To celebrate a decade since The Matrix was first released (and to try and forget the subsequent sequels), some clever bods have created The Lego Matrix.
After enjoying this combination of awesomeness, you can also satisfy your lust for Lego with a making of gallery and a shot for shot comparison.
This is possibly one of the best advertising campaigns I have seen to date. And this time it's not because of some new fandangled bit of tech or a simple bastardisation of the latest YouTube craze (you know who you are). Meet the Viral:
A satirical Wii ad for a religious video game.
But the plot thickens.
Follow the links to the website www.Masswepray.com and see the TV ad/viral as well as their small array of products and a share a prayer option.
Any links from here will take the user directly to an ad for 'Dante's Inferno' an awesome looking game, seemingly based... 'IN HELL!'. Now the pieces start falling into place.
(Not this ad)
Users are also invited to Damn their friends in a facebook app. So what are you waiting for? The third coming???
From well polished to well Polish, alternative movie posters seem to be taking off everywhere. See how Brandon Schaefer interpreted the task, and more.
Recently spotted here, BluRay covers aren't all Brandon Schaefer has on offer.
His wide range of stylised movie covers and posters! more here
Still not overly sure, but he has done a lot of justice to one of my favourite films. more here
The Sun hits back at the iGeneration in this neat satirical viral from glue London.
YouTube "The Sun has been the UK's best handheld for 40 years. Top news, sports, photos, gossip and games in an easy-to-share format. No waiting for pages to load, no contract, no losing reception. There's no substitute for the Sun. "
It seems like an age since I was last blogging, so I have debated weather to give you a bulk blog depicting those things I have been looking at since our last communication, or... drip feed the posts in over the day so that my blog looks healthier and I look busier.
OK, decision made! I'm going for the more self gratifying method in the hope that no one will actually read this post, just look at the pretty pictures and at most, follow a link.
So in answer to my attempt at intrigue i.e. "What's the time?" And to supply you with an easily digestible image: In other words, 'the moment you've all been waiting for'(Just play along).
Meet Aida. No this is not another Asimo it is an in car navigator/friend.
It can remember city maps, favourite locations, home/work even recognises faces. Here's what Siegel says:
“When it merges knowledge about the city with an understanding of the driver’s priorities and needs, Aida can make important inferences,” said Assaf Biderman, associate director of the SENSEable City Lab. “Within a week Aida will have figured out your home and work location. Soon afterward the system will be able to direct you to your preferred grocery store, suggesting a route that avoids a street-fair–induced traffic jam. On the way Aida might recommend a stop to fill up your tank, upon noticing that you are getting low on gas.”
Over the last few days, I have stumbled across many .dk sites from our Bacon brothers and all have brought great pleasure. None however as much as this blatant slap in the face:
A site dedicated to slapping women (I think). Of course I can only assume this, the whole site is Danish (or summit like that) and all I can do is... well... Slap some bitch and watch her bleed, which I must admit is at very least entertaining. Look at that bitch cower as I raise my (near gangsta) hand!
You can control the hand with your mouse or via your webcam. "Will the fun never cease?" I hear you cry...
But there is a serious message that you should all take in...
...fortunately, due to my English arrogance, I haven't got a fucking clue what that message is. So I will carry on my day with my new found knowledge that slapping, ermm how was it they referred to them again, oh yes... slapping 'bitches' is fun!
I'm sure the end message is as powerful and relevant as when we were slapping Nick Griffin, a couple of weeks ago.
If you want to know more about the cause in English... Click the 'I'm a loser' button. I'm a loser
I may have been ignoring this for a long time, but it actually looks quite good:
You can read apple blowing themselves over the concept here.
"Then you touch it and instantly appreciate how good it feels in your hand."
In short, these are the functionality the new age of robot rodent possesses:
* Complete Multi-Touch cover. * The mouse itself is the button. * Scroll in any direction with one finger. * Swipe through web pages and photos with two. * Click and double-click anywhere. * 360° scroll. * Zoom options. * Hand rest recognition. * Any surface suitable laser-tracking. * Wireless bluetooth connection. * Easy optional and auto power conservation. * And all the above is adjustable.
