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Fake No Underwear Subway Ride

The New Yorker performance artists Improv Everywhere are doing it again. This time they don’t intend to fool the by standing audience (or only to a second degree), but us behind-the-screeners who usually laugh at the others‘ expenses. Done very … Weiterlesen

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play on futurestates 2

Play imagines a not-too-distant future where video games have become indistinguishable from reality. These fully immersive games are nested inside each other like Russian dolls … http://futurestates.tv/episodes/play

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The Node Game

The Node game is about controlling energy nodes. The team which after 15 minutes controls the most energy resources wins the game. (link) Magic Lens box: With this box you can create your own augmented realities. You just need to … Weiterlesen

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Accessibility, Not Reality, Is the Big Force Driving Games and Virtual Worlds

So what’s the unifying theme in all these products, those I mention and those Schell cites? Not reality, in my view, but accessibility: ease of acquisition or ease of use. Interactive entertainment that can be enjoyed immediately and intuitively, with as … Weiterlesen

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Extreme Sheep LED Art

They took to the hills of Wales armed to the teeth with sheep, LEDs and a camera, to create a huge amazing LED display. Of sorts. Watch this awesome performance of the Baa Studs on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw

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Beyond the Screen (new publication)

Jörgen Schäfer, Peter Gendolla (eds.) Transformations of Literary Structures, Interfaces and Genres Februar 2010, 568 Seiten, kart., 44,80 € ISBN: 978-3-8376-1258-5 Mehr Infos zum Buch und Bestellmöglichkeit: http://www.transcript-verlag.de/ts1258/ts1258n.php While literature in computer-based and networked media has so far been experienced by … Weiterlesen

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3.0 The Politics of Play

A theoretical intervention by M. J. Blisseth or How Practices of Play Inform Potential Revolutions 3.1 Evidences of Play Politics: Historic Ludic Interfaces and Real Politics How Archaeology and Variantology of Media inform Ludic Interfaces

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