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February 21, 2005

Location Based Reading Response

With the exception of the game-oriented projects, these examples of location-based media seemed highly experimental. What I mean is, with most of the projects, the purpose is not entirely clear. The two projects I found most impressive, Tapestries and UCSD ActiveCampus, had vaguest goals. However, they worked to build a powerful system in which many different kinds of activities could emerge. I would be curious to hear from the users what they get out of the system.

The artistic projects, such as GPS drawing and Sonic City are clever. The idea of augmenting reality sonically is interesting. However, judging from the video on the website, the overall effect does not seem artistically satisfactory—the users do not seem very impressed. I could see how the system could be annoying.

This GPS drawing blows my mind:

Posted by rus200 at February 21, 2005 09:59 PM