Another interesting creation by the Blast Theory that uses new media technologies to explore both private and public spaces. It is based on the premise of an online computor game with online users. After the player enters their name they are asked to answer the question "What is the name of someone you have not seen in a long time who you still think of?".....the player is then dropped into a random location in a virtual city. The player is then required to move their arrow keys to move their avatars in order to avoid being caught by the runners who are represented in the virtual world in red. The runners are actual real life performers on the streets in the city who are equiped with GPS receivers to fix their locations on the streets and hand-held computors which are connected to the game via GPRS wireless network. The game is set in real time. The virtual city is an exact copy of the real city, but the online players exploit the subtle differences between the two. For example, busy roads or steep hills require no effort at all online, but are major obstles for the runners on the street. However there can be issues with the GPS devices which runners may inturn use to their advantage.
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Monday, 26 March 2012
10th March 2012 - "Can You See Me Now" by Blast Theory
Another interesting creation by the Blast Theory that uses new media technologies to explore both private and public spaces. It is based on the premise of an online computor game with online users. After the player enters their name they are asked to answer the question "What is the name of someone you have not seen in a long time who you still think of?".....the player is then dropped into a random location in a virtual city. The player is then required to move their arrow keys to move their avatars in order to avoid being caught by the runners who are represented in the virtual world in red. The runners are actual real life performers on the streets in the city who are equiped with GPS receivers to fix their locations on the streets and hand-held computors which are connected to the game via GPRS wireless network. The game is set in real time. The virtual city is an exact copy of the real city, but the online players exploit the subtle differences between the two. For example, busy roads or steep hills require no effort at all online, but are major obstles for the runners on the street. However there can be issues with the GPS devices which runners may inturn use to their advantage.
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