At NAB Show in Las Vegas, Jim Tierney, Chief Executive Anarchist at Digital Anarchy, demonstrated the latest addition to their Beauty Box software. This time, Beauty Box adds the ability to whiten teeth in your video. Jim also introduces the concept of “digital makeup”, provides some thoughts on the state of AI in video production, and why it might not be quite as far along as you might think.
MacVoices #24111: MVL – Sam Altman and Jony Ive Team Up; Voice Dream Reader Missteps
Chuck Joiner, Dave Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Jeff Gamet, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, Jim Rea, and Mark Fuccio discuss the potential collaboration between Sam Altman and Jony Ive for an AI-powered personal device, possibly backed by Lauren Powell Jobs, assessing the impact of Ive’s design expertise. The conversation then turns to the Voice Dream Reader subscription model controversy, sparking a debate on ethical business practices and user loyalty, especially within vulnerable communities like the visually impaired.
MacVoices #24110: More About ‘Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa’ with Filmmaker David Greelish (2)
Our conversation with documentary filmmaker David Greelish about his new documentary on one of Apple’s “failures”, Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa. The discussion into the evolution of personal computing and Lisa’s part in it, why the Apple Vision Pro and the Lisa may share a place in Apple’s legacy going forward, and the impact of AI and automation on where we’ve been and where we are going. (Part 2)
MacVoices #24109: Filmmaker David Greelish on ‘Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa’ (1)
Documentary filmmaker David Greelish shares the story of how his latest effort, Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa, was rooted in his passion for Apple tech that dates back to his college days. He discusses the evolution of consumer preferences from functionality to design in selecting computers. The conversation explores the significance of Apple’s failures like the Lisa and the Newton, highlighting their role in shaping the company’s successful products. (Part 1)
MacVoices #24108: NAB – The Prismatic Company Introduces An AI-Driven Video Tool
At NAB Show in Las Vegas, The Prismatic Company’s Co-Founder and CEO Abe Feinberg and Chief Technology Officer Matthew Feinberg explain how their new LightWeve platform generates videos from text input, and their three apps will focus on three different use cases.