Archive for February, 2009

Plug in to the Smart Grid

PlugintotheSmartGrid.com is an expceptional interactive project from one of the top world’s interactive agencies: North Kingdom, which was developed inĀ  co-operation with Goodby, Silverstein & Partners (this duo have also created very well-known Get the Glass):

Smart Grid

This website is part of the most recent campgain of General Electric corporation and provides information about technology called Smart Grid. Creators of the site used capabilities of 3D holograms:

To launch the augmented reality, users hold the marker up to face the webcam and can then watch it unfold into a 3D hologram on-screen. To interact with the hologram, users can rotate or move the marker or blow into the microphone to increase the animation speed. [via Creativity Online]

The video below presents how this augmented reality works:

Whole website is developed and designed to the highest standard but I enjoyed the most the Augumented Reality part. 3D models are changing their position and perspective together with a printed marker that I hold in my hand and Wind Turbins spin faster when I blow into the microphone. It is truly amazing piece of interactive design.

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