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LevelHead: Open Source AR game
It started off as a residential project at the “Medialab Madrid” called “Unprepared Architecture”. Julian Oliver – the developer behind LevelHead – worked together with designer Simone Jones during June 2007 in Madrid on this “experiment in augmenting architecture“.
While not a game or avatar at that time, the work consisted of a three-dimensional animation that is inscribed on the projection of a 5cm x 5cm cube moved by the user. By now Julian Oliver has turned it into a prototype for an augmented reality game…
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Design: Metro signs
Almost all major cities around the world have one thing in common – they have an underground transport system may it be called Metro, U-Bahn, Subway, Underground or something else. And most of them tell you quite a bit about the city you’re in or provide unusual views. If you for example in Prague don’t miss out on a visit of their metro – its a bit like back to the 60s or a Victor Vasarely show at a museum. And the Blue Line in Stockholm is famous for their art exhibitions aka the longest gallery of the world. Like in Stockholm many other stations are showcases for contemporary or modern design themselves.
Most of the organizations who run these underground transport systems have created a distinctive CI for their communications and as it happens to be that the majority of these systems are indeed called Metro you get the letter “M” in many variations dotted over our cities to mark station entrances…
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Humor: The Japanese Tradition
Who said Japanese people have no sense of humor?
The video series “The Japanese tradition” created by Namikibashi ((Junji Kojima, Kentaro Kobayashi) and the Japan Culture lab is just outstandingly hilarious. And its a mixture of very subtle and strait forward jokes and persiflages. With some of the videos we could not stop laughing – full of great ideas and no respect for anything – sorry Sensei…
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Games: Ice-Slide
In line with our “Top 10 time waster games” this online Flash game is just great (and of course a perfect time waster).
It took us quite some “practice” to get beyond 400 points. Try for yourself.
Tip: Ballistic curves and…
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Humor: Google Earth zoom
A short flick on what happens when you zoom in too close on Google Earth.
Nice idea…
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Animation: Sigg Jones
It has been around for some time but this 7 minute animation is so great that we need to point you to it.
Created by three students from the “Supinfocom” School in Arles, France with 3DSmax, the movie Sigg Jones also won a honorary mention at Ars Electronica this year…
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