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By silviolorusso June 4th, 2012

Local Square Advisor

Local Square Advisor is a social locative media visualization for an urban screen. It shows local knowledge that is available through Twitter, Foursquare and Instagram, bringing it back to the physical space. Informative tips and messages will be shown at relevant times, creating an alternative, crowdsourced “guide” of the Leidseplein area. The concept has been specifically designed for flexibility so it can be adapted to other screens and locations in the future. This has been achieved by splitting the application into a back-end and front-end. The back-end gathers data through APIs, normalizes the data, links it to venues in the area and rates it on relevance. The front-end requests data from the back-end, and injects this dynamic data into a flash animation. The flash animation is a map, showing the local area with a route to the venue, and a panel showing the tip or tweet and other relevant metadata.

By silviolorusso June 4th, 2012

Interactive News Formats

Using the power of the Twitter platform and second screen technology, Interactive News Formats enables NOSop3 to engage their audience in an interactive way, informing and providing their target group with insights on the news from different perspectives.

By margreet February 10th, 2011

Use Your Head

Use Your Head is an interactive urban projection produced by MediaLAB Amsterdam and Filmwerkstatt Munster for the Flurstucke Festival.

The team’s aim was to present the audience with a fun, interactive and meaningful experience, while keeping it relevant for the city of Münster.

The crowd can play a game, where they use their own head as an avatar on the characteristic facade of the Diozesan Bibliothek where they have to find a balance between Culture and Industry. With this game we want people to reflect on the use public space.