I finally got an iPod at Christmas, and it’s been the massive distraction I always suspected it would be. I used to obsessively collect music in the early half of the CD era. My tastes were eclectic- classical, jazz, alternative rock, electronica, international music. The usual music geek stuff. I kept [...]
Here’s a rough example of an idea from an earlier post on why augmented reality excites me.
You could have communal art projects, or art projects for the community. They could be dense and obscure (hey, it’s art, nothing wrong with that!) or they could be simple and direct.
You could have abstract projects, such as a Mondrian-like [...]
Most interfaces to current augmented reality prototypes are pretty basic. Floating tags and other similar elements. They’re a lot like current desktop interfaces. Following the limitations of more or less static 2D environments.
But they don’t have to. Not on the platforms with more sophisticated graphics capabilities. Since there are real, live 3D environments [...]
Say you had an idea for a group of characters and the universe in which you’d like to set them.
What would you do with that material?
The traditional method is to develop the stories yourself. Write prose, film screenplays, develop videogames, produce a TV series. Even in the most contemporary [...]
I recently posted an exploration of the elements of the infamous Milo demo from E3. That post primarily focused on what took place in the demo, and if all was as it was represented to be.
But let’s assume for a moment everything in the Milo demo was “real”, that it all was what [...]
We’ve been living with a sort of Augmented Reality for a while now. But the next generation of AR, with always-on, real-time information will be a transformative technology.
The most common conceptions of AR applications thus far seem to be about data presentation. This makes sense as it’s a domain with clear value and [...]
I’ve been reading up on Google Wave and thinking about it’s potential as a hub for transmedia activities.
Wave is the next step in Google’s ongoing move towards development of collaborative tools, following on Google Apps, Calendar, etc. Those were the obvious first step, Wave is the next generation tool, bringing in real time conversation [...]
So there’s the video from E3 of Peter Molyneux showing off a project his company is working on, based on Microsoft’s Project Natal. It’s a character named Milo living in a tiny virtual world. The video shows a woman named Claire interacting with Milo in ways that seem wondrous and amazing.
But how much of what [...]
Adapted from a post on the message boards at the fantastic screenwriting site Wordplayer. Read everything everywhere on that site if you want a deep understanding of how to write a screenplay.
So with my web sketch comedy group Monkey With A Shotgun, I’ve got an actual revenue-generating video series over on Babelgum.
Babelgum is a [...]
Say you were interested in transmedia storytelling.
Now imagine you were telling your story via user interaction with a persistent, learning, evolving character (like the dream version of the Natal Milo demo). Say the character would always be interacting with the user, to the point that they were “living” the story together.
Your goal here would really [...]
