So Audi developed a new version of its Multi Media Interface system for the A8. Okay, the screens don’t really look exciting to me, that’s why I don’t show them here. But this image of their lab on the other hand, that’s a nice user testing setup!
But if you want to see some real screenshots of the MMI, go here.
‘The Empire Strikes Black‘ is the title of a 26-page shoot by Mario Sorrenti with Naomi Campbell in the current issue of V Magazine. That coat by Viktor & Rolf is just … I hope I’ll see it in the Berlin streets this winter.
James Jean is an artist, it’s simple as that. ProcessRecess is his online shop and blog, especially his blog is interesting because he often shows some steps in his process. He was asked to do this illustration for the Watchmen movie, a Vargas-esque portrait of Sally Jupiter, played by Carla Gugino. Luscious!
‘Volume of Emptiness’ is an installation by John Houck. 35 threads are hanging down from the ceiling, each of them is attached to an electric motor. Those are controlled by an Arduino board, which receives its commands from a Processing sketch. So when the motors start to run, the threads gain a certain volume which subtly shift in size over time. The whole space is then filled with empty volumes.
This project reminds me of ‘Live Wire‘ by Natalie Jeremijenko, a true classic from 1995. It’s also a wire hanging down from the ceiling, but this one displays the activity on a local network.
Kivik Start is series of concrete boxes designed by the Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta and the Swedish photographer Tom Sandberg, for the new contemporary art centre in Kivik, Sweden. They explore the spacial and temporal relationship between photography, archtecture and the landscape.
Watt’s new? is a lamp designed by Lotte van Laatum. She didn’t just design the lampshade but also the energy saving lamp.
by Andy Gilmore
Augmented Reality is nothing new, but till now it was mostly a nerdy webcam demo thing. But when you use a mobile phone like the iPhone, where you can move the camera and the display in one device, the user experience could really become enjoyable. Just think of all the possible applications with this technology. ARToolworks developed a version of the free ARToolKit (a software library for building Augmented Reality applications) for the iPhone. In this video they show us a preview, unfortunatly they only managed to get 10 frames per second. But maybe with some help from Apple they could boost the speed over 20 fps.
Warning, mute the sound of the video right away! Believe me!
