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Village Underground

Situated on Great Eastern Street in the heart of East London, it has become one of London’s most well known creative hubs. If you live in London then you have almost certainly walked past Village Underground. Now in its fifth year, it was conceived by its founder Auro Foxcroft as cheap, affordable, green space where an artistic community could flourish. Old London Tube carriages and freight containers have been transformed into rooftop studios and offices and the space below (formerly a fire damaged garage) has been restored to a huge Victorian warehouse which plays host to a range of events from club...
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Immersive movie virals from PlayStation@Store

To show the capabilities of the Sony PlayStation and the rich movie content available from the PlayStation@Store, creative agency Studio Output has created three virals based on famous blockbuster franchises. Using the latest advancement in real time tracking, projection mapping and Augmented Reality technology, they have created a whole new experience, which they’re terming “Immersive Imaging” (II). The virals aim to highlight the VideoStore service on PlayStation@Store where users are able to rent or buy their favourite films in high definition.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrgWH1KUDt4   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_cKsOe7hLI   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ1KaYEBe5U  ...
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Experience ‘Kissing’

Last night I popped down to see the interactive installation "Kissing" by Tango&Hawaii situated in the unit9 windows as part of the Internet Week Europe. 'Kissing' was borne out of an experiment with voice controlled video, creating an emotionally charged and intimate moment within an interactive context. The result is public and yet speaks to the individual. A moment which can be experienced as a group but evokes different responses in all of us Tango & Hawaii is a collaborative project by unit9ers' Luciano Foglia and Anrick Bregman. They create sound and visuals that explore the interplay between the randomised mathematical unpredictability of code and the tangible textures and nuances...
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known

CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo.

Mashup of footage from Cassini Imaging Science System, from one of the creatives from Digital Kitchen Seattle (thanks Will) "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." Carl Sagan...
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Kaiser Chiefs – The Future is Medieval

All killer no filler. The ultimate accolade for an album.  Unfortunately it can't be said of most of the records in anyone's collection; don't you just wish you could pick and choose the best tracks and cut out the rest? Specialmoves latest project has just been delivered for W+K London's Kaiser Chiefs 'The Future is Medieval' campaign, and it allows you to do just that. The site allows fans to create their own album of 10 tracks from a choice of 20, create their own artwork...
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