founder of the Digital Assistant Academy and product owner of digital assistants for Ford Motor Company. In this conversation, we focus on the Digital Assistant Academy, which brings a use-case and craft orientation t...
  The Soundcasting Network author
2021-03-25

  Crossing Multiple Uncanny Valleys: How Digital Domain Does It With Virtual Humans

Visual effects wizardry meets machine learning in this conversation about virtual humans with Doug Roble and Matthias Wittman of Digital Domain. From Virtual Tupac, Benjamin Button, to Thanos, Digital Domain has created some of the most iconic virtual ...
  The Soundcasting Network author
2021-03-18

  Telling Stories with Audio: AC Interview with Brian Storm, founder of MediaStorm

We sit down with Brian Storm to talk about the role of audio in developing documentary journalism. Giving people a voice is more than simply making them sound good. Conversational interviewing with great audio forms the linear spine of many a great sto...
  The Soundcasting Network author
2021-03-16

  AC Short Take on Audio as a Storytelling Medium

After interviewing leaders in pop culture, journalism, videogames and conversational AI, the AC podcast takes a quick look at the role of audio as a storytelling medium. Looking across four main themes: audio as immersive technology, audio as a general...
  The Soundcasting Network author
2021-03-16

  Audio and Storyworlds: an AC interview with Jeff Gomez, CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment

We speak with Jeff Gomez, who is a veteran transmedia producer for some of Hollywood's biggest film franchises (ex. Pirates of the Caribbean, Avatar), video games (Halo, Splinter Cell), and toys (Mattel & Hasbro). Jeff is a big believer in the pote...
  The Soundcasting Network author
2021-03-15

  Audio and Video Games in Asia: an AC interview with Aki Nakamura of Ritsumeikan University in Japan

We interview Dr. Aki Nakamura of Japan's Ritsumeikan University Center for Game Studies about the role of audio in videogame culture in Japan and Asia. Japan is a global hotspot for game innovation and experimental media. Dr. Nakamura provides a glimps...
  The Soundcasting Network author