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(VIDEO) Toyota Backseat Driver FREE iPhone App

July 14, 2011 by Adam Jarvis 2 Comments

Adorable concept. Much more fun than popping in a DVD for the “little rug rats”. The journey is the game. Love it.
Did I mention it’s free?

Backseat Driver, the first product introduced by ToyToyota, is an iPhone application which allows kids to enjoy driving from the back seat of their car.
The player controlling My Car follows Papa Car, whose moves mirror the route of the real car in which the player is riding, using the iPhone’s GPS functionality. By steering My Car left and right to follow Papa Car’s path and pick up objects, the player can score points. Backseat Driver offers the passenger a new way to enjoy the driving.
The route that you took will be saved automatically so that you can look over.
You can gain points by collecting the items Papa Car drops, and the Landmark Icons of shops and facilities that are from the real maps. After you gained some points, you can customize your car with your own designs. The designs of your car and the saved route you took can be shared via Twitter.
Let’s grow your car more and more, by enjoying the actual car ride!

via: Notcot
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Retro video games vectorized for a re-match

May 25, 2011 by Adam Jarvis 2 Comments

Depixelizing Pixel Art: Upscaling Retro 8-bit Games

Two researchers — Johannes Kopf from Microsoft, and Dani Lischinski from The Hebrew University — have successfully created an algorithm that depixelizes and upscales low-resolution 8-bit “pixel art” into lush vector graphics. The algorithm identifies pixel-level details to accurately shade the new image — but more importantly, the algorithm can create smooth, curved contour lines from only-connected-on-the-diagonal single pixels. Look at the Super Mario World dolphin below, and compare it to the original source sprite below that: the results speak for themselves.

Retro 8-bit Games vectorized

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(Video) OscilloScoop – iPad music app

May 18, 2011 by Adam Jarvis 1 Comment

Interface design has been pushed to new places. And certainly the iPad platform has challenged designers to approach the way we interact with technology in exciting new ways. Watch this:

OscilloScoop is a perfect example of an application that starts over. It’s a music program that allows anyone to create soundscapes with through touch and experimentation. It’s stunning to look at at just downright fun to play around with. You may not uncover your inner musician, but you will enjoy “fooling around” with this magnificent app.

Read more about it here.
Source: creativeapplications
$1.99
iTunes
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later

(VIDEO) "Kinect Flock" by Alex Wolfe and Ray Lin

March 17, 2011 by Adam Jarvis Leave a Comment

Using the Xbox Kinect to produce interactive art instead of logging 82 hours on a first person shooter game is commendable in of itself.
See what the outcome looks like here.
Developed using Cinder + OpenNI + NITE +Xbox Kinect

How well do you know your brands? – Guess the logos

September 9, 2008 by Adam Jarvis 2 Comments

Logos are everywhere. Sometimes we find ourselves reading them without reading them. In fact, we probably absorb a few thousand every day without even knowing it.
Now here’s your chance to see just how many of those colorful little eyesores you have retained with this clever little test. See how you rank. I think you may even surprise yourself.
Test yourself.
*Source: Neatorama