Fühl-o-meter assesses the sentiment of peoples faces’ and projects the ambient mood of the city through a smiley face atop a tower.
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“Invoxicated” invites kids – and adults, really – to create and manipulate sound effects in a public space.
This data visualization of civilian casualties in Afghanistan shows what web browsers can render without the use of plugins. In the words of the Developer and Designer, George Michael Brower:
That this visualization can be viewed in-browser is a testament to the promise of modern web technologies such as WebGL, HTML5 and CSS3, all of which were leveraged in this piece. As browsers adopt support for these standards, developers and their audience will enjoy fewer barriers to rich experiences, hopefully increasing the visibility and appreciation of code as art. Thanks to Ricardo Cabello for three.js as well as Chris Lauritzen and Jono Brandel.
Contributed by James Craig
An installation by artist Nils Volker animates ordinary plastic bags mounted on the wall, making them expand and contract — and interact with passersby — by using microcontrollers and cooling fans. The result is a slightly eerie and captivating interactive experience.
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The digital application, Photoshop, recreated in physical space.
via flavorwire
At the 2009 Branchage Film Festival, Seeper Interactive used innovative projection technology to change festival-goers experience of urban space.
Catch a glimpse of the jaw-dropping work in this video:
Excellent example of the power of technology to completely alter our relationship to physical structures. Other examples here and here.
The technology involved, Architectural Projection Mapping, will be used as a part of Vimeo’s first annual Vimeo Festival + Awards going down in NYC, October 8-9 this year.
Flightphase has another cool interactive projection of a Tiger that syncs up with passing cars.
They also did Sniff
Aquascript is a computer system & software that synchronizes hundreds of valves expelling single water drops on demand which result in a freely definable bit-map display.
Explore more water sculptures here.
The Virtual Public Art project is an Augmented Reality platform for the public to display digital works of art.
Interaxon plans to make a splash at the 2010 Winter Olympics with Bright Ideas – the world’s largest thought-controlled installation. Their technology allows brainwaves to control live lightshows at the CN Tower, Parliament, and Niagara Falls. It seems like one of those things you have to experience to believe, yet a fascinating look at the frontier of thought-controlled interactions.
There are live video feeds of the person controlling the lights, though they leave a bit to be desired as to if the technology is as cool as promised.
Here is a video describing the technology:
via Wired