Initially, I wanted to find a website that had more information on the text projection on the Apple building. Since it was kind of a ninja operation, I can understand why there might not be a searchable web presence. I also had a hard time finding a locative media project that interested me. Luckily, I stumbled across something that might be of fun and applicable use in the future to locative media projects: Cell phones with projectors built in. Here is the article.
I could see this applied to projecting messages or images on to people, in public spaces, on objects, etc. It could be yet another way to communicate ideas to one another. Perhaps even geo-cached content could be projected from phones. Advertising might even (unfortunately) utilize these to broadcast it’s messages, completely upsetting my desired media diet. It seems like the ugly side of the coin–capitalism and marketing–are a fairly consistent threat to locative media as an art form.
The locative media project that I chose to blog about is called “shoot me if you can” by Taeyoon Choi. This particular project is an urban game that is inspired by online shooting games. The cell phone is a device that replaces the gun, and instead of killing virtual monsters, the players must take pictures of the opposing team for points. Each player is given a large sticker to wear on their torso that displays a team color and phone number. Once they have captured the picture of an opponent, the player sends the picture to a website that records points.
I think I was drawn to this project because it allows many people to interact virtually and physically in a fun, and playful way. I think it fits in to locative media because everyone is connected to each other and to the system by their cell phones, as well as by physical space. I also liked this project because it seemed very accessible to ordinary people. Almost everyone I know has a cell phone with a camera on it, and nothing else is required. I think I also picked this project because if given the chance I would probably participate in it.
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