Livestream is a company doing similar things to other players like UStream, JustinTV, Kyte, and others, where you can create live streaming channels to broadcast original content in real time. They also have a very interesting product, called the “Livepack”, that bundles the hardware and software a user would need inside a simple backpack. This Livepack frees up anyone to just get out there, film, and broadcast the video content in the moment - wirelessly! Just another way to make what used to be much more inaccessible to the average person, much more accessible.
The Foo Fighters are doing a live broadcast on Facebook using Livestream on October 30 at 7PM PT/10PM ET.
And/or cruelty to German flies. Imagine what could be done with Pigeons or Condors or Eagles for that matter. Bats with LCD banners…
“To promote their exhibition stand at the Franfurt Book Fair, Eichborn the publisher with the fly prepared 200 flies with an ultra light banner. The banner was attached with natural wax. After a short time the banner dropped off by itself. And the flies were not harmed.”
And/or cruelty to German flies. Imagine what could be done with Pigeons or Condors or Eagles for that matter. Bats with LCD banners…
“To promote their exhibition stand at the Franfurt Book Fair, Eichborn the publisher with the fly prepared 200 flies with an ultra light banner. The banner was attached with natural wax. After a short time the banner dropped off by itself. And the flies were not harmed.”
Looking forward to seeing all the crazy costumes at the Halloween parade today. But if you want to nerd out and have 2 Grand to drop, you can make your own WORKING iPhone costumes like these dudes. lol
The December issues of Esquire is set to include half a dozen of pages of Augmented Reality the reader can experience by holding pages of the magazine with a special marker up to their webcam. Apparently it cost 6 figures to produce, with advertisers like Lexus eating up some of the development costs.
Here’s a shot of the cover with Robert Downey Jr. and the b/w marker that triggers the AR of him in 3D. I guess they decided to go the marker route to avoid people having to install a plug-in to launch the experience, which is what we did for our GE + Popular Science AR cover back in July.
TubeRadio is the internet’s largest music catalog. Find rare and popular music videos, and share playlists with friends. It’s Youtube meets iTunes meets Spotify and is free to use. Watch the demo to see how easy it is to add an artists entire discography to a playlist.
Toyota are running a digital OOH campaign that allows people to draw a picture on their iPhone and have it appear on a Times Square billboard to promote the Prius. To submit a drawing, users must first download the Prius iPhone app and drawings are limited to what you can do in one single movement. Once you submit your drawing, it will get broadcast on the live boards in real-time during the day in the order in they are received.
I haven’t tried it myself, but I’m hoping they send you some kind of alert when your picture goes live. I don’t think anyone has the time or patience to continue checking the live cams on the Times Square website.
It’s a nice way to engage with digital ooh, but the link to the product itself is weak, and it feels more like a case of using technology as a gimmick.
A demonstration of Google Maps Navigation (Beta), an internet-connected GPS navigation system that provides turn-by-turn voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps on Android 2.0 phones.
Cool banner idea by Crispin for Burger King. It’s an Augmented Reality video banner that uses a $1 bill as the trigger for an animation promoting Burger King’s 1$ menu. To trigger the animation, the user simply holds up a 1$ bill to their webcam instead of printing out a marker/code.
The idea works because its to promote it’s 1$ menu, and because everyone has a dollar bill, it’s likely they’ll be able to try it out. I like the functionality of flipping the dollar over to see the available items on the 1$ menu. Try it out here.
