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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...
joostdeboo
Feb 14, 20252 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....
joostdeboo
Feb 14, 20253 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...
joostdeboo
Feb 14, 20252 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...
joostdeboo
Dec 31, 20242 min read


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,...
joostdeboo
Nov 29, 20242 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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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....
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
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...
joostdeboo
Nov 15, 20235 min read
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