viNe
This is a little something we (in London/Helsinki) have been working towards over the last 9 months/few years. It’s a landmark project, not only because it has involved the continued and successful collaboration and dedication of a huge team across many disciplines and worlds. But because it is another indication of the way in which what I do is changing for the better.
The best way to describe a viNe is like this: at the touch of a button viNe records everything you do on your mobile (Nseries). Photo’s, video’s, tracks and more to follow (like I said, everything) are (geo)tagged to the location at which they were experienced. That media (or viNe) can then be uploaded, tagged, linked and searched - so it’s dead easy to document and broadcast what you’re up to and what you like - to whoever or wherever you want.
We’ve not only created the site, but the on device application, a widget (right, when update pushes) and a demo animation with the lovely Airside (so watch this space). And this is just the beginning for viNe, the app and site are in early Alpha right now (launched yesterday so buggy), but the potential of this experience is obviously boundless, and it’s already beginning to grab some attention.
This is without doubt the biggest and bestest thing I have ever been involved in, and something about which we are obviously all very, very proud.
I am going to write a bigger piece about it when it’s out of Alpha/Beta and into the open phase, which should be around November.
But for now it’s just Alpha. Oh, and everyone who did it is awesome.
More Synth
Live Labs has launched Photosynth.
If you don’t already know, Photosynth takes a collection of pictures (of a scene or object) and magically creates and computes points in a 3d space which represent points on the surface of the photographed object.
This then provides an immersive (reconstruction of the scene) geometry, that the user can navigate, to view the images.
The above video demonstrates how the ‘point cloud’ describes the scene and how images are located in this inferred space.
Photosynth post history here.
Augmented iPhone
Augmented Reality (AR) enables 3D computer graphics to be superimposed over real world imagery, in real time, via a lens type affair. Until now the technology has only enabled desktop computer users to view and create AR imagery.
Meet Emily
Zemanta
Zemanta is a content authoring tool that pulls in contextual content based on what you are typing about. The application scans your text (blog post for instance), recognizes the subject matter, combs the web for the most relevant images, links, keywords and text. The service then serves these results into your sidebar to enrich and inform your writing.
Zemanta can be deployed on all major content publishing platforms and web browsers through a simple plug-in.
Smart.
Galaxy
In processing.
Bit Player
Scan your purchase with your webcam and get free (exclusive) music etc.
Nice.
3D Mobile
Seiko Epson have developed a 3D display for mobile phones that can show high-resolution 3D images visible to the naked eye (yes, sadly with no special glasses). The display uses lenticular technology so that images can be seen from different angles, creating the magic 3D effect.
More here.
3D Holographic Touch Interface
Obscura Digital’s multi-touch software with Musion’s Eyeliner 3D holographic projector.
Shampoo//Radio
I don’t really get the thinking behind this product? The only logical reason for it being disguised as a bottle of shampoo is to prevent theft. I guess there was a spate of shower radio robberies in the designers local area as he was brainstorming ideas for shower radios.
It’s possible.
Blost And Alone
If you’re a ‘blogger’, you’ll likely know what I’m talking about. I am tired, having just traveled for a day to get here and although the wheels are turning, I am upside down.
I hope I can get back to posting irrelevant stuff tomorrow.
Meanwhile here’s a link to the ace http://aaronrutledge.com/ (not saying that the stuff there is irrelevant, just that it’s something to look at). You know what I mean.
Yes. Peroni.
Universe Sandbox
Universe Sandbox is an educational toy for Windows based computers. It can run scale simulations of our solar system and galaxy while giving you the power to control gravity, time and everything in it.
Maaaaa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha…
PSkyP
GO!VIEW is a new service brought to you by Sony, and powered by Sky. So now you can download top entertainment stuff via your Broadband connection to your PSP.
Sweet.
iMax
House OF Cards
That Radiohead video, you know, the one shot on a ‘laaaaaaassssser’.
‘No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes’.
