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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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16 June 2014: Tunisian transmedia campaign
16 Juin 2014 is a participatory transmedia event that took place in February of 2011. The project engaged the Tunisian public via a variety of platforms and interactions in playfully imagining the country’s post-revolution future. 16 Juin 2014 was spearheaded … Continue reading
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The Lion Man of the Hohlenstein Stadel is 32,000 years old
Everything that has happened since the time of Augustus Caesar takes up only 6.25% of the time that has passed since the Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel was made. A lion headed figure, first called the lion man (German: … Continue reading
AR Drone @uscmeml
MEML got an AR Drone over the holidays… Here we are testing it in front of curious students and passersby at the SCA Building. More: ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/usa
Dokobots: findable, sharable virtual playthings embedded in real space
Dokobots looks to be a great little geogame, with clever mechanics that push pervasive location-based participatory entertainment into some exciting new territory. Here are some highlights from the January 4th, 2011 press release posted by design studio Dokogeo (creators of, … Continue reading
The Antikythera Mechanism in Lego
Filmmaker John Pavlus: This is a 2000-year-old analog computing device reconstructed out of Lego. It predicts solar and lunar eclipses, accurate to within two hours — all using plastic gears. Andy Carol, its designer, builds mechanical computers out of Lego … Continue reading
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