Throng, a 3D BlueSky interface, imagines social media as a mob

You’re just relaxing by a peaceful campfire. You hear voices in the distance. Then, like a really chatty zombie invasion… they come. And keep coming. It’s a 3D user interface for BlueSky, but it says something poetic — and hilarious — about the absurdity of social media.

Fragmented textures, interactive RNBO-powered video: Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh

Composer Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, known for her concert outings, shifts to a lushly organic electronic album in flowing, humming, fragmented electronics for her debut album as a producer. And it comes with an interactive music video powered by Max and RNBO, so if you’re in the mood to VJ yourself, flying around some Gaussian splats, here’s your chance.

Peter Kirn - November 14, 2025

Harvestworks, NYC arts center founded in 1977, threatened by US funding cuts

Harvestworks, the storied arts center in NYC that has been a hub for electronic music and media since its 1977 founding, is making an urgent appeal. Cuts by the Trump administration’s National Endowment for the Arts threaten the space.

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2025

Therminator, with a curvy abstract glyph of a box with cables and a dot in the center engraved into the 3D-printed case, USB-C and jack connections

Ther’minator by Eric Singer transforms LIDAR to modular, CV

Peter Kirn - April 4, 2025

Moog’s Animoog Galaxy now supports complete immersive Spatial Audio

Peter Kirn - March 4, 2025

TouchDesigner Experimental build is hot: ProRes, Leap Motion, more upgrades

Peter Kirn - October 26, 2023

Bandcamp unveils interactive Listening Parties

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2023

Hand gestures for music: GECO 2.0 for updated Leap Motion is already here

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2023

Leap Motion is back, so you can add 3D gestures for $139 – with or without a VR headset

Peter Kirn - June 6, 2023