Blob Opera is an experiment in machine learning by David Li and Google. Google
For fans of the interactive treat Adult Swim Choir, its creator has just come out with an even more addictive time-waster: Blob Opera. It might be just what we needed to help distract from the misery of 2020.
Created by David Li with Google Arts and Cultures, Blob Opera asks users to click and drag on a gelatinous blob that plops down on a virtual stage. A robust bass voice bursts out. Vertical movement changes pitch; horizontal alters the vowel sound.
Then another blob drops, this one a tenor. And then a mezzo-soprano. And, finally, a soprano. Before long, they re all harmonizing in a bizarre faux opera that sounds surprisingly alluring. You re the conductor.