Archive for June, 2005
Puerta America Hotel.
Jason Bruges founded Jason Bruges Studio in 2001 to create interactive installations for a diverse range of clients. Working in collaboration with architect, Kathryn Findlay, the interactive installations are the only integrated artworks created for the hotel which boasts the involvement of architects like Hadid and Foster and will be a permanent part of the 8th floor lobby and corridors. Memory Wall shown here is integrated into the lobby space and interacts with individuals passing by. Check out the website to see the videos.
June 9th, 2005
A bit of old school technology
Almost 77 years after the first demo of stereo TV in 1928 by John Baird,
there’s evidence of a strong resurgence of interest and research in immersive TV:
“The Japanese Government is quietly throwing huge financial and technical weight into the development of three-dimensional,virtual reality television”,reports the Times.It “has obtained an interim report from the Communications Ministry’s “Universal Communications” study group detailing the work in progress.Three-dimensional images apart,the ministry wants to develop the ability to send thousands of different odours through the new television to enhance the sense of reality.Its plans also call for the “recreation of tactile sensations”,a hitherto elusive concept that would give viewers the ability to reach out and “feel” what they were seeing.Current projects are working on electrical stimulation for the fingers, ultrasound and air pressure”.
From The Times Online
June 5th, 2005
Here’s a lovely little Piece by Chris O’Shea using the Arch-OS system of Portland Square Building at Plymouth University.
Using the buildings huge array of sensors various researchers are exploring future concepts for inteligent buildings, Chris O’Shea has used the internal vision systems to create a constantly changing landscape being altered by the passage of people throught the atriums of the building
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Cybrid Landscape Project
June 4th, 2005
Virtual and Physical Architects SOFTROOM are one of the few architecture firms to really embrace the potential of digital technology. Here’s a project they did for BBC building virtual datascapes.
3D Web Search Engines use depth and scale to grade information. In the distance, all available informations forms an enclosing envelope, while items of direct interest appear closer and therefore larger. Nomy’s world responds to her mood and she can reshape it according to the type of data being presented.
The set design is composed of a series of layers, which can be freely mixed to create a variety of locations. The modular nature of the set allowed the look of the show to evolve. Two pilot episodes were followed by a tight production schedule, with two fifteen minute broadcasts per week.
June 3rd, 2005
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