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NO AD: Street art in the subway
A recent Endgadget article highlights an artistic solution to getting the advertisements out of your way - an app called “NO AD” which digitally replaces advertisements with street art. Intrigued by the concept, and already planning to visit the Big Apple, I seized this opportunity to try it out and share my hands-on impressions.
ARTLENS @ Gallery One: A Look at the Future of Museum Engagement
Field Testing Google Glass in the Audience
Against all things holy and sacred, we wore Google Glass to live arts performances to test its functionality, as part of Google’s trial program in 2013. A form of head mounted display—a computing device intended for the user to wear on his or her head—Glass projects an augmented reality onto the real world...
SFMOMA Families App Drives Away Gallery Fatigue
“When I’m walking around an art gallery, rooms full of paintings, after 15 or 20 minutes, I really am not thinking about the painting, I’m not connecting to them. Instead, I’m thinking about a cup of coffee that I desperately need to wake me up. I believe somebody put the painting on the wall because they think it is good enough to be there. But I don’t see it. I feel unhappy and guilt about my stupidity.” Said Tracy Chevalierin her TED speech about “Finding the story inside the painting” How many of you also suffer from gallery fatigue?
Application Review: 2wice Merce Cunningham Event
Merce Cunningham was always the innovator. The application for mobile devices, 2wice Merce Cunningham Event emerged from a series of performances between 2001 and 2007 for the visual and performing arts journal twice. The resulting application was meant to represent the imagery and experience of dance in a new medium.
How Windows 8 and Surface Will Change the Way You View Microsoft
Windows 8 is different than other iterations of this product. Rather than refining an old product Microsoft has remade the OS for a broad range of touch screen devices as well as laptop and desktop boxes. This new strategy is a game changer for the industry. And it isn't just Microsoft that is riding on the success of this product; it is hardware manufactures as well.
Eventbrite’s Newest Ticketing Solution: the "At the Door Card Reader"
Eventbrite, an online event management company and ticketing platform, just recently released a new product to make selling tickets on-site easier for the consumer and event manager- an iPad credit card reader. In the past, Eventbrite operated completely online. Event managers would create an event page for, let’s say, a jewelry-making workshop or a local symphony concert. Buyers would purchase their tickets online. However, those who purchased their tickets onsite at the last minute were not able to purchase them through Eventbrite. For this reason, Eventbrite launched the iPad application in December, “At the Door,” available for free from the iTunes App Store .
Can "Highlight," a Location-Based Application, Serve the Arts?
Back from South by Southwest (SxSW), a few of our Technology in the Arts staff members are buzzing about the exciting digital apps, tech tools, and conversations they participated in during their jam-packed, no sleep, wild partying (just kidding…kind of…) trip to Austin, Texas, last month. One of the most talked about technologies from the SxSW interactive conference was and continues to be Highlight, a location-based application available for free for the iPhone at the iPhone App Store.
The Royal Opera's The Show Must Go On, Reviewed
has the player assuming the role of a stage manager at a variety of different productions. The degree to which the player succeeds or fails at a series of mini games effects the show itself at the end of the scenario. This game was play tested on a IPad 1 for this review. Fun: (4 out of 5 stars) The game plays well. The characters are charmingly rendered and are well suited to the genre of performing arts that they represent. The music of the show in question plays on cheerfully in the background and was a highlight. There was a good sense of immediacy in the constituent games within each production and as such the overall sense of timing was well designed. The strategies involved in game play were pretty linear and as such may be better suited for a younger audience.
Playability: (4.5 out of 5 stars) The game is quick to learn and master. The constituent games are well suited to the touch interface. Each module within a show has enough different about it to keep most people engaged for hours.
Depth: (2.5 out of 5 stars) The app and the four shows yielded about six and a half hours of game play. The player has to unlock each show in order and can play individual modules in the score attack mode. For an adult player the replay factor is limited after the four show scenarios replay is probably quite a bit better for a younger audience.
Value: (4.5 out of 5 stars) For the price of $.99 this feels like a bargain.
Overall: (4 out of 5 stars) There are a lot of good things going for The Show Must Go On. This app is a fun and easy introduction to four famous shows. The music that plays with the game is lovely, even when played through iPad speakers. I highly recommend checking this app out for killing time during holiday travel, it worked well for me.