christy Just recently, at the Virtual Worlds 2007 Conference, Matt Bostwick of MTV spoke about MTV’s use of virtual worlds. They have created virtual worlds for the television shows Laguna Beach and The Hills and soon also for Pimp My Ride. Bostwick has stated the metrics for the ‘worlds’ created with There.com technology: [T]he metrics for … Read moreMTV's "4D"
Democracy TV is an internet TV broadcaster. Here is their description: There’s an opportunity to build a new, open mass medium of online television. We’re developing the Democracy internet TV platform so that watching internet video channels will be as easy as watching TV and broadcasting a channel will be open to everyone. Unlike traditional … Read moreDemocracy Net
Tim (Chippy) has created an aggregator of blogs that post about “alternate reality games” (ARGs). This is a good feed to have if you’re new to the area. Alternate Reality Game Blogs
For those who have attended or heard any of my presentations I’ve given to industry over the past couple of years, you’ll recall that I praise the design of the multiple award winning “extended reality game” created by Xenophile Media for the Canadian TV series ReGenesis. He also worked on The Ocular Effect ‘alternate reality … Read moreStitch Media is here
It takes a unique person to do this and Justin is one. Justin wears a webcam 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. He takes it to the bathroom and on dates. I know a few people who want to have their life documented in this manner, but not many who will televise it. … Read moreJustin TV and Life Sharing technologies
The IDEA Conference on ‘designing complex information spaces of all kinds’ was held in Seattle October 2006 has podcasts and slides from the presentations online. There are interesting presentation styles from Bruce Sterling and Dan Hill among others. Check out: http://www.ideaconference.org/blog/
I know this is a late post about the Nine Inch Nails ARG, but gee it is interesting. Here is a ‘quote’ by Trent Reznor posted by ‘mpf’ on the 2nd of March: “The term “marketing” sure is a frustrating one for me at the moment. What you are now starting to experience IS “year … Read moreNine Inch Nails: glimpses of the intermedia artist
Just found this great podcast: Best of YouTube
I missed the CFP for this conference but for those interested here is some info: Nordic Society for Interarts Studies is pleased to announce its eighth conference, to be held at Vaxjo University, Sweden, 25-28 October 2007. What is intermediality? To answer this question, one must first ask: What is a medium, and where do … Read moreConference: Imagine Media! Media Borders and Intermediality
I’m about to hope on a plane to go to Sweden, then Finland, Amsterdam, Paris and many places in the US. It will be a great trip…meeting lots of cross-media researchers who I’ve known through cyberspace for a long time, sharing my research and insights and…having a break. My first engagement is a talk for … Read moreCross-Media Interaction Design & Nokia Research Labs