February 23, 2004
Toys interact with TV's
Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced today that it has partnered with its master toy licensee, Mattel, Inc. and VEIL Interactive Technologies to merge action figure and vehicle play with interactive television to create the next generation of entertainment. The technology, exclusive to WBCP and Mattel for 2004, represents the first time a toy line will use the technology to enhance both the toy and TV experience.
VEIL (Video Encoded Invisible Light) technology transmits encoded digital data-- in the form of graphics, storyline components, gadgets and other features--directly from the recently announced "The Batman" animated series. The encoded data, captured exclusively by Mattel's new line of Batwave children's toys based on the series, unlocks new capabilities in the toys and provides more information about the show and its characters. "The Batman" animated series and Mattel's VEIL-enabled toys will debut this Fall.
Posted by richard ting at February 23, 2004, 09:53 AM
February 05, 2004
Invention at Play
http://www.inventionatplay.org/
Posted by richard ting at February 05, 2004, 04:27 PM
February 02, 2004
Dorkbot - 2/4
Dorkbot
Dorkbot-nyc is a monthly meeting of artists (sound/image/movement/whatever), designers, engineers, students, and other interested parties who are involved in the creation of electronic art (in the broadest sense of the term). This month: Honeygun Labs presenting work they've been doing developing content for live remixing in different situations, Cary Peppermint discussing strategies for media synaesthesia and actively performing the media, and Jeannie H. Lee on Shh ... She's Asleep solo performance art work.
Columbia University Computer Music Center in Prentis Hall
632 West 125th street, third floor, Manhattan
1,9 trains to 125th Street station
7p; $free
dorkbotnyc@dorkbot.org
