restock on supplies you can visit poke stops which can be at historical markers, monuments, and art installations. Poke stops can also be used to lure Pokemon to you for 30 minutes if you possess that item. Some of these can be located at churches, schools, parks, shops, restaurants, and cemeteries. These places can also be gyms, where players join one of three Pokemon Trainer teams, fight against the Pokemon that defend it to take it for their own team. If successful, the player can leave a…
Deep, dark secrets are not an aspect of life that came to age with 21st century technology. However, through the modern medium of the World Wide Web, there has been a new cultural phenomenon called “PostSecret,” which provides people a window to anonymously share their secrets. This phenomenon began in 2005 when Frank Warren initiated an art project that welcomed people to anonymously mail him their secrets on postcards. Since 2005, on every Sunday Warren has released new batches of secrets so…
An exploration of the surrounding cultural impact from interactive public installations, based on the piece of Open Air by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Yuan Yuan Zhang Introduction:More and more digital and interactive art installations have been accommodated by various museums and venues recently. In the past, people usually appreciated static public installations and architecture, but now they…
1024 Chickens Europe has turned to Skynet for farming advice. European Union agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan announced last Friday a multi-billion dollar plan to integrate digital sensors in every aspect of crop production to “produce more with less.” For instance, data from satellites could determine how best to apply fertilizers and pesticides, thus improving efficiency and crop yields. This undertaking would have been unthinkable a decade ago. But a new advance - parallel…
Paragraphs: Technological Trend 1: Virtual Reality • What is Virtual Reality? The literal translation of VR would be ‘Real experience as human being’ which means Near-Reality. In other words, it is the phenomenon of creating an illusory reality in the mind of the user. (Carlin & Hoffman, 1997) The current uses start from gaming and go up to treating PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder). (Rizzo, 2016). • In what ways it will significantly affect ordinary lives in the future (through examples):…
Companies can gain an edge on the competition by truly understanding their customers. Even firms that are experiencing sluggish sales or scandal can utilize social media to access consumer knowledge and aid in product development. On December 16, 2009, just shy of Domino’s Pizza 50th birthday, the pizza chain introduced a new and improved pizza. Russell Weiner the chief marketing officer for Domino’s Pizza announced in a press release that “To us, it’s as big as McDonald’s changing the Big…
Virtual reality technologies have become increasingly prevalent in occupational therapy practice because of its ability to create “seemingly real” environments that provide patients with opportunities to engage in meaningful, purposeful occupations (Weiss, Naveh & Katz, 2003). The virtual environment gave individuals with unilateral spatial neglect, true-to-life situations when crossing the street…
From a young age were basically forced by our parents and the government to go to school. While also pursuing a post secondary education once graduated from high school. In this case the cavern is referred to as the school system or the school itself. In addition, students creativity is destroyed as you move further into school. Although we might be learning information related to the subjects of math, reading, and science were never exposed to reveal or…
Head Mounted Display What is a Head Mounted Display (HMD) ? HMD is a virtual reality technology that allow user to experience game and watching movie like never before, the main objective of HMD is to allow the user to enjoy the game or movies feeling like he or she is really there and getting the full experience out of the product. The user will have to wear the HMD over their head and fit it nicely onto the eye just like wearing a spectacle or a helmet and he or she will be looking into the…
Analysing characteristics of existing interactive videos in media In this essay I will attempt to understand the principals of video technology of two different types of interactive media, such as viral marketing videos and generated videos, I will be explaining the difference between the two while giving examples. With the knowledge that I will have after doing this essay, I will be able to create my own piece of work which will be a video. The term interactive media comes from the use of…