Polymath XR film - the next synergistic invention

The best innovations are often synergies of the best inventions - like the iphone and the World Wide Web. Steve Jobs and Tim Berners-Lee took existing technologies and saw how these separate inventions could work together to create something even more beautiful, and thus, a new invention was born.

With our three-hour sci-fi fantasy XR film Polymath, we are also innovating in a synergistic way through integrating some incredible inventions: 1) Hollywood film 2) newly developed XR (AR/VR/AI) technologies 3) online gaming and 4) a tried and tested accelerated music learning system.

All of these inventions come together to create our invention: the Mastertude Edutainment eXperience (MEX). Launched through Polymath, MEX will completely change the way film, education, XR tech and gaming is experienced, in the same way that the iphone changed the way that music, photography, communication and personal computing was experienced.

With Polymath, the first MEX-powered film, each viewser* will find unique ways to benefit from this new edutainment film experience:

Music lovers will leave the cinema with the focus to become a musician - keeping up their practice by playing the Polymath game twenty minutes twice a week, and, for really dedicated musicians, seven hours daily, until they master each level and learn the equivalent of 8-10 years of music in months, for a fraction of the cost of music tuition.

Sci-fi fantasy film lovers will simply enjoy the 3-hour exhilarating experience and captivating narrative. without needing necessarily to take this further by subscribing to the Polymath game.

People who are interested in personal development will participate in the Polymath experience because they are inspired to access their genius. The 'neuron mirroring' technique MEX uses allows the audience not only to grasp music from the characters in the film, but to observe and mirror the lifestyle of the Polymath. Through watching the story unfold, the audience discovers how inventors think, see beyond the time, learn, create, oscillate between silent knowledge and heightened thought, challenge themselves by taking on the impossible, and use the swings between genius and madness to their advantage. As a result, it is our dream that MEX will spark an education revolution that keeps pace with this tech-enabled, smarter generation.

It is no accident that we are launching MEX with a music learning film. Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Pythagoras, the Vedas, and other polymaths of the past, used 'musical perception' to ignite the imaginative, intuitive, and creative areas of their brains. Music was the conduit to genius. As Albert Einstein stated, "The theory of relativity occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception."·

Inspired by our innovation in film-making, the world's best storytellers and influential Hollywood directors will collectively evolve film as they build on our invention, creating a plethora of cinematic and SVOD edutainment XR film experiences, that will inspire audiences to acquire new skills they had never dreamed of having. The possibilities for learning through narrative topics are endless; some thought starters: learning a language through a spy thriller, forensic science in a murder mystery, quantum physics through a space adventure. Polymath will be the tip of the iceberg - as Walt Disney said: "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse" (or in this case a virtual MIDI keyboard...).

With the release of Polymath, the fundamental challenge of how to make XR mainstream will also be solved by Hollywood's powerful influence as a trendsetter. Once XR technology has been introduced as a premium, mind-blowing cinema experience through Polymath, consumers (after trialing XR products at the theater) will make the leap and spend money buying XR headsets + gloves to recreate the magical experience in-home.

Healers and those who seek healing will use the musical concepts learned during the film (scales, chords, composing techniques, flow music) as a cathartic and healing tool. The instrument will be their sounding board, where they they sing out their emotions, thoughts, and feelings, and tap 'the space' between their thoughts to enter the arena of frequency, thus creating a state of flow. By learning music through Polymath, participants will find clarity and inner peace. "Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." – Berthold Auerbach

For gamers, the Polymath game, will provide a worthy challenge that will keep subscribers coming back, as they play and compete online with other gamers, or with their previous scores to improve their musical prowess. The Polymath game will adjust to the preferences, temperament, and learning style of the individual so that each user feels catered to. Some gamers can even opt to appear for online music exams to get real-world accreditation, so that they are not just gamers, they are gaming musicians.

Social media fans can use Polymath's social platform to bond and connect with others online through music - creating groups, forming an online band, composing music, sharing musical knowledge and songs, learning together and finding solidarity with the Polymath community.

Is there something for everyone in Polymath? We believe the answer is yes. Have all of these individually attractive elements been put together in one experience package before? The answer is no. But on this we're in good company - had the World Wide Web ever been done before and did people ask for it? Did anyone ask for the iphone? Unlikely, given that Steve Jobs was so famously and controversially quoted as saying of customers: "Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do". Yet Berners-Lee and Jobs both saw that at an individual level, the systems they wanted to bring together were desirable, and synergistic. And what they created from those synergies was nothing short of magic. The kind of magic we intend on bringing to the world with Polymath.