Just saw these new Schweppes idents from Mother, and I defy anyone to watch more than 3 seconds without the following thoughts swirling round your head: - Simplicity is always the key - Genius - I wish I'd thought of that - Tra le lal le lah, le lah lahh lahhhh.
Voiced by The Office star Martin Freeman and Smack the Pony's Doon Mackichan. This new set of ads from Mother London is so simple yet awesomely effective.
I painfully can't find any video to embed and don't want to leave you gasping, so here's a link to the campaign live site where you can see 7 of their 10 festive idents.
These letters were leaked showing a major breakdown in communication between the French Government and the Irish over the upcoming World Cup qualifying play-off. There’s now a full-blown diplomatic row brewing.
If you love Augmented Reality, get ready to blow your load!
Oh yes, 'any interaction'!!! You can touch... You can play... If you say, I'm always yours!
Oh shit, I've slipped into 'Barbie Girl' by 'Aqua' (God I miss them!).
But seriously (randumb), what this touch tech AR means is unmeasurable at the moment. Lets just hope people don't get too bored of it before it reaches it's full potential.
"The CLOUD proposes an entirely new form of observation deck,connecting visitors to both the whole of London and the whole of the world, immersing them in euphoric gusts of weather and digital data. Each individual footstep on the ascent to the CLOUD participates in a vast collective energy-harvesting effort. Everyone around the world can contribute to the Cloud - whether by visiting or by sponsoring an LED, helping to keep the London lamp aflame."
I thought I should post this. I, like many, am as impressed as I am disappointed.
Agency: AMV BBDO, London Client: Guinness Executive Creative Director: Paul Brazier Creative: Paul Brazier
But that's not all: "Director Johnny Green recruited an elite team including Oscar winning set designer Grant Major and Oscar nominated Director of Photography Wally Pfister."
In all honesty I like it. It is well shot, well directed and it looks... well, Pretty damn cool. I do think Guinness has been stumbling around for a while now, since the car dominoes we've seen 'Out of the darkness comes light', '17:59 It's Guinness time' and now 'Bring It To Life'. It seems confused and unfocused unlike... Yeah I don't need to say it, you'll probably be more rewarded if you wait anyway.
A project from Lauren McCarthy which she describes as: "A wearable conditioning device that detects if you're smiling and provides pain feedback if you're not. Frowning creates intense pain but a full smile leaves you pain free! The first in a series of Tools for Improved Social Inter-Acting."
Because it feels like I haven't posted something for a while, I'm going to make this my multi-post. I am going to cover a few of the best bits that have passed me over the last couple of weeks.
To begin what has popped up, I'll start with Popping out!
So... Top of the pops is this amazing time lapsed/stop motion/post production grafitti technique:
Over a period of five years, designer Arnaud Jourdain took thousands of photos of the graffiti on the facade of Serge Gainsbourg's last home adress, at 5a Rue de Verneuil, in the fifth arrondissement of Paris. He then converted his images into a wonderful animated 3D sequence of colors and collages. Impressive! Copy by Frogsmoke
Although this has faced some unnecessary harsh critics, I believe this Kasabian promotion is spot on!
The freestyle footballers are: Paul Wood, Paul Klein, Darryl Stewart, Tom Pett, Lewis Foster & Harry Adcroft - see http://bit.ly/3fxLoK for more info.
If it's not real I take it all back (although in the true spirit of a viral, it was lose enough to get me thinking, and that's all you need). So from me - good job!
Now what else have we...
There was that Augmented Reality projection mapping, if you missed it you can see it here. Pretty, pretty, pretty... pretty, pretty cool!
AND THIS JUST IN...
Big Head Halloween costumes: Courtesy of the_defiance
It took 370 triangles to create his own head: "The head was modeled in 3ds Max based off of photos I had Jen take. The final triangle count was 370. I designed it so it could fit over my head, sit on my shoulders and then be held down by a jacket."
