SLARToolkit - Silverlight Augmented Reality 3D projection sample
This project takes AR in interesting directions - variations on data input in the AR space - nice
This project takes AR in interesting directions - variations on data input in the AR space - nice
Red Bull's commitment to branding on the edge is really evident in this list - being a huge Shaun White fan, we headed straight to the snowboarding event in Manhattan! After browsing this list, I'll be tracking down Part 2. Hats to Tom Himpe - big thanks
The Future of Play/The Future of Learning:
“Siftables are an example of a new ecosystem of tools for manipulating digital information.”
Another amazing research project from MIT
From Christy Dena! "Cold War: Clambake - The
Game on Facebook is the first element of a new transmedia franchise..."
My alter ego is now up & planning world domination...
No, don't go in there!
Jung von Matt/Spree Berlin creates an interactive horror film experience for crime/horror channel 13th Street.
The documentation for Channel 13th Street's interactive horror movie makes the film experience appear gripping & I can believe that being able to speak with the girl under attack by the mobile phone could give an edge to my experience of the film. It's a given though, that sooner or later someone will start playing with giving the obvious worst advice...
For all those Potter fans - the theme park is underway. The most interesting pics here are of the actual construction rather than the renderings of various storefronts & castle exteriors/interiors. Now, the first thing that strikes me in the construction pics is that Hogwart's northern climate is going to be hard to replicate in Orlando, but don't worry as there seems to be artificial snow planned for castle exteriors. Wonder what the park will feel like on on a heat alert day!
Given what happened with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise - theme park/films/interactive theme park ride, we can't be far from an interactive/augmented reality Harry Potter park - I can see it..
Now here's an interesting transmedia idea - launch a fundraiser for streamlined content...see project summary below:
BASIC GOAL
Raise $3000 for our transmedia campaign. Transmedia typically refers to alternate content produced in support of a film. LOST has Dharma videos on their site. THE WATCHMEN produced a number of 70s-looking cartoons, and newscasts for the web, all set in the alternate reality of story. Joss Whedon produced Buffy comics.
We're looking to take this concept a bit further though, and tailor the alternate content to the devices it will be shown on. For instance, our first iPhone application not only gives you secret messages from certain characters, but also makes phone calls to those characters. It also might give you information you can use to access secret web content on our site.
Check out some videos about our Transmedia Effort! http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list...
STORY SUMMARY
THE LOST CHILDREN is a 90 minute docu-drama about Evelyn Hamilton and The Lost Children. The Lost Children is a recently active cult that was led by the mysterious Chance Sturges. They believe that they are not human, but are instead aliens from another world, stranded here on Earth for thousands of years.
Sturges is a boogieman, a myth. No one knows if he is real or not. He's only known through videos gathered from The Lost Children website, and some rumors of his possible past:
Evelyn Hamilton was a trust-fund kid who joined the cult in 2008, and rapidly became known as "The Alpha". The Alpha is recognized as having abilities beyond those of the ordinary members. The Alpha may forego the usual training that other members must endure. There is only one Alpha, and she sits just below "The Father", Chance Sturges himself. There is a rumored sexual relationship between The Father and The Alpha as well, with some possible evidence of such a relationship here: http://www.youtube.com/watch....
The Lost Children await the arrival of their mother ship, hiding within the Tioga comet. But time is running out. Because there are others approaching; The K'Taan, a primitive race known also as "The Elder Ones", or "The First Ones". The K’Taan travel through space on an asteroid in a dormant state. When they find a world with life, they awaken and feed until that world is dead.
Now, the K'Taan approach Earth. And Evelyn Hamilton believes she is the only one who can stop them.
Really great documentation video of Wieden+Kennedy's Coraline Transmedia Campaign - I loved the website - had to take down my button eye profile pic though as my kids were too freaked out by their 'Other Mother'
Robert Pratten shares his strategies for the development & implementation of a transmedia campaign for audience building. The transmedia elements were developed to support 'Vauxhall Crossed...a family, action-adventure feature film about an MI6 agent called Daisy Scarlett (think female James Bond).'
I've been following Pratten on his site - http://zenfilms.typepad.com - since stumbling on this report. I'm watching!
total teaser - who are the Pale Men? no really? Viking spirits? water elementals? the damned? what's going on in Maine? I've been to some eerie places in that state so I'm ready to believe - bring it on, Cryptoinvestigator...