October 21, 2005
Tech school kick-off a multimedia Halloween
Forget the Monster Mash. This Halloween, there's a multimedia mashup at one California college that includes an interactive film depicting a scary future of technology. ZDNet reports.
"Adventurous filmgoers are encouraged to dress up in Halloween costumes and bring cell phones and laptops to play a part in the movie, which will take place at the University of California" at San Diego and celebrate the opening of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology(Calit2) on Oct. 28.
The film, named «Specflic» after the science fiction genre known as speculative fiction, will be acted live by several people located inside the new Calit2 building, a joint project of UCSD and UC Irvine. The actors will play the roles of scientists controlling "Inside," a fictional university in 2030 that educates students for free in exchange for labor and their being guinea pigs in lab experiments.
As it's filmed, the video will be streamed onto five external walls of the institute, including Calit2’s main elevator tower and brushed-steel facade. Audience members will watch from the courtyard, where interactive "modules" also let them play a role in the movie through cell phones or laptops. The film is ultimately designed to illustrate the possibilities within the intersection of technology and art."
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