A film produced for my final year Masters in Architecture, part of a larger project about the social and architectural consequences of new media and augmented reality.

Unlike similar applications that use 2D cameras, this one is not sensitive to light changes, camera movements and noisy backgrounds. This is a simple demo to exemplify the user experience.

Marco Tempest is an Adventurer, Scientist, Showman, Dreamer and Hero… There’s no one quite like Marco Tempest. His imaginative combination of computer-generated imagery, video, music and stagecraft with his unique vision of future life is creatively unique and unequalled within the performing arts. Marco began performing at a very young age. By the time he was 22, he had captured the prestigious New York World Cup of Magic, launching him into international prominence. The amazing precision and imagination embodied in his work have always set him apart from the crowd. He seems to have an uncanny sense of what would be just right for a given situation…in a meeting, for a particular audience, in a particular setting. Always working to stay just a bit ahead of the curve himself, he has a particularly winning way of taking his audiences with him on his magical excursions into the land of tomorrow.

Technology Magician – Marco Tempest

More info @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Tempest

More Video @ http://www.youtube.com/user/virtualmagician

Magic Projection 1.0

Marco Tempest – PhoneCam Magic #8 – Proximity

Marco Tempest – PhoneCam Magic #7 – Stand Up

Marco Tempest – PhoneCam Magic #1 – The Umbrella

Marco Tempest – PhoneCam Magic #2 – Did you see it… ?

Marco Tempest – PhoneCam Magic #3 – How to shrink a human !

Marco Tempest – PhoneCam Magic #4 – Freefall Stunt !

A great visionary concept from Winscape.

The Maiking Off

Take a look @ http://www.rationalcraft.com/Winscape.html

We believe that the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better is by making it fun to do. We call it The fun theory.

Scratch Mat

The world’s deepest bin

Tomglasspelet

Peter Molyneux discusses Project Natal

Kudo Tsunoda discusses Project Natal

Keiichi Yano discusses Project Natal

Robbie Bach discusses Project Natal

Check it out!

Brink Cinematic Trailer

More info @http://www.brinkthegame.com/

Microsoft has announced at last years E3 Games conference a new peripheral/system coming next year for the XBox called ‘Natal’. They’ve got some slick prototypes/ studio mockups which show people interacting with games and other applications in a very convincing manner. The technology is based on 3D camera technology which I’ve previously discussed, and it’s good to see it coming to the fore. Microsoft certainly thinks it’s a big deal, pulling out Spielberg and Peter Molyneux to talk up the future.

The promotional material implies that they’ve got some extra processing turning 3D camera bitmap images into models of the human body to be passed to the game itself. Perhaps this processing is the source of the lag between the person and the on-screen action in the video on this page, which I’m guessing is a real prototype. And too much lag and you end up with a cognitively tiring game. The system also boasts speech recognition — I’m skeptical on how effective that will be you’re yelling at the screen. Overall, this new 3D system promises awesome new interaction possibilities, but given the huge hype, expect some post-natal depression if it doesn’t meet expectations.
UPDATE: Natal now has a website.

Introducing Project Natal, a revolutionary new way to play: no controller required. See a ball? Kick it, hit it, trap it or catch it. If you know how to move your hands, shake your hips or speak you and your friends can jump into the fun — the only experience needed is life experience. Join the conversation about Xbox E3 or Project Natal on Twitter at #XboxE3

Xbox Project Natal Painting Demo

Steven Spielberg and Xbox Project Natal

Nokia Mixed Reality Demo