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Night Walk in Marseille [video]
- acqq 12y agoAnybody can point to anything else "interesting" in the presentation than the "graffiti" and the technical side of making a lot of 360 deg night-shot panoramas with sound? And is there a possibility to make the link to some particular spot? (I can't imagine graffiti interesting to those who aren't themselves doing them. It's subjective, I know, and I respect that others have other views, I've heard about Banksy etc).
- malabar 12y agoloved this, hope for more
- leoc 12y agoA camera taking lurching steps through the Marseilles nightlife? Meh, it's been done. ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuOecH5NoXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuOecH5NoXs
- petercooper 12y agoOh wow, I've struggled to find this on YouTube for some reason. Best non-English hip hop music video I've seen so far :-)
- p4bl0 12y agoWow seriously? There is some awesomely good French hip hop. Even without looking further than the IAM band, did you listen to "Demain c'est loin" [1]? Or more generally to their whole "L'école du micro d'argent" LP [2]. I'd be happy to share more French hip hop with anyone who wants. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCUiG9aZSh8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCUiG9aZSh8 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjUEYZbJWsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjUEYZbJWsk
- rjtavares 12y agoFrench hip-hop is the only one I can hear without understanding the lyrics. The beats and flow are so amazing, it's mesmerizing...
- petercooper 12y agoAlways appreciate the hip-hop links to listen to but I meant specifically it's the best video, not necessarily song :-) Know of any French hip-hop videos that come close to the cleverness of JDLM's?
- p4bl0 12y agoOh okay, my bad. I don't know of many hip hop videos, most of the time when I "listen to a video" rather than an audio file it's because it's a freestyle rap which was not recorded in studio but only in front of a camera. So no, I don't know of any real good hip hop video (French or not).
- VeejayRampay 12y agoMore like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guM99-MqLtI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guM99-MqLtI am I right. And that's immersive as well.
- p4bl0 12y agoIt's true that Belsunce is at 5 minutes of walk from the Cours Julien and La Plaine where the night walk takes place. This track is amazing. Not lyrics wise: neither the text nor rhymes nor the flow are especially good. Considering that it is a rap song these could be severe drawbacks. But the instrumental is so effective the track is globally awesome. D'où j'sors ? D'une ronde. Belsunce breakdown.
- p4bl0 12y agoHaha. I would have linked to "Marseille la nuit" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIWG167J1To https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIWG167J1To. Marseille really is the most hiphop city in France (Europe ?).
- mikkom 12y ago> Ah snap. The Night Walk experience is not optimised for your device or operating system. Great. Please don't tell me what's wrong with my browser or os.
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- chippy 12y agoit's probably over a year old .... or not running webGL
- mikkom 12y agoSorry but I don't want to play the guessing game with random commenter any more than I want to with Google. (The browser is latest firefox/iceweasel on Debian testing)
- anigbrowl 12y agoYeah, I use Chrome but I find the error messages uncomfortably reminiscent of MacOS (ie not helpful or informative).
- doe88 12y agoSweet, it's great to see his hometown in a post on HN :)
- p4bl0 12y agoHéhé same here! Aïoli !
- ISL 12y agoPage seems non-functional, wants me to plug in headphones? Chromium Version 33.0.1750.152, linux box. Edit: reloading made it work.
- rev087 12y agoThat seems to be the "loading indicator". I was confused for a second, then it just faded away. I don't think there's a browser API to actually know wether the user has headphones plugged in or not.
- cclogg 12y agoI wonder if someday we can get to the point where StreetView is a continuous flow... like instead of tapping the arrow and waiting for the next slide to load, you would just smoothly walk forward or backwards along a track using up/down arrow. I guess it would be technically possible already, but Google would have to snap their images with much smaller distances, and make them load in much faster... space requirements would be huge lol.
- mankyd 12y agoMicrosoft's PhotoSynth has an impressive demo of this. Check out: http://photosynth.net/preview/view/31e5927d-af4b-4678-8bba-c693983b8f2e http://photosynth.net/preview/view/31e5927d-af4b-4678-8bba-c...
- optimusclimb 12y agoI think we have that already, but it requires you go outside :P
- cclogg 12y agoBut let's say I want to 'go outside' in Tokyo or Dubai, without having the money to actually travel there...!
- jamesbritt 12y agoCan you ride a bike? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrUp6oKOABc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrUp6oKOABc
- robertfw 12y agoWould love to try this out in VR!
- tommydiaz 12y agoAnyone know what this is and why it's blurred out? http://imgur.com/yi0sCEC http://imgur.com/yi0sCEC Also, videos are not playing right for me on firefox (audio only).
- rev087 12y agoVideos are not loading for me at all using Safari 7.0.3
- dave809 12y agopossibly logos/advertisements.
- abdullahkhalids 12y agovideos not showing for me either, only the audio..
- seszett 12y agoMaybe it was recognized by Google's algorithms as numbers, or something. House street numbers and car plates are blurred on Street View in France, and often some small squares with text are also blurred by error.
- sehr 12y agoMost immersive experience I've had on the internet so far, the added videos & interviews absolutely made it.
- cshimmin 12y agoHonestly. This reminds me of the old educational software disks my folks would check out for me at the library back in the late 90's. And I mean that the best way possible!
- phaer 12y agoOh yes, nice memories! Microsoft Encarta had a few of those "walks" and I used it extensively until it was slowly replaced by Wikipedia.
- evanlivingston 12y agoThis is pretty cool. Neal Stephenson's "Command Line" comes to mind, where he talks about how experiences are distilled and summarized for an end user. I have a vague negative feeling toward this, but I can present no argument.
- mentos 12y agoCool! Very immersive and this is coming from an oculus rift owner. I was thinking the next step up from this would be to setup 360 degree cameras every 10 or so feet along this path and have them all record for say an hour. Then you could 'walk' from point to point and see/hear/track the city. But I actually think this curated approach is much better as it helps you cut out the noise and tell a better story.
- leoc 12y ago"Your headphones will give you the best experience." I'm wearing my headphones, thanks Google. Can I watch this now?
- spike021 12y agoHappened to me at first too. Refreshing the page worked. Not sure if that's an intentional pause or not.
- icebraining 12y agoI think it's loading. My wifi LED was flashing furiously while that message appeared.
- MichaelTieso 12y agoI'm having the same issue. I can't start it. Edit: Keep refreshing the page to get it to load.
- leoc 12y agoWait a while and then the wear-headphones notification may eventually drop down off the screen. If so, then press the arrow keys and the thing may start playing.
- sethbannon 12y agoTotally engrossing.
- jevinskie 12y agoAgreed. The audio alone was enough to immerse me. Right now it is in a background tab and I change the location every few minutes to change the sound!
- Magi604 12y agoThis was great. I didn't care much for the narration, but perhaps that's because when I travel I prefer to explore things on my own. The captions and videos were helpful though. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that you didn't have to follow the green track (though you miss out on the pictures and videos). I discovered it by accident, actually. At some point in time I found out that I had become disoriented and had been going backwards for some time. Rather than go through the entire track again, I wanted to see if I could take a shortcut. It works. You know what would be cool? Incorporating some sort of "Choose Your Own Adventure" elements into something like this. Kind of like Myst, but in real-world settings.
- hawkharris 12y agoA few weeks ago I purchased a Leap Motion Controller: one of those devices that tracks your finger movements and translates them into actions on your laptop screen. I was pretty impressed with the device's accuracy, but I ended up returning it because I didn't see how it had practical applications for my own work. After the initial excitement of moving windows with your hands (pretending you're in a sci-fi movie) fades off, the old-fashioned method of clicking is simply easier and more convenient. Viewing this "Night Walk" demonstration, I felt an inkling of regret about returning Leap Motion. As others have noted, the experience is very immersive and exciting. The only thing holding it back, in my opinion, is the medium of mouse and keyboard. I wanted to move fluidly through Marseille instead of incrementally, through clicking and jerky motions of the mouse. If this kind of 3D / WebGL / geospatial content becomes more prevalent on the web, I can see a stronger practical use case for everyone owning Leap, or something like it.
- spyder 12y agoI think for this use case the Oculus with it's head tracking would be a better fit, because when you walk in a city you don't really use your hands like you do with the LeapMotion.
- dalek2point3 12y agoDid you try the Leap with Google Earth? it works great! Lots of fun.
- amgin3 12y agoI think it is broken in Chrome on Linux.. unless it is supposed to be a series of stretched out looking pictures taking up a small portion of the screen that spin around on their central axis and flip upside-down when you drag your mouse, and you can only navigate with keyboard arrows..
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- Nux 12y ago"Ah snap. The Night Walk experience is not optimised for your device or operating system." No night walk if you're not in the googleverse.
- icebraining 12y agoWorks in Firefox.
- itsbonczek 12y agoThis is the type of thing that Google Glass was made for.
- ebabchick 12y agoDoes anyone know what team(s) are responsible for these kinds of projects at Google?
- WikiChen 12y agoWould love to know this as well!
- richtr 12y agoPlease hook this (and Street View) up to https://github.com/richtr/threeVR https://github.com/richtr/threeVR. How it works: http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/w3c-device-orientation-usage/ http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/w3c-device-orientation-us... Live demo: http://richtr.github.io/threeVR/examples/vr_basic.html http://richtr.github.io/threeVR/examples/vr_basic.html
- stblack 12y agoNice implementation. Marseille has a severe graffiti problem, doesn't it? Mais c'est dégueulasse!
- p4bl0 12y agoWhy would this be a problem? This district of Marseille is really nice, and graffitis contribute to the overall atmosphere.
- hauget 12y agocan anyone give me ideas\links on what HW & SW I would need to make something like this? Would love to make an adventure game with this concept! Cheers!
- bemmu 12y agoDid my own graffiti spotting during this walk: http://i.imgur.com/JX9uJLn.png http://i.imgur.com/JX9uJLn.png Same guy disappearing into the wall in two different places, I wonder if there is more of him?
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- faddotio 12y agoVery engrossing.
- ilbe 12y agoThis is a taste of augmented reality. I like it. I'm left a bit unsatisfied though. I want to experience the real thing now.
- p4bl0 12y agoThis is awesome even if you know the place pretty well, and the sounds and music totally enhance the experience! Thanks for sharing.