*viewser = viewer + user

Film - the ideal place for science, art and spirituality to meet

There are many ways one can view a giant reset for humanity, such as the one we are living through at the moment. From our team's perspective, we see that we are living in an unprecedented time, where the realms of science, art, and spirituality are beginning to merge.  Spirituality, Art and Science are three essential aspects of human education, and they cannot be separated without distorting our view of whatever we may investigate.   Spirituality embodies both science and art, for it teaches life in harmony with the laws of nature. Pythagoras stated there is "geometry in the humming of the strings; there is music in the spacing of the spheres". Art, in its highest sense, is as educational as science and as uplifting in its influence as religion. Film, architecture, music, sculpture, painting, and literature fill their beholder with indescribable feelings of overwhelming grandeur and awe. Bach stated, "The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God-consciousness and the refreshment of the Spirit. I play the notes as they are written, but it is the Spirit who makes the music." Science needs spirituality and art for a sound mind and 'eureka' moments. Einstein said: "Speaking of the spirit that informs modern scientific investigations, I am of the opinion that all the finer speculations in the realm of science spring from a deep religious feeling and that without such feeling they would not be fruitful." The reality is, science, art, and spirituality are equally vital for human evolution. When one of these three 'pillars' are out of balance, society does not function at its optimum. In centuries past, it was institutionalized 'religion' that reigned supreme, and the Church decided what kind of education was to be given to society. There is plenty of historical evidence to suggest that religion shackled science to the detriment of the world, as ignorance and superstition caused untold pain. Nevertheless, despite this suffering, humankind still cherished lofty spiritual ideals and strove for a higher and better life - which is why we no longer live in "the dark ages".  In more recent times, the pendulum has swung the other way, as it does on this dual plane, and developments in the realm of 'science' meant that many religious principles were debunked. As a result of this swing, scientific principles based on logic and reason became the foundation of the dominant belief system. One had to choose 'God' or 'science.'  But as much as some scientists might wish it were true, science does not hold all of the answers, and if we solely put value on scientific principles, we put ourselves at a significant disadvantage. For example, we now know that the Earth's laws, previously thought to be immutable, do not function at the quantum level, and there is still no definitive conclusion on whether we are purely physical beings, or if there is another, non-physical part to us - a 'soul' if you will. So often scientists have found that when they calibrate one component, it merely serves to shed light on a series of components that can not be calibrated; there is no 'theory of everything.'  Now, as the pillars come into balance, science has started to admit that there may be a supreme intelligence, some kind of supreme design to this wondrous, and often baffling, thing called life. Issac Newton saw this with foresight when he said: "This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being." Even meditation, which has been a fundamental element of many religious and spiritual practices for centuries, is now being validated through scientific research, and has been 'proven' to have tangible, beneficial effects on the brain.  We require belief systems that don't solely rely on science because to dismiss them requires omitting the many human qualities that are needed in order for us to live happy and well-balanced lives. It is the spiritual principles such as love, devotion, service, and honor that elevate the human experience, that give meaning to our existence beyond the mundane and banal. We need these elements just as much as a sound, reasoned intellect. Many would argue that a world without art, music, beauty, and love is a world not worth living in.  So what do science, art and spirituality have to do with film and edutainment - Mastertude's domain? As the pendulum swings into balance at a place where spirituality, art, and science meet, we are at the brink of an exciting journey of discovery, catering to a world that is artistic, insightful, and curious. To help us on this road, we need to have role-models; we need to see examples of people living and learning in this heightened manner so we can mirror their attitude. Albert Einstein said: "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."  We believe film is the perfect vehicle to demonstrate this heightened way of living that embraces the best of the scientific, artistic, and spiritual worlds. Film makes the unreal a reality, the unobtainable a possibility, and so it presents an opportunity to inspire, delight, and educate an audience that is open to new ideas. In doing this, filmmakers will be integral to heralding in a new age of elevated consciousness, where humanity lives at its highest capacity.

How our XR film and game can turn anyone into a musician

A love of music is something everyone on earth shares. We are born with this innate yearning to listen to and make music. Before a baby speaks or even crawls, you can witness her experimenting with sound and reacting to music. Yet, despite the fact that studies show most adults wish they had learned to play a musical instrument, most people are not proficient at playing. The research suggests that people's experience of learning an instrument has not been a happy one - they have found music lessons difficult or unenjoyable.

