The blogosphere has been saturated with news and images about the earthquake in Haiti but what’s it really like at ground zero? Immersive Media’s innovative use of 360º video capturing technology enables us to see it with our own eyes. It’s similar to a video stream except that the recording allows you to play/pause at any moment and rotate 360º to view any part of the scene (you can even rotate while the video is playing)! Amazing stuff with multiple applications for online news, real-time events, and viral marketing/advertising.
Imagine getting live updates through various Twitter feeds with supplementary real-time 360º videos. This type of technology will only bring our global village closer together and allow people access to information which was either not available or censored just five years ago. Check out all four videos at this link, courtesy of CNN. Thanks for the link Leon.
Liu Bolin is a Beijing-based artist whose work was made famous at last year’s Solo Show at the Galerie Bertin Toublanc in Paris. His most famous exhibit titled “Camouflage” is based on Bolin’s exploration into human nature, showing how people blend into their environments for safety, much like the chameleon in the reptilian kingdom.
This product isn’t going to change your life, but it’s charmingly simple and useful. Regular bookmarks are great but they only mark the page you’re on, never the exact sentence or word where you stopped reading. Enter the Pointing Finger Bookmark from the clever designers at 25togo.
Peep these vivid digital illustrations by Kervin Brisseaux, a New York native who currently attends Syracuse University for a Masters Degree in Architecture. Can you believe that graphic design is merely a hobby of his? Talented indeed.
I don’t watch much TV in Beijing because the quality and production values are average at best. However, I caught this sensational commercial for CCTV Beijing on television the other day, produced by Troublemakers.tv and designed by weareflink. I wasn’t surprised to find out that both companies are foreign (Paris and Hamburg, respectively), but it’s good to know that China is willing to spend money for quality once in a while. Now if only this happened more often…
This meat packaging concept by UK designer Chris Chapman made me smile for two reasons: (1) The brown paper packaging pays homage to butchers and meat shops of old. (2) The labeling is simple and educational, letting the consumers know instantly which part of the animal they are purchasing
