There are two events about mediafacades, you shouldm’t miss, when you are in Vienna. Meet us there.
sundays 171
mixed reality 4… media facades
Meeting point: Architekturzentrum Wien - Podium
sundays: Sunday, Apr. 02, 2006, 05:00 pm - 09:00 pm
Tickets: EUR 16.- / EUR 11.50 with reduction
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virtual dschungle 5
Media facades
Location: Architekturzentrum Wien - Podium
Presentation: Wednesday, Apr. 05, 2006, 07:00 pm
Tickets: Free entry!
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The spanish company Edigma is producing interactive glass called displax . It’s not rocket science: Its a rear projection with finger tracking.
LEDs integrated in a Steel Mesh. This technology has been tried out at Expomedia Light Cube. More about the Mediamesh.
LEDs integrated in glass. What about maintainance? Throw the whole window away once a led source is broken? The product is called Power Glass.
Also in 2006 there will be a two day international conference and exhibition Urban Screens 06: Demonstrating the Potential of Public Screens for Urban Interaction.
Some years ago Christian Möller, Joachim Sauter from ART+COM have published some interesting ideas for the EXPO in Hannover. They can be found at netzspannung.org. There’s a paper Das vierte Format: Die Fassade als mediale Haut der Architektur [PDF | 669 KB ] published in 2004.
Speaking of Classics: Bix Mediafacade at Kunsthaus Graz, Austria. Take a look at the simulation software at bix webpage, that allows you to simulate how imagery will look like on the facade.
Blinken Lights seems to be a perfect start, though it’s not a typical mediafacade - but what is the typical mediafacade by the way. I like it that much because it’s devoted to the public and invites to interaction. Unfortunately the technical principle of Blinken Lights - which is bright halogen flood light behind a diffusion layer - seems only to make sense in buildings that are empty. Check out more at Blinken Lights website. This Animation was created by Djenia Beliaikin with Blinkenpaint 2.4, a open source software by CCC.