Anecdotally, we have talked to hundreds of people who have shared childhood memories of being whacked over the hand with a ruler if they fumbled a note, or finding the rote style of learning so boring that it put them off, only to regret that they didn't "stick with it" later in life, or even worse, we have spoken to many people who have been conditioned to believe that they are "not musical".

From our experience of teaching thousands of students using our unique music teaching method, we have come to understand that actually anyone is capable of being a musician, and a talented one, but that the conventional way of teaching music does not maximize the musical potential of students for the reasons stated above.

It is for this reason that Mastertude decided to take our very successful live music teaching method global, building on a proven formula by evolving it into an edutainment film and game.

Using our music system as a starting point, we have developed the revolutionary Mastertude Edutainment eXperience (MEX) to stimulate genius. With MEX and the utilization of film, gaming and immersive technologies, anyone can become a musician - learning the fundamentals of music in a 3-hour film, irrespective of their "talent". We firmly believe (and have seen) that everyone on earth is capable of genius and it is just a question of learning the right techniques to tap into this infinite potential. 

With the MEX, viewers are able to learn music much faster than conventional methods because of the system's unique approach to teaching. We have reconfigured the way music teachers traditionally think about seemingly complex musical concepts (scales, chords, reading music, composition, coordination of both hands and a lot more). Each concept is simplified and broken down into bite-sized chunks with our proprietary formulas (that are unknown to even the most experienced musician) – in a way that is both logical and straightforward.

Some have asked us why we don't just make an app with our music learning system, instead of going to all the trouble and expense of making an edutainment Hollywood film and a companion game.

Our reasons are very clear and carefully thought out:

The observation technique: the Polymath film switches between 1) passive viewing of a sci-fi fantasy narrative, where the participant observes the way polymaths think, create, visualize in patterns, access intuition and overcome adversity with heightened thought. This awe-filled observation experience fires up the viewer's neurons to mirror the polymaths' attitude and switch out of their habitual MO's based on fear, unbridled emotions or limited logic, and 2) interactive mode, where the participant plays a holographic MIDI keyboard in XR, while operating at their optimum learning capacity through neuron mirroring.

Honing the mind using musical perception: the Polymath film uses 'flow music', an exclusive method that enables participants to 'flow' in their unique way in order to help discipline the mind. This method focuses on ‘knowing thyself’ through the process of mastering the skill of music. Music practice to most people implies spending hours working on scales, chords, songs, etc. But this is not the practice we refer to. The most important practice is to practice focusing and honing the mind - the skills are then perfected as a result of this, and one can be in harmony with the entire universe! Pythagoras called this next level tapping into the Music of the Spheres. Einstein called it musical perception: “It [The theory of relativity] occurred to me by intuition, and music is the driving force behind this intuition. My new discovery is the result of musical perception.” - Albert Einstein

Each person has a frequency or a 'tone'; each act and thought has a frequency. A master musician is in total control of their body and mind as well as their musical instrument. Our own human "instrument", or being, projects frequencies onto this world. Acing it in any skill-set is easy, once the person has sufficient discipline of the mind. Then going from 'genius' to 'polymath' is a natural process as you are in control of your mind, and your mind is no longer in control of you. Swami Vivekanandan stated: "Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.” 

The Polymath film and game demonstrate how it is important to spend an equal amount of time in silent reflection and on the music skills learned in the interactive sections – both go hand in hand for heightened learning. Music is one of the best tools to dig deep within our soul and truly find the reservoirs of wealth hidden within our being.

The process of learning music or any skill is easy and enjoyable once one works on refining themselves. The Mastertude method has successfully trained hundreds of beginners in music to pass the highest music exams (conducted by the reputed music exam boards Trinity College of Music, London and St. Cecilia School of Music, Australia) in three months. These exams usually take 8-10 years. 

XR technology and High Production Value: there will be no expense spared in making the film components of Polymath a highly captivating and exhilarating sci-fi fantasy, with all the qualities of a tentpole studio blockbuster, while the interactive segments will incorporate the latest technologies in AR, VR and AI.

Participants will not only leave this experience with the ability to play music, but they will also have a new and profound way to connect to their true nature. Polymath will help push the boundaries of perception and open a person up to the tremendous possibilities within their being. In the words of Arthur C. Clarke: “The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.”

In Polymath, participants learn music in a revolutionary manner that is holistic, pattern-based, fun and suitable for everyone, regardless of musical ability. So, even those people who thought that music tuition would never be part of their lives are able to tap into their inherent talent, and experience the joys of playing music.

As the great Ludwig van Beethoven said: “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.”