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Alter Bahnhof Video Walk

Alter Bahnhof Video Walk er designet for den gamle jernbanestasjonen i Kassel, Tyskland som en del av dOCUMENTA (13). Deltakerne får låne en iPod og hodetelefoner fog blir deretter ledet gjennom stasjonen av en kommentarstemme.

Estimote beacon hackathon

Assembl.us’s app works with a Beacon placed inside a conference room. It’s integrated with a digital schedule and booking system so as to notify you about any upcoming meetings. Head to Assembl.us website to learn more.

BiggerBox came in second with a cool app for helping shoppers get better control of their mall trips, especially to places like IKEA, where sometimes your cart is the size of a sedan. Learn more about how BiggerBox makes Reality Matter right here.Reality matters — Estimote apps rock the largest beacon hackathon to date

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Festivaler og turisme som Performing Places

Når begrepet performance står sentralt i denne denne forskningsrapporten, er for å vise at både  festivaler og turisme kan forstås som iscenesatt aktivitet, langs en skala fra den rituelle og avgrensede stedsbruken, til den heterogene og mangfoldige stedsbruken. Begrepet performance, som ekspressiv og utfoldende menneskelig handling, kan gi oss bedre innsikt i prosesser som bidrar til at steder både blir sosialt konstruert, «brukt» og opplevd (Thrift & Dewsbury 2000, Carlson 2004).
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Mennesker tilskriver steder betydning og mening i skjæringspunktet  mellom de verdier og holdninger (kontekstuelle forutsetning) de bringer med seg, og graden av åpenhet og følelsesmessig involvering i slike møter. Steder får dermed en sterk privat karakter knyttet til personliggjøringen av dem, noe som kommer til uttrykk i begreper som stedstilhørighet og stedstilknytning, «sense of place». Performance som inngang til studier av festivaler og turisme gir også mulighet for fange «nåets» eller det umiddelbare levde livets geografi, noe som ofte har blitt oversett i konvensjonelle geografiske studier.

Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically

inFORM is a Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically, so users can interact with digital information in a tangible way. inFORM can also interact with the physical world around it, for example moving objects on the table’s surface. Remote participants in a video conference can be displayed physically, allowing for a strong sense of presence and the ability to interact physically at a distance. inFORM is a step toward our vision of Radical Atoms: http://tangible.media.mit.edu/vision/

Tangible Media Group

Las Vegas street lights can record your conversations

Las Vegas is currently installing Intellistreet lights to their well-lit city. But Intellistreets are not just any street-lighting system.

The wireless, LED lighting, computer-operated lights are not only capable of illuminating streets, they can also play music, interact with pedestrians and are equipped with video screens, which can display police alerts, weather alerts and traffic information. The high tech lights can also stream live video of activity in the surrounding area.

But there's one major concern.These new street lights, being rolled out with the aid of government funding, are also capable of recording video and audio.

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Augmented Reality to Inspire Creative Writing

I wanted to inspire my students to be creative and have fun with their learning. In years past I have always struggled to make my writing lessons fun and engaging, yet productive. This is year I decided to introduce writing with the help of my favorite tech tool: Augmented Reality! I gave the students a choice to pick one of the 10 different coloring pages from the app ColAR Mix, and use the image on the page as a prompt to write a creative story.

Two Guys and Some iPads

McDonald's: Happy Table

AIREAL creates haptic feedbak

Like most of the lab's experiments this has been in the works for awhile, and the chances of it being used outside of Disneyworld anytime soon are probably slim. AIREAL will be on display at SIGGRAPH in Anaheim from Sunday to Wednesday this week.



Disney Research's AIREAL creates haptic feedback out of thin air

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