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October 19, 2007
Wicked-cool Wii+Flash-powered hologram-thing
The crew at BLITZ Agency created an amazing interactive video installation for Adobe MAX, using non-traditional input devices to let people paint collaboratively. As they describe it on their blog:
"Adobe Creativity Conducted" Interactive Wall Experience features a holographic-like projection system on which you can paint images and designs using a Nintendo Wii remote control. This full screen Flash application runs in HD resolution, and was premiered during the primary Adobe party of the MAX 07 Conference in Chicago. The experience ran uninterrupted for the duration of the party (4 hours), and received nonstop foot traffic resulting in 68 artistic creations submitted as images to a Flickr account.
Chek out the video of the system in action, and see some of the creations on Flickr.
I can't tell you how much stuff like this trips my trigger. I love the way the project makes drawing and painting a full-body 3D experience, and I love the way the SWF interface synthesizes great-looking art playfully. One question, though: Why can't I do anything like this in Photoshop or Illustrator? What if we could crack open these apps and let people leverage the power of the Flash? Hmm... Erik Natzke has an idea of what that might look like (totally fake, unfortunately, at least for now).
Trying, as ever, to cross the streams,
J.
Comments
Oh my, yes! That is incredible. Gives one ideas, you know?
I'd love to see something like this used as a presentation tool, or mass performance art (like handing out a few dozen controllers to an audience and have them switch on and off randomly so nobody knows who is doing what or when). Couple that with some time-coded music samples and you've got a rave where everybody makes it happen.
May I know how to install flash on Wii?
thanks!
indeed how do i installed it on the Wii?
[This project runs on a desktop computer, not on a Wii (which just supplies the controller). I believe it's possible to run Flash on a Wii, but I don't know the details. --J.]