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Synthetic Hollywood: a future with no actors?

There's no doubt that AI will transform Hollywood. But how will an industry built on the simulation of life grapple with its responsibility to 'the real' — and will it even bother?

Alli Magidsohn

May 18, 2023

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Why every mainstream brand is building their blockchain project on Flow

Flow was built not to break under the stress of major NFT collections. Founded by the team behind one of the first web3 games, CryptoKitties, Flow has powered the biggest mainstream applications of NFTs. Ekin Genç speaks to the team, the builders, and the community to explain why it's one of web3's most important blockchains.

How YCombinator alum Chris Castig is reinventing Discord for the blockchain

Chris Castig has always sought to give other people a voice. An educator before becoming an entrepreneur, his first company taught people to code in 30 days. He speaks with Leo Nasskau about his new mission at Console, giving communities better tools to collaborate by “super-powering the chat” and using blockchain to disrupt web3's own darling: Discord. Lea Rose Emery tells the story.

Diving into Golden: using web3 to equip the world with all the knowledge it needs

Wikipedia is one of the world's greatest examples of human collaboration. But it's not without its flaws. By giving contributors ownership of their contributions, Golden lets them profit from their insight and wants to offer knowledge on every topic that world needs. Ekin Genç speaks to Jude Gomila about how he's building it.

Webaverse: creating a metaverse platform that's open to everyone

With $120bn investment in 2022, the metaverse has soared ahead of the crypto space. But with attention from major players like Facebook and Microsoft, it's natural to worry how original the technology will be. Randy Ginsburg dives into Webaverse, the democratised, interoperable, and cross-platform software that CEO Ahad Shams plans to turn into the operating system of the open metaverse.

Why Arbitrum is web3’s new favourite to introduce blockchain to the next billion users

Arbitrum is the largest layer-2 on Ethereum with applications ranging from helping manage millions of dollars in decentralised finance to connecting some of the most vibrant communities on Reddit. Ekin Genç explores how it works, what it can do, and why artists and builders should be excited by it.

Decentralised data storage means Google can never delete your photos

“It is the one obvious use case that billions of Internet users can be exposed to before the rest of web3.” Advocates have high hopes for decentralised file storage, which is already being used to ensure the integrity of documents from presidential handovers to NFT assets. Ekin Genç asks whether the sector is worth the hype.

Protect Protocol: the fight against art theft in web3

Billions are lost to scams in web3. One of the most underappreciated is the simple theft of digital art and selling it as your own. Everyone else suffers: artists, who are not compensated for their work, and collectors, who thought they were joining an artist's community. Ekin Genç explores DeviantArt's Protect Protocol, which has alerted artists to over half a billion potential thefts.

Inside 9dcc: gmoney reveals his vision to bring luxury fashion onchain

Luxury fashion has long been touted as a major web3 use case. gmoney's 9dcc fashion house is the first of its kind, a fully web3-native brand aiming to reinvent the luxury fashion sector. “Our team is eager to inspire other luxury houses to create networked products that retain connection, value, and utility,” he explains to Culture3.

The Sutuverse: a game 15 years in the making, made possible by blockchain

With Sony, Google, and deadmau5 collabs on his CV, Sutu is now taking his own project to a new level with NFTs. The Webby-awarded visual artist speaks to Randy Ginsburg about his plans to build the next big web3 IP set through AR and gaming.

Randy Ginsburg

August 24, 2022

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Synthetic Hollywood: a future with no actors?

Technology

Why every mainstream brand is building their blockchain project on Flow

How YCombinator alum Chris Castig is reinventing Discord for the blockchain

Diving into Golden: using web3 to equip the world with all the knowledge it needs

Webaverse: creating a metaverse platform that's open to everyone

Why Arbitrum is web3’s new favourite to introduce blockchain to the next billion users

Decentralised data storage means Google can never delete your photos

Protect Protocol: the fight against art theft in web3

Inside 9dcc: gmoney reveals his vision to bring luxury fashion onchain

The Sutuverse: a game 15 years in the making, made possible by blockchain

Home

Technology

Art

Society

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Culture3 / Blog / Technology

Synthetic Hollywood: a future with no actors?

Technology

Why every mainstream brand is building their blockchain project on Flow

How YCombinator alum Chris Castig is reinventing Discord for the blockchain

Diving into Golden: using web3 to equip the world with all the knowledge it needs

Webaverse: creating a metaverse platform that's open to everyone

Why Arbitrum is web3’s new favourite to introduce blockchain to the next billion users

Decentralised data storage means Google can never delete your photos

Protect Protocol: the fight against art theft in web3

Inside 9dcc: gmoney reveals his vision to bring luxury fashion onchain

The Sutuverse: a game 15 years in the making, made possible by blockchain

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