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The latest from OCT

AR Walking Tour with Sophie Jurrjens
One of our latest experiments at Open Culture Tech involved musician and DJ Sophie Jurrjens, who’s known for her audio walking tours,...
Feb 212 min read


Christmas party with Linde Schöne
Linde Schone is a singer and songwriter who has created a live album. It was her wish to create an over-the-top and engaging Christmas...
Feb 142 min read


General Progress Update
At Open Culture Tech, we are now three-quarters of the way through the project, making this a good moment to briefly reflect on what...
Feb 142 min read

Augmenting Halloween
High Tea is an organization that promotes new and established names in the drum 'n bass scene by organizing live shows and festivals....
Feb 143 min read

Jandroid Modaal live in concert
Jan Modaal is a punk “smartlappen” artist. Jan is energetic and expressive on stage, but during his performance, he needs to focus on...
Feb 142 min read

AR and live venues
Mobile Augmented Reality (AR) is a big part of the Open Culture Tech project. Together with Ineffekt, Vincent Hofte, Smitty and Sophie...
Nov 12, 20243 min read

Discover our new AR Tool
We are proud to announce that the new version of our creative Augmented Reality tool has been launched. With this tool, artists can...
Aug 8, 20242 min read

Avatars & AI visuals with Jan Modaal
Jan Modaal is a punk “smartlappen” singer from Amsterdam. He is an expressive artist who highlights social themes in his music and...
Aug 8, 20242 min read


AI and music with Melle Jutte
Melle Jutte, R&B artist and producer from Amsterdam, has always had a curious mind when it comes to new technologies. Together with Open...
Aug 8, 20242 min read


Showcase: Avatars
Smitty is a rapper from Amsterdam who talks to different versions of himself in his music. He talks to his youngest self and older self...
May 20, 20243 min read


Showcase: AR and AI soundscapes
Eveline Ypma is a soundscape artist from Amsterdam and Vincent Höfte is a jazz pianist from The Hague. Together with the Open Culture...
May 15, 20242 min read


Generative AI & Terms of Use
Let’s start by saying that this article is not an endpoint. It is a step in our ongoing research into developing responsible AI...
Mar 11, 20243 min read


Summary Report
This report is a summary of results we collected in the first 7 months of the Open Culture Tech project. We surveyed more than 100...
Feb 12, 20241 min read


3D scanning for music artists
In the search for new technological dimensions, we use 3D scanning for our AR and avatar applications. This is an easy way to create and...
Feb 12, 20242 min read


ESNS 2024 Recap
Last week was ESNS 2024, the international music conference and showcase festival where more than 350 European artists perform annually...
Jan 26, 20243 min read


The Life of Fi
Virtual influencers and artists have captured our imagination for years. Animated characters, sometimes even AI generated, that sing...
Jan 26, 20244 min read

How we co-create our live show concepts
In order to create the most useful emerging tech toolbox, the Open Culture Tech team works closely together with 12 selected artists....
Dec 22, 20234 min read

The Frankenstein of AI music
As the MUTEK team wrote in the MUSIC x newsletter last August, it is impossible to tell whether AI music is good. Not only because there...
Dec 4, 20233 min read


Collective AR during ADE
Last month, we created an AR (Augmented Reality) experience for upcoming DJ Ineffekt that premiered at the Amsterdam Dance Event. It...
Dec 1, 20231 min read


Behind the Scenes
At Open Culture Tech, we are developing our own open-source and easy-to-use AI, Augmented Reality and Avatar creation tools for live...
Nov 15, 20235 min read

Aespa, avatars and live holograms
As part of Open Culture Tech’s Avatar Series, we delve into the unique concept of Aespa. Aespa is a South Korean girl group that has...
Nov 3, 20234 min read


“Alexa, can you sing me a song?”
Voice cloning technology has developed rapidly, offering artists new ways to explore their creative depths. Artists like Holly Holly...
Nov 2, 20233 min read


Meet our artists
Open Culture Tech is working towards an open-source toolkit with existing and self-built tools for AI, AR and Avatar technology. To build...
Oct 18, 20234 min read

Artist interview: Sofia Maria & Casimir
In the coming weeks we will share interviews with the artists who will be experimenting live with the latest AI, AR and Avatar technology...
Sep 28, 20234 min read


Is AI a threat to musicians?
AI-generated music is on the rise. A large chunk of this music has not been produced by a human hand. Anyone can generate a track at the...
Sep 7, 20234 min read

Behind the scenes: Augmented Reality
Imagine being in the middle of the audience at a concert of your favourite artist. You have a drink in your hand and are enjoying a great...
Aug 23, 20235 min read


New series: Avatar Artists
Open Culture Tech is thrilled to present a unique new series that dives deep into the phenomenon that's reshaping the Asian music scene:...
Aug 23, 20232 min read


Work with low-budget holograms
ABBA recently made the world news with their new tour. Not in the first place because the band, all well into their 70s, would perform...
Jul 18, 20232 min read


Easily create live show visuals with AI
Most musicians are not VJs. But if you still want to have appealing visuals to enhance your live music, AI can help. In this article we...
Jul 18, 20232 min read

Sound & Vision - audiovisual exploration hub
Sound & Vision is the national media archive and museum. Sound & Vision is based in Hilversum and serves most of the Dutch public...
Jul 6, 20232 min read

Open Call / Artists wanted (closed)
Are you curious about the possibilities of new technology? Are you open to experiment and do you want to apply the latest Artificial...
Jun 15, 20232 min read

What the f*ck is Thunderboom Records?
Thunderboom Records is the world's first robot record label. It probably sounds like every musician's worst nightmare. After all, what...
Jun 15, 20232 min read


Open Culture Tech kicks off
Open Culture Tech is an initiative to make the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR) and Avatar technology more...
Jun 15, 20231 min read
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