Entertainment

Feel the Pride by VOCAL

For the month of June, NYC Pride welcomes WorldPride as it marks the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and a half century of LGBTQI+ liberation. To celebrate this moment, The Ally Coalition have created an emotive community-driven sound and light experience featuring a soundscape by St Vincent, and generated by user messages. The experience is powered by Microsoft AI technology that explores powerful feelings of hope, anger, joy and determination.

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Chris Cole's Rail Jam Invitational by VOCAL

We’re excited to announce a new action sports music festival Gnarlytown set for June 22 in San Pedro, CA, co-founded by veteran pro skateboarder Chris Cole in partnership with John Reese of SGE and Nitro Circus. Set at the scenic LA Waterfront Berth 46 in San Pedro, CA, Gnarlytown will combine the perfect blend of action sports, punk rock, and craft beer tasting.

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NAO Takes Fans Into “Orbit” With Interactive Music Video Powered By Microsoft AI by VOCAL

Microsoft has announced another partnership through their ongoing In Culture program that supports today’s most innovative creatives, this time with English singer-songwriter and rising star NAO. Together they are producing a never-before-seen interactive and personal music video to support the “Orbit” track on her new album Saturn released late in 2018.

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Microsoft Lets You Step Inside Muse's New Album by VOCAL

Today the British rock band Muse kicks off the global Simulation Theory album tour in Houston, Texas, giving fans a first look at their much-anticipated partnership with Microsoft. For the holders of “Enhanced Experience” tickets at each tour stop, a VIP pre-party includes a revolutionary approach to audience inclusion that brings fans into the album’s imagined world through interactive virtual reality.

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Thank You 2018 #5 by VOCAL

For day five, we’d like to shout-out our friends at SeeMe who had a very busy year. The schedule included SeeMe’s March 9th group exhibition in partnership with Public Arts which kicked-off Armory Art Week, their June collaboration with ChaShaMa on a party that marked the end of their Art Takes Times Square competition and their September event in partnership with Tribeca Art Night at The Untitled Space which culminated the competition Art Takes SoHo.

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Thank you 2018 #3 by VOCAL

Countdown day 3! Did you get the chance to check out Unmoored in Times Square this summer? On July 11th, Mel Chin’s collaboration with Microsoft went live and featured a riveting depiction of Times Square underwater via Hololens mixed reality technology. This piece was aimed to raise awareness about the dangers of global warming, depicting a world where climate change has gone unchecked. We loved collaborating with Microsoft on this inspiring and stunning project.

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Art Takes Miami by VOCAL

This year’s event program from the global art-curation platform SeeMe wraps up with a special finale exhibition during Art Basel Miami 2018. Between December 6–9, visitors to the international art fair can view the works from more than 200 members of the SeeMe community from which Bogdan Luca was selected as the lucky winner of the event’s grand prize.

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