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Paris : une exposition numérique immersive sur Gustav Klimt - GOLEM13.FR

L’Atelier des Lumières, le nom du premier lieu culturel parisien consacré à l’art numérique, présente un parcours immersif autour des représentants majeurs de la scène artistique viennoise, dont Gustav Klimt fait figure de proue. Spectacle son et lumière À l’occasion du centenaire de sa disparition, ainsi que celle d’Egon Schiele, leurs oeuvres s’animent en musique …

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This Beatles Poster Breaks Down the Instruments Played in Every Fab Four Song

The long and winding road ...

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Petrolicious

Petrolicious creates quality, original videos and articles for classic car enthusiasts. We celebrate the inventions, the personalities, and the aesthetics th...

If you like cools cars, car stories and awesome visuals, this might be for you.

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You Won't Need to Buy a Park Ticket For Disney's Next Star Wars Attractions

The themed lands called Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge won’t open at Walt Disney World or Disneyland Resorts until 2019. However, later this year, Disney is giving fans a little something to hold them over.

Interesting, both from a technology and park planning standpoint.

The tech is based on The Void platform we’ve looked at previously, but I’m on board with the idea of putting this outside the parks as a teaser while the main attractions are completed.

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This isn’t perfectly aligned to our world (until we start getting more amusement park clients...), but I’m intrigued by the use of VR to augment a ‘real world’ experience.

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The concept of mixed reality - bridging the gap between VR, AR, and performance art - is pretty nifty.  The aspect I can’t wrap my head around is the audience for this - I have to believe that the effect from the POV of the guy in the video isn’t as perfect, and if the content was created for his POV, this video wouldn’t be very cool... a challenge for implementing this kind of thing i our world.

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Someone In Bulgaria Is Putting Googly Eyes On Broken Street Objects, And It’s Even Better Than Fixing Things

Last month we introduced you to the art of eyebombing, otherwise known as sticking googly eyes on basically anything you can find. Well the trend has now reached Bulgaria thanks to a street artist called Vanyu Krastev, and as you can see from his eye-catching work, he certainly has an eye for the perfect eyebomb!

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Lockheed Martin launches STEM education initiative with a virtual reality school bus.

I love everything about this, especially how the content mapped to the movement of the bus. WOW.

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This topic is an exploration of the storytelling process at Pixar.

Khan has some pretty cool stuff that’s more technical, but the Pixar segment is a little further out of the box for them.

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Facebook launches augmented reality Camera Effects developer platform

Facebook will rely on an army of outside developers to contribute augmented reality image filters and interactive experiences to its new Camera Effects..

Leviathan has big plans for AR ....

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Snapchat, Facebook Fuel AR Growth - eMarketer

In 2017, 40.0 million people in the US will engage with some form of augmented reality at least monthly, up 30.2% over last year, according to eMarketer’s latest forecast. Much of AR’s growth will be fueled by Snapchat Lenses and Facebook Stories, while VR usage will be driven by 360-degree videos on social networks.

Forecasting trends in AR/VR ...

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This is a compliment to the Rubik’s Cube art posted a little ways down... we priced a speedcuber for Thomas and Betts (not the guy in the video above, but of the same breed) under the auspices of ‘Thomas and Betts can solve even your most complex challenges’.  

This seems like a pretty evergreen message that could apply to a lot of our clients, and the costs are pretty reasonable.

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SketchAR - start drawing easily using augmented reality

SketchAR is an application through which the user sees a virtual image on the surface of which they are planning to trace a sketch. In one hand, the user holds a phone and sees a virtual image, while the other hand traces virtual lines already on the paper.

This could be a good option alongside the ‘paint-by-numbers’ style experiences.  Consider an activity where the client’s offerings are positioned as being able to help their customers do the impossible, allowing them to create a take-home masterpiece using the AR tech.

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Exhibits

WHAT MADE ME Interactive Public Installation on Behance... - a grouped images picture - Pin Them All:

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How museums are turning to virtual reality and apps to engage visitors

Museums are turning to virtual reality, apps, and interactive experiences to keep tech-savvy visitors engaged

An interesting look at museums adding a layer of technology to help tell stories.

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Forget 4K, Lose Yourself in a Stunning 10K Timelapse of Brazil

Zoom into a Rio favela in super-high definition in this glorious video by Joe Capra.

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Andrew Kuo designs infographics for non-infographicy stuff. Attached is his wishes for the 2012 NBA finals. A lot of the infographics he makes are around basketball, music, how he’s feeling that day, and other things that aren’t objectively measured.