Walking back towards college yesterday I had a little conversation about this with two of you, I’m sorry i’ve forgotten your names! It was relevant to a project one of you were doing.
Interactive Cities
http://conferences.theiet.org/lectures/jlb/index.htm?origin=3Dworld
I just read about this free lecture on the 8th of December at the O2. Thought I’d share!
Not sure if anyone has heard of the speaker Charlotte Huggins before, but it says she’s a Hollywood producer. Haven’t really had time to look into it much as I’m busy doing work, but it’s about the recent repeated interest in 3D entertainment as far as I can tell.
Thinking about it in a broader, city-related, context… There are 3D displays that have been developed that you don’t need glasses for:
http://www.dimensionalstudios.com/philips_3d_wowvx_displays.html
http://www.zath.co.uk/3dtv-without-glasses-coming-soon/
Area/Code
Sam and I went to the talk Rebecca mentioned about games and the city at the RSA. They have some interesting projects on the go - definitely worth checking out :)
Digital Cloud!
A giant "digital cloud" that would "float" above London’s skyline is outlined by an international team of architects and designers.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/technology/8350770.stm >
MetropolisMag, this is a website for a (from what I can gather) NY based magazine, looks pretty cool and worth checking out
OPEN SAILING!!
Sorry, their website has been hacked into and ruined. They had a really nice one too!
Here is a link to a video explanation of what it’s about x
And just the new url for the database...it might change until the server is set up, just so you know.
Open sailing
My friend was lucky enough to get involved with this project a few months ago. The main dude, Cezar, had an idea for a international space station on water kind of thing a few years ago and now the project has progressed to the stage where he is currently touring with a prototype looking for sponsorship. Pretty cool, check the vimeo
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Hey, I’ve just posted some links to stuff related to my dissertation work on sound and silence in the city. Also if you have an iphone check out the RjDj apps for a slice of sound-based augmented reality. It’s well freaky :)
