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Nubot – A Video Chat Robot Doll


May 9th, 2012  |  Friends  |  Categories: Augmented Reality, Development, HCI (Human Computer Interaction), Inspiration, Interactive, Mobile, Social, Technology, Tool  |  Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,  | 

Nubot is a doll ready to host smartphone video chats via Skype.

The remote user can control the doll’s body gestures (wave, bow, turn) giving them more of a physical presence.

The folks at Nuuo that developed Nubot use it to have teleconferences between their offices.

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We’ve seen a more mobile, albeit less cute, telepresence robot named Texai in the past.

 


Cinemagrams


April 17th, 2012  |  Friends  |  Categories: Art, Mobile, Social, Tool, Video  |  Tags: , , , ,  | 

Cinemagrams are the new GIFs — get them before a creative asks you about them!

http://cinemagram.tumblr.com/

Contributed by Jeremy Adirim

 


Frisbee Rush – Mobile to Desktop/TV Game


March 19th, 2012  |  Friends  |  Categories: Development, Gaming, HCI (Human Computer Interaction), Installation, Interactive, Mobile, Online, Technology  |  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  | 

Unit9 premiered a new gesture-based, multiplayer, mobile-to-desktop synced game called Frisbee Rush at a few weeks back and are now finishing the app to be released in the coming weeks. More details on vimeo.


Finding your way…


February 2nd, 2012  |  Katy  |  Categories: Geolocation, Inspiration, Interactive, Mobile, Outdoor, Tool  |  Tags: , , ,  | 

Two mobile apps for navigating the city in two very different ways:

Embark – maps plus some more hand-holding (i.e. alerts, underground access)

Via Laughing Squid

Serendipitor – maps plus simple instructions to follow along the way — for the more whimsical commuter


Uncover Your World


January 4th, 2012  |  Friends  |  Categories: Art, Geolocation, Inspiration, Installation, Interactive, Mobile, Prototyping, Technology  |  Tags: , ,  | 

Grow Interactive worked with Google to concept and develop Uncover Your World, a lovely mobile experience for Google’s Search App.

To build the ad experience, Grow modeled an entire “world” with 3D technology and used a 3D printer to bring it to life. Check out the making-of video below:

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You can explore the mobile site here: http://www.uncoveryourworld.com/

Contributed by Mia Ruiz-Escoto


MapCodes: Sexier, More Useful QR Codes


January 4th, 2012  |  Katy  |  Categories: Art, Inspiration, Interactive, Mobile, Sculpture, Technology, Tool  |  Tags: ,  | 

You may think their time has passed, but what if QR Codes were less ugly and more useful?

Designer Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino set out to improve this troubled medium with Mapcodes, a hyper-linking system that uses fragments of maps — instead of indecipherable blocks — to link to full maps.

 

http://designswarm.com/blog/2011/09/mapcodes/

Although still in prototype/idea territory, it’s refreshing to see more user-friendly (and beautiful) graphic languages being developed for connecting digital content to physical locations.

Contributed by Ralph Paone


Trimensional


October 3rd, 2011  |  Friends  |  Categories: Mobile, Technology, Tool  |  Tags: , , , ,  | 

The Trimensional app is a 3D scanner that generates models using the iPhone’s front-facing camera.

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Via Laughing Squid


iPad Iteration of novel with Shuffle feature


August 31st, 2011  |  Katy  |  Categories: Interactive, Mobile  |  Tags: , , ,  | 

Read Marc Saporta’s Composition No. 1 on shuffle with the novel’s new iPad iteration.

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It doesn’t seem like this would be that relaxing of a reading experience, but it’s cool that the technology helps achieve the work’s original intention to be read non-linearly.

Via Gizmodo


Gumshoe


August 18th, 2011  |  Friends  |  Categories: Gaming, Geolocation, Mobile  |  Tags: , , ,  | 

Satisfy your craving for mystery and intrigue mixed into daily routine with Gumshoe:

http://playgumshoe.com/

Contributed by Ralph Paone


Augmented City


August 10th, 2011  |  James Taylor  |  Categories: Architecture, Augmented Reality, Data Visualization, Design, HCI (Human Computer Interaction), Inspiration, Installation, Interactive, Mobile, Outdoor, Social, Technology, Tool, Video  |  Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,  | 

Keiichi Matsuda imagines what it would be like when digital layers of information converge with the physical environment – no device required. (Best viewed in 3D if you have 3D glasses handy)