October 20, 2005
Texting Glances
Passing Glances enables users to create ambient urban interludes through the use of SMS text messages. The Passing Glances system contains keyword-associated imagery that is stored 'in the city'. Images are revealed to the passersby when SMS keywords trigger the system.
At the core of the system is an annotated image database that can be triggered by SMS message. The system retrieves picture segments from the database based on an analysis of the SMS input. It loads and plays the images in real time at a public site. Successive images thus begin to form an emerging story. The language of the 'texter' is key to the system. The SMS world has developed its own modes of conversation and the database is appropriately annotated.
Created by Cati Vaucelle, Katherine Moriwaki and Sven Anderson.
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