Partnership will explore implementation of proprietary artificial intelligence composition technology to allow expansion of community-driven, user-generated music into the audio space
Nottingham, UK – Thursday, December 8 – Leading British metaverse games developer and publisher Lockwood Publishing, creator and guardian of the world’s biggest mobile metaverse, Avakin Life, today announced its intention to bring AI music creation to its players’ experience through a partnership with London-based AI music startup DAACI.
Informed by the core principles of musical composition, DAACI (Definable Aleatoric Artificial Composition Intelligence) is a fully formed and patented AI system that composes, arranges, orchestrates, and produces high-quality, adaptive, original music in real time based on a user’s narrative brief.
Based on more than 30 years of patented research, and supported by an ongoing partnership with the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence and Music at Queen Mary University of London, DAACI – part of the portfolio of research and investment firm TMC² – is a ground-breaking system with a revolutionary analytical approach and meta-composition at its core. Unlike other solutions in the AI/generative music market, DAACI does not rely on pre-recorded tracks or edited audio samples, but instead writes musical elements and textures directly through the encoding of musical ideas.
Lockwood’s community of Avakin Life players – and players of the company’s future metaverse experiences – will be empowered to use simple text prompts to generate original, royalty-free music for their avatars or spaces which they can use, trade, and even sell.
Lockwood Publishing CEO Halli Bjornsson said: “We’ve been quietly at the forefront of exploring ways for users to express their identity and customise their experiences for more than a decade. The next stage of development, which is being built upon the principles of what web3 enablement powers – namely user-generated content, democratisation of development, and digital ownership – demands that music be a core component.
“We hope to explore and implement a way for players with any level of music creation skill – from the absolute beginner to the professional composer – to be able to generate unique, customisable, ownable and even adaptive music through a simple interface. DAACI, with its unrivalled understanding of AI music composition, is the ideal partner for this journey.”
DAACI CEO Rachel Lyske said: “Players seek to be better than the ‘default’—to have something rare, out of the ordinary. What better way to do this than with a bespoke audio skin or any other digital form of someone’s musical identity?
“Our collaboration with Lockwood strengthens our vision of the future of music, empowering composers and content creators with an intelligent tool that provides infinite possibilities for metaverse game production and community engagement.”
Updates on the progress of the Lockwood and DAACI partnership will be revealed in 2023.
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Press contact:
Lockwood PR: Julia Portelly / jp@fiveinaboat.com
DAACI PR: Gemma Stenberg / gemma@olexcommunications.co.uk
About Lockwood Publishing
Founded in 2009, Lockwood Publishing is a leading independent UK company that specialises in developing virtual worlds for console and mobile platforms. The award-winning team is headquartered in Nottingham with further studios in Newcastle, Lisbon and Vilnius. For more information about Lockwood Publishing, go to www.lockwoodpublishing.com
About Avakin Life
Avakin Life is a social 3D avatar-based metaverse for mobile launched in 2013. Its global community consists of more than 200million downloads and 1.3million daily active users, who design their avatars using more than 30,000 virtual items and accessories, including real world brands. In Avakin Life, players become avatars that explore, create and meet others in a rich and ever-changing virtual world. For more information Avakin Life, go to www.avakin.com
About DAACI
DAACI is set to power music creativity for the next generation of composers and content creators, forming a central part of game production, the metaverse and play-to-earn business models by providing the next step in the evolution of music creation. Informed by the core principles of musical composition, DAACI is a fully formed AI system that composes, arranges, orchestrates and produces the highest-quality original music. There are no pre-recorded tracks or just-edited samples. Instead, limitless musical elements and textures are written in real time.
Based on more than 30 years of patented research and supported by an ongoing partnership with the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence and Music at Queen Mary University of London, DAACI is a ground-breaking system with a revolutionary analytical approach and meta-composition at its core, and will totally disrupt and enhance the creative process.
www.daaci.com
About TMC²
TMC² is an award-winning research and investment firm. Our core area of expertise is Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and our team has already secured more than fifty patents for applications in fintech, music, media, and emotional perception.
TMC² is a company created to evolve and commercialise a portfolio of technology ventures. We originate, grow and attract investable opportunities in technology, with a strong focus on artificial intelligence (AI). With our own AI lab at our core, we are able to conceive and evolve very early-stage AI concepts with a view to adapting them to real-world challenges. These concepts are then grown organically in-house where they are commercialised and become TMC² companies.
www.tmc2.ai