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An HTML5 experiment with Arcade Fire
BBC ^ | Tuesday, 31 August 2010 | Maggie Shiels

Posted on 08/31/2010 7:09:00 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde

Music and technology have long been willing bedmates.

Now the band Arcade Fire has jumped in with search giant Google to create an interactive video for the song We Used To Wait aimed at answering the question "What would a music experience designed specifically for the modern web look like?"

Aaron Koblin said that Google Creative Lab's answer was to devise a "project built with the latest web technologies [which] includes HTML5, Google Maps, an integrated drawing tool, as well as multiple browser windows that move around the screen".

Billed as the Wilderness Downtown, you are asked to insert your childhood address. As the video plays, a window pops up zooming into the area if it has been mapped by Google Street View. ... Is this the future of music video? As an artistic endeavour, it is fun and compelling and clearly illustrates what is possible with HTML5 technology.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: html5; internet; music
Tried it, some of the video from my home wasn't the highest quality but still a very cool idea.

Link directly to the video
1 posted on 08/31/2010 7:09:03 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde
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To: ShadowAce

HTML5 experiment ping


2 posted on 08/31/2010 7:13:07 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: Mr. Blonde

They’re one of my favorites...saw them on Austin City Limits a couple years ago and have been hooked since.


3 posted on 08/31/2010 7:22:31 AM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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They are very good on album, and great live. They have been trying to incorporate media a lot lately. They did a “live on youtube” thing a few weeks back as well.


4 posted on 08/31/2010 7:31:37 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: Mr. Blonde

Freakin ‘ cool


5 posted on 08/31/2010 8:05:50 AM PDT by 47samurai (The last real conservative)
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It is pretty amazing what computers can do.


6 posted on 08/31/2010 8:12:39 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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Will ping the list when I get home from work today.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to it right now (new job).

7 posted on 08/31/2010 8:45:12 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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I agree. I will check out the google video thing later when I get home from work. It looks like Google Chrome needs to be installed for it to work.


8 posted on 08/31/2010 9:04:13 AM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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9 posted on 08/31/2010 6:36:19 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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bfl


10 posted on 09/01/2010 6:53:19 AM PDT by zeugma (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam)
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To: Mr. Blonde

Oh geeze not another one of those sites that require you to change your browser to work. Reminds me of the days when you had to use IE to view a website.

Sounds like a cool idea, but make it work with all big browsers.


11 posted on 09/01/2010 6:54:42 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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It can work in firefox and safari but not as smoothly. Not sure about IE or Opera. Pretty amazing work to me, can’t imagine what it would be like to work it up on all browsers, or if it is possible in browsers that are lagging in HTML5.


12 posted on 09/01/2010 7:18:14 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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