Google’s Project Glass has made a big splash since it was announced last week. In the gaming sphere, Valve has hinted at something that seems like it’s in the same vein. Ars Technica has a write up, discussing the suggestions made by Valve developer Michael Abrash. While Abrash was quick to point ou
About a week ago, I was at a bar with a friend of mine in the East Village and we ordered a cocktail. I’m often asked what I do and in the course of talking to the owner, we started talking about iPhone games. His big complaint was with freemium games, especially those with “pay to play” structures.
Exciting news from the Louvre, one of the greatest art museums in the world. To enhance the museum experience, visitors can now use 3DS devices to listen to more than 700 recordings about the works there (although that’s a tiny portion of the more than 35,000 in the museum’s collection. The Japan Ti
This weekend I attended Rhizome’s annual Seven on Seven conference which presents 24-hour collaborations between artists and technologists. This year featured a host of new work including a fascinating collaboration between Aaron Schwartz and photographer Taryn Simon that allows you to see the diffe
The New York Times profiled Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, and tracked his movements while he conducted with the help of tech from NYU Movement Lab. Turning the ethereal nature of music into kinesthetic reality is a challenge and that’s what makes the best conductors amaz
In an attempt to explain the popularity of Mad Men, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik postulates the “Golden Forty Year” rule for nostalgia. Essentially, that’s the amount of time it takes between the production of something wonderful — a fashion style, time period, book, scultpture — and its subsequent
We’re fans of simulation games like Game Dev Story, but developer Bryan Lunduke may have taken the cake for the genre with Linux Tycoon. Look at these thrilling challenges!: Analyzing and selecting software packages. Fixing Bugs. Managing volunteers and paid staff. Keeping the total size (in MB) of
Artist Yoni Alter‘s “Famous Clouds” requires a bit of guesswork. One is easy, but can you guess the rest? [via Laughing Squid]