Starfield is an interesting use of the Kinect sensor to give a great sense of motion as some swings towards a screen showing a starfield. I imagine the sense of depth and speed must bring a new experience to swinging.
Entries Tagged as 'Science & Technology'
Can version 11 save Flash?
October 21st, 2011 · Ric · 1 Comment
Flash has been having a hard time recently. Once loved by all for bringing motion, sound, interactivity and video to the masses it’s fallen out of favour as low powered smart phones and tablets become more common for web browsing and the excitement surrounding HTML5. However mobile browsing accounts for only 5% of all web browsing and some of those devices support Flash. This is a tiny percentage and shouldn’t be enough to put the world off Flash, sadly it seems to be another case of marking hype winning over reality. That being said I strongly believe in using the right tool for the right job and there are a lot of things once dominated by Flash that can now be handled just as well in the browser. Can the release of Flash 11 change people’s opinions? Read more
1 CommentTags: Science & Technology · Web
QR codes — all hype, or the next mobile game changer?
October 11th, 2011 · Claud · No Comments
Todays blog is guest written by Robert Thurner M IDM an independent mobile consultant, trainer and speaker. You can find more about him at the bottom of this post.
I hear that Team GB’s female beach volleyball champions are renting out their rears in an advertising deal that encourages spectators, and the world’s media, to photograph their behinds during the 2012 Olympics.
Our girls will be wearing bikini briefs with a Quick Response (QR) code printed on the back to catch the eye of spectators. When photographed on a smartphone, the code takes the user to a mobile website — in this case, for bookmakers Betfair.
Read more
No CommentsTags: Science & Technology · Web
Adobe CSS Shaders will transform the web
October 7th, 2011 · Ric · No Comments
Adobe have been doubling down on the open web since the world decided it no longer loved Flash. The above video shows a regular Google Map that has been transformed using CSS3 shaders, a new proposal from Adobe for adding rich visual effects to HTML pages. What’s clever is if your web browser doesn’t support these effects you’ll get a non-styled map, or if you’re browsing on a phone which has a low battery they could be disabled without effecting the core functionality or actual content. These shaders are a little way off yet as they need to go through the web’s usual standardisation process but it’s exciting to see the progress that is being made. You’ll also need an up-to-browser to view them i.e. not IE!
No CommentsTags: Science & Technology · Video · Web
Real Angry Birds
August 24th, 2011 · Luke · 1 Comment
T-Mobile have once again have taken to the streets to kick off another viral campaign, this time using the award winning cult game ‘Angry Birds’ to promote their smartphone range.
They have taken this addictive app and created a life-size interactive game, which include all the famous birds, from the classic red bird to the multiple blue birds, complete with a wind band playing the Angry Birds soundtrack, this completes another feel good campaign from the telecommunications giants.
1 CommentTags: Advertising · Environmental · Offbeat · Science & Technology · Video · Web
SVN Visualisation using Gource
August 19th, 2011 · Ric · 2 Comments
We use a version control system called SVN in the office when building websites. It allows us to keep track of changes to code, try out ideas, collaboratively work on the same file at the same time etc. It’s very valuable as it means we have a history of what we have done and are able to fix bugs much more efficiently. I wouldn’t dream of making websites with it using it now. However despite it’s usefulness it is pretty dull to look at so I decided to find a way to make it more interesting.
2 CommentsTags: Art · Science & Technology · Video · Web
Monkey Business
August 11th, 2011 · Ric · No Comments
I like this little Microsoft Kinect Powered monkey!
No CommentsTags: Offbeat · Science & Technology · Video
Journey
July 29th, 2011 · Ric · 3 Comments
I recently had the opportunity to dust off my PlayStation 3 for a bit of gaming action. It had been a long time since I’d used it and I wasn’t sure what I should play. In the end I loaded a game called Flow by Jenova Chen co-founder of Thatgamecomapny, it’s a beautifully simple game where you play as an aquatic microorganism using the motion sensitive controller to move and eat other microorganisms which help you grow larger and develop.
It may sound an unusual idea for a game but it’s a very soft, fluid experience allowing for some simple escapism and with no guns in site (not all games have them!). Flow was nominated for awards by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
3 CommentsTags: Art · Offbeat · Science & Technology