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Tool of North America and Domani Studios produce “Touching Stories,” four interactive documentaries for the iPad
Two interactive multimedia studios, Tool of North America and Domani Studios, teamed together to build an interactive storytelling app designed specifically for the iPad. In the free app, directors Sean Ehringer, Erich Joiner, Tom Routson, Geordie Stephens and Jason Zada shot four short interactive documentaries and combined them into one storytelling interface called “Touching Stories.” The end result? An exhilarating choose-your-own-adventure where “you will be able to peel back more layers of the story by how you interact.”
Evolution of 3D: Stereoscopic 3D Gaming
NVDIA released information about two exciting developments in 3D technologies. The first press release was about NVIDIA’s 3D Vision system, which supports 2D to 3D games as well as games designed with 3D stereoscopic interaction from the start. The second release was about the Total Immersion NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Technology that provides stereoscopic gaming across three 1080p HD displays. This development had me wondering about how 3D interaction takes place in stereoscopic 3D space.
3D TV: Are we there yet?
The success of Avatar was the green light for the display industry to unveil large-screen, high definition 3D displays to the home-viewing market. 3D buffs will need to prepare for the expense of a new 3D display, special 3D viewing glasses for each viewer, a 3D-compatable Blu-Ray player, a 3D ready set-box and a subscription to 3D content from a satellite or cable provider. Right now, most 3D broadcast content is limited to sports. There will be more interesting content soon, as the Discovery Channel announced this week that they will be broadcasting 3D 24/7 by 2011 and plans to continue investment in quality content. It is working in partnership with Sony.
AVA Colorado Rafting company creatively puts users in the raft to navigate site
I am currently working on a multimedia site about the intrinsic connection between energy and water in America for UNC’s News21 project, and I have been perusing numerous water-related sites to get inspiration for my project. One site I came across was that of AVA Colorado Rafting Company whose site mimics the feel of a person rafting from a first-hand perspective. Furthermore, rather than utilizing a boring horizontal or vertical navigational bar, they built the navigation into a GPS phone as if you were navigating your way down the river. Very creative!
Interactive FIFA World Cup 2010 calendar makes tracking teams easy
Regardless if you are excited about the 2010 World Cup or not, you should check out Marca.com’s bilingual calendar of events. In the shape of a color wheel, you can quickly view information by team, date, groups, and rounds. Or, you can browse the games happening in a particular stadium or city. I particularly like the content that is displayed when you roll off of a particular section …
CNN launches interactive visualization of Iraq and Afghanistan casualties
Last week I stumbled across the CNN interactive “Home and Away: Iraq and Afghanistan War Casualties,” and I was impressed at their ability to parse the immense amount of data into an aesthetically-pleasing and personal presentation. I am always interested to see how organizations depict this issue since there have been several versions over the years, such as The New York Times’ “Faces of the Dead,” and USA Today’s “Deaths in Iraq: A look at the American lives lost.”
The 3D Evolution: Part I, Introduction
I asked II multimedia education contributor Lynn Marentette to research the emergence of 3D technologies and how it might impact the educational sector. I’ve been really intrigued by this concept and how we might be able to develop interactive 3D applications for a TV console and from my conversations with Lynn, it sounds like this is a promising field and one in which we need to keep our eyes on. We will be cross blogging this series on here and Lynn’s blog “Interactive Multimedia Technology.” Below is her introduction to the series, which she initially published over at IMT.
Multimedia Must-See: Prison Valley
Stop what you are doing. Seriously. I don’t think I’ve been this excited about a multimedia project since I came across the interactive documentary “Journey to the end of coal.” Now, you are going to have to dedicate quality time with “Prison Valley” – to take a peek before quickly getting distracted by your email or RSS reader. The French duo David Dufresne and Philippe Brault decided decided to produce a documentary on the issue of incarceration in Colorado. But, they didn’t just throw up a passive, hour-long, badly compressed web video. Instead, they created an interactive documentary with user-submission tools throughout. They created an iPhone app, and they have a presence on Twitter, Facebook and their blog. They will then reverse publish it to a book and TV show. Welcome to the next generation of storytelling!
AP Chile earthquake interactive under utilizes navigation
I recently came across AP’s Chilean earthquake interactive via Interactive Narratives, and my immediate reaction was one of confusion with their navigation. Five headings were presented, three of which were based upon the medium used (“Maps,” “Gallery,” and “Video”) while the other two were based upon the content (“Deadly Quakes” and “Aftermath”). However, the “Deadly Quakes” section contains a map, so why isn’t it in the “Map” section? Furthermore, “Aftermath” contains maps and images, so why isn’t it within the corresponding “Map” and “Gallery” section?
New York Times aggregates plethora of 2010 Winter Olympics multimedia coverage
The New York Times has been pushing out new multimedia coverage of the Winter Olympics daily for the past two weeks, and frankly it’s been difficult keeping up with them! Thankfully, they created a landing page to promo all of the packages – all 24 of them – for our convenience. Personally, I would argue that the best part of this gallery is the ability to see a broad overview of their extensive coverage, which allows me to think about the decisions that went behind what medium to use with what story. As you can see, some packages are step graphics, while others are map-based interactives, while others are video vignettes.
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