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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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Tag Archives: locative media
Embedded papercraft objects are better than embedded digital objects
Responsibility has yet to be claimed for the beautiful papercraft sculptures that have mysteriously popped up in Scottish libraries and arts centers, each accompanied by notecards featuring the Twitter handles of relevant authorities or personalities. Tangible artifacts like these have … Continue reading
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Tagged augmented reality, books, locative media, papercraft, scotland
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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
Subtlemob creator Duncan Speakman on “framing everyday realities”
[intro]Duncan Speakman’s Subtlemob project, “As if it were the last time,” will be taking place in Culver City this weekend as a part of the IndieCade Big Games program [sign up here]. The project immerses audiences in “the cinema of … Continue reading
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Tagged documentary, duncan speakman, indiecade, locative media, subtlemob, urban space
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Another City for Another Life: the unforeseen games of the city of the future
ARGs, pervasive games, and location-based social games echo and reiterate a range of earlier experiments in ambient and locative art. Graffiti, sticker art, mail art, and other kinds of analog methods for creating distributed narratives paved the way for the kinds of practices that are today exploding in number and purpose thanks to ubiquitous computing and the real-time web. Lettrism and Situationism redefined urban space as a canvas for experimentation, play, and collaborative production. Continue reading
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Tagged constant nieuwenhuys, lettrism, locative media, pervasive games, situationism, urban space
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Try to remain invisible: Subtlemob
Duncan Speakman’s As if it were for the last time is a soundwalk and street performance wherein audiences are “invited to download an MP3 and turn up at a secret location to listen to the track at a specified time.” Continue reading
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Tagged ambient storytelling, duncan speakman, improvisation, locative media, participation, performance, soundwalks, subtlemob, uk, urban space
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Locative media resources
A collection of supplementary readings and resources for my presentation, “Locative Media and Responsive Environments.” Continue reading
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Tagged bruce sterling, locative media, Presentations, responsive environments, spimes
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Locative Media and Responsive Environments
This presentation explores the evolution and trajectory of ubiquitous computing technologies that enable designers to embed media artifacts and computational systems in physical space. Continue reading
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Tagged ctin-511, imap, locative media, responsive environments, spimes
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