As usual, you’ll be able to use the blobs to create your own versions of these classics. Update 12/31: Google has since removed the Christmas songs, replacing them with “Auld Lung Syne” to ring in the new year.Īs of December 24, all of these new songs are live, but it’s unclear how long they’ll stick around. It requires no musical skill by the user and is actually the result of a machine learning experiment by David Li (digital artist). This experiment pays tribute to and explores the original musical instrument: the voice. Starting this week and probably for a limited time only, the Blob Opera experience has a toggle at the bottom of the page to “Let it Snow.” After hitting that option, you’ll be greeted with the slightly updated design as well as a list of eight different songs. Blob Opera is machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture.
Now, Google is updating Blob Opera for the holidays.Īnnounced on Twitter, Google revealed that the Blob Opera is getting a holiday upgrade with a handful of Christmas songs, a snowing background, and Santa hats for the entire quartet. For me, BeSpacific is one of my daily must-reads and has been for 14 years straight.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. She posts multiple items every day, covering the gamut of law, technology and knowledge discovery and topics ranging from cybersecurity to legal research to government regulation to civil liberties to IP and more. “Launched in 2002, BeSpacific is one of the longest-running legal blogs and, remarkably, Sabrina seems more prolific today than ever. Another machine learning model lets the blobs respond to and harmonise your input in real time….”īeSpacific: “No one better has her finger on the pulse of the legal information world than Sabrina Pacifici, law librarian and author of the blog BeSpacific,” writes blogger Robert Ambrogi. Dubbed 'Blob Opera,' the gadget puts you in control of four squishy singers who perform improvised. Or forwards and backwards for different vowel sounds. Blob Opera was developed on a machine learning model based on the voices of 4 opera singers to create an interactive experience that anyone can enjoy. Found: Google's latest machine learning experiment is a strange but compelling opera simulator. How it works: Drag the blobs up and down to change pitch. When you come across projects like this you realize what the internet was actually made for. In the experiment you don’t hear their voices, but the machine learning model’s understanding of what opera singing sounds like, based on what it learnt from them. Tenor, Christian Joel, bass Frederick Tong, mezzo‑soprano Joanna Gamble and soprano Olivia Doutney recorded 16 hours of singing. No singing skills required! We developed a machine learning model trained on the voices of four opera singers in order to create an engaging experiment for everyone, regardless of musical skills. In the experiment you don't hear their voices, but rather the machine learning model's understanding of what opera singing sounds like, based on what it learned from the opera singers. Google Arts & Culture partnered with Tune-Yards. Google Arts and Culture – play for voices with the help of machine learning:”Blob Opera is a machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture. The Blob Opera is a machine learning experiment, but one that can product some fun sounds too.