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>We think 4D movies; movies that gets the audiences' devices involved into the experience could be a way of the future. That is certainly an interesting idea.
by erikano 12y ago
>We think 4D movies; movies that gets the audiences' devices involved into the experience could be a way of the future.
That is certainly an interesting idea. I'm thinking, though, that getting it to work and be stable across the many devices we have is prohibitly difficult.
If I were to do something like this, I'd look at the Firefox OS phones. I don't think they are ready yet, but crazy cheap Firefox OS phones will come. They target developing countries, but would also be good for something like this. So when people buy their ticket, you also sell them this cheap device which you've prepared so that it'll work out of the box. It'll be similar to the way they currently sell 3D glasses at the cinemas.
- paul9290 12y agoNo, it wouldn't be too hard. Here's a live demo where we turn a small crowd & their devices into the movie's sound system. http://vimeo.com/71647538 http://vimeo.com/71647538
- erikano 12y agoThat's pretty cool. Nice work :)
- StavrosK 12y agoHow do you synchronize so well among so many devices?
- paul9290 12y agoOops just noticed I linked to turning an audience and their devices into a stereo system. Here's the movie clip I speak of above http://vimeo.com/m/93899424 http://vimeo.com/m/93899424 This is new(ish) type of technology that requires solid and FAST Internet. It may or may not work in various countries based on Internet speeds (10Mbps or higher is recommended ... Possibly 5Mbps of higher could work too. )
- erikano 12y agoFor future versions, maybe you could do local position tracking and use that to make surround sound? Or better yet, if the audience is on numbered seats, print a QR code on their ticket which gives them an URL that includes their seat number as a parameter.