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Live Augmented Reality for National Geographic Channel / UPC
Appshaker recently launched a unique way for people to interact with the amazing world of National Geographic Channel's content from around the globe.
Using the principles of augmented reality, people could immerse themselves in different scenes such as dolphins, leopards, the space landings, dinosaurs and more.
1000s of people interacted with the National Geographic Channel brand in the process as it toured Hungary, 1000s more people sharing snapshots and video on Facebook as a result.
'Nike is doing something a little different with projection mapping for the new Jordan Melo M8 shoe, this time throwing in water, in fact the whole thing is projected onto water fountains, which perfectly complement the movement and desired effects to create something pretty special for your eyes…
Sure, there isn’t any interactivity as we’ve seen of late, but the water really changes the game!'
By : W+K New York
Made with Kyle McDonald's ofxFacetracker + Jason Saragih's facetracker library: web.mac.com/jsaragih/FaceTracker/FaceTracker.html
Also using parts of Kevin Atkinson's image clone code methodart.blogspot.com/
Benjamin Grosser
Interactive Robotic Painting Machine
2011
computers, robotics, camera, microphone, mixer, speakers, projector, oil paint, canvas
This machine uses artificial intelligence to paint its own body of work and to make its own decisions. While doing so, it listens to its environment and considers what it hears as input into the painting process. In the absence of someone or something else making sound in its presence, the machine, like many artists, listens to itself.
Can a car reduce stress levels?
'Research revealed that 83% of drivers find driving to work more stressful than work itself.* And the problem is growing: 89% of city commuters believe traffic is getting worse.'
Gimme Bar is the name of their brilliant visual booksaving service. Yes, you read right, I said visual bookSAVING, not visual bookmarking. Whenever you ‘gimme bar’ a photo/website/recipe/text you save the item. Literally. How? You well, by saving it to your Gimme Bar page and by saving it to your Dropbox account. You gimmie something and boom, it’s not only on your Gimmie Bar account but also on your hard drive.
This changes everything (for illustrators)
Wacom introduces Inkling, a new digital sketch pen that captures a digital likeness of your work while you sketch with its ballpoint tip on any sketchbook or standard piece of paper.
