They sing upright next to one another, as if a small choir. The blobs are colorful armless and legless creatures with mouths, eyes and Santa hats. blob Opera then puts them all together (in melodies and harmonies) into a composition and the blobs perform it. Programming is done by dragging sliders for each of the blobs for different parts of the score. Users can program four singing blobs with assistance from a behind-the-scenes machine learning algorithm. The app is available on Google's Arts & Culture, EXPERIMENTS page.

As usual, you’ll be able to use the blobs to create your own versions of these classics.The idea, Freya Murray, program manager for Google Arts & Culture suggests, is to explore what she describes as humanity's first instrument-the voice. 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.

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. 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.

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.

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