Category Archives: Immersive

Microsoft Project Natal

June 8, 2009 – 5:56 PM

This newly revealed Xbox 360 interface device called Project Natal is a major step forward for consumer electronics as well as a huge asset for commercial deployments of interactive exhibits and digital out of home experiences. The technology (software and hardware in the form of a black sensor bar) promises to allow full body gesture navigation [...]

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Library of Congress Experience

May 23, 2009 – 5:39 PM

This award-winning interactive experience brings a 21st century engagement layer to one of our national treasures. With over 50 touch screen activities, a pre/post and standalone web experience, a bookmarking feature called myLOC, an ARG type adventure game and a 16 foot interactive wall, this experience has interactivity turned up to 11.

At a fundamental level, most [...]

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Hotel 626

April 2, 2009 – 9:31 AM

We tend to concentrate a lot on physical installation projects on this blog, but every so often a web project warrants a nod as well. Such is the case with Hotel 626. I’ve been wanting to write it up ever since it was a SOTM on theFWA (always a great resource for website innovation)  back [...]

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GE’s Smart Grid website with Augmented Reality

February 28, 2009 – 5:07 PM

This FWA website of the month is GE’s Smart Grid.  This is a fun and intelligent website that is 50% product marketing and 50% environmental stewardship. The experience is crafted similar to a linear touch screen experience where each “page” starts with a narrated vignette that leads into an interaction mode allowing users to further [...]

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex

February 23, 2009 – 11:53 PM

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex recently opened at the end of 2008 in Soho New York (right around the corner from our office : )  Its brings to NYC a little bit of the Cleveland Rock & Roll Hall of Fame experience but compressed into about 3,000 square feet with a lot [...]

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