Course Site for Future Cinema 1 (and sometimes Future Cinema 2: Applied Theory) at York University, Canada
Here’s an article about the blind woman who was able to see with a very simple visual-audio translation system I spoke about in class:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3171226.stm
I also note that the software is a free download, so that’s there if someone wants to play with it… I think I’ll try it out and see if I can “hear shