Google Arts & Culture update brings new icon, ditches the museum look
Starting today, Google Arts & Culture has ditched its classic icon, styled after a museum, for something more modern.
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Google Arts & Culture Android widget celebrates the birthdays of famous artists [Gallery]
Google Arts & Culture is the latest Android app to introduce a homescreen widget. This one celebrates the birthdays of famous artists by showcasing their artwork.
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How to use Google Arts & Culture app’s new Halloween-themed Art Filters
Google’s Arts & Culture app has added a little something new to the Art Filter feature – a set of new paintings to disguise yourself as in the AR selfie mode.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle releases a nice ‘Arts & Culture’ watch face for Fitbit
Ahead of Google Maps and Wallet, a “Google Arts & Culture” watch face is now available on the Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4, which started arriving for the first customers today.
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Google and NASA team up to show the solar system in AR and add new historical details
Google and NASA are hoping to inspire the next generation of space explorers with an updated collection of AR-ready 3D models that include new historical annotations.
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Google is rebranding Arts & Culture with new ampersand logo
Google is preparing to rebrand its Arts & Culture app with a newly trademarked ampersand logo, replacing the classic museum.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle and YouTube celebrate ‘BTS ARMY Day’ w/ easter egg, Street View tour, more
To celebrate BTS and their massive fanbase, the BTS ARMY, Google, and YouTube have launched a variety of collaborations, including a new easter egg and a Street View tour.
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Google Arts & Culture launches ‘Giga Manga’ web app that lets you create manga characters using AI
As part of the ongoing Google Arts & Culture experiments with machine learning, a new “Giga Manga” web app will now let you create your very own manga characters with a simple sketch.
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[Update: New song] Google’s delightful Blob Opera is ready to be the star of your holiday party
The Blob Opera is a machine learning project that Google has had around for a while, and it was also the undisputed star of this year’s Google I/O conference. Now, Google is updating Blob Opera for the holidays.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle follows up ‘Art Selfie’ with new camera mode that matches your pets to famous portraits [Update: Now on iOS]
Google Arts & Culture went momentarily viral in 2018 for introducing a camera feature that compares your selfie to famous portraits, and the app is now offering the same capability for pets.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle sends the Blob Opera on tour, starting with extremely fun show at I/O [Video]
Last year Google debuted a machine learning with its unique “Blob Opera” and, thanks to some incredible remakes posted to YouTube, they ended up going somewhat viral. Now, Google is sending the Blob Opera on “world tour,” and it kicked off with a fun opening performance at I/O 2021.
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Google’s AR Synth web app puts you in a virtual electronic music studio
The latest virtual exhibit for Google Arts & Culture and YouTube takes a look at the history of electronic music from its inventors, artists, sounds, and technology. Google also built a fun AR Synth experience that lets you create a tune.
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Google celebrates Perseverance rover landing w/ virtual fireworks, AR model, more
Google is celebrating the successful landing of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars with a virtual fireworks show, an augmented reality 3D model, and more.
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Google Arts & Culture celebrates Beethoven’s 250th birthday w/ special concerts, more
To help celebrate one of the original “influencers,” Google is celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a series of special concerts in a year-long celebration of the composer’s “life, music and legacy.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle shutting down Expeditions app, but will bring VR tours to Arts & Culture
Almost every tech company was invested in virtual reality five years ago and saw it as the future. One Google effort was to use VR as a means to let students go on virtual field trips. Expeditions is now being folded into the Google Arts & Culture app as the dedicated experience shuts down next year.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Arts & Culture ‘Art Filter’ now lets you become works of art using AR
Google’s experiments with AR are continuing with the Arts & Culture app, which is now letting you apply an “Art Filter” to become classic artwork using the power of augmented reality.
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‘Art Zoom’ provides guided tours of masterpieces from music stars w/ Google Arts & Culture app
Google’s Arts & Culture app is a great way to learn about famous art, locations, music, and cultural phenomena. The latest series of “Art Zoom” utilizes Google Arts & Culture to offer guided tours of famous artworks by equally famous musicians and performers.
Expand Expanding CloseArt Transfer in Google Arts & Culture app uses AI to turn you into classic works of art
As we’ve been busy bringing all manner of 3D Animals and AR objects into our homes during the COVID-19 lockdown, Google has added a neat new feature called Art Transfer to the Arts & Culture app that turns your photos into classic works of art.
First Google Lens museum integration launches in San Francisco
Since I/O 2019, Google has launched a slew of augmented reality features from new Lens capabilities to 3D animals in Search. A previously announced Lens integration with the de Young museum in San Francisco is now also live.
Google hosting five-month artist residency program in Paris to create with Jacquard
The Experiments with Google site showcases many creative uses of the company’s various platforms, including Android, VR/AR, and voice. The latest involves Google Arts & Culture and the Jacquard team launching an artist-in-residency program to explore the ATAP project.
Google Arts & Culture recaps ‘millennia of human progress’ with CERN ‘Big Bang’ AR app
Google Arts & Culture is the company’s initiative to preserve and make art widely accessible through technology. The latest project takes a look at monumental human achievements with the help of 110 museums and institutions from around the world, along with a new AR experience for Android and iOS with CERN.
Google Arts & Culture adds Material Theme bottom bar and Camera tab for AR features
Google Arts & Culture often leverages augmented reality to share works through viral features like Art Selfies and Pocket Gallery. The Android and iOS app was updated this week with a new Camera tab that makes all these AR features easily accessible.
Google Arts & Culture adds AR Pocket Gallery to bring together Vermeer’s paintings
Google Arts & Culture is the company’s initiative to share and make famous works widely available online through high-resolution scans and other fun features. Most recently, Art Selfies allowed users to see what artwork they look like. The latest features augmented reality to bring together the work of Johannes Vermeer.
First VR 360 Google Doodle celebrates cinema pioneer George Méliès [Video]
Google Doodles are remarkably emblematic of the company’s whimsical nature and serve as an important, perpetual marker of an event or person. Today’s animation does both, celebrating the 1913 release of director George Méliès’ masterpiece The Conquest of the Pole. Google appropriately marked the occasion with its first-ever VR-enabled and 360° video Doodle.