Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Great Networked Balls!
Remember this piece about Audience Controlled Games - of which I was and am most fervently endorsing - ? Well, here's a vimeo of Zygote - the Interactive Ball which is, audience-fun wise, a totally and welcomely different approach to audience games. Which I shall label "Audience Games" from now on hither. "ZYGOTE," some zygotian explains, "is a lightweight inflated ball, illuminated from within, that responds to pressure applied to its surface. Interacting with the ball is simple: punch it, bounce it, squeeze it, or tap it and the ball's internal LEDs react instantaneously. Dozens of balls released to an energetic audience at a major music concert, transform the environment into a multi-sensorial, interactive playground, actively engaging the crowd in a shared experience. Each ball also can act as both an input and an output device by being networked to a central computer. This allows for more complex interaction, as the crowd can modify the graphics on a screen, make the balls light up in unison, or even affect the music."
Great networked balls!
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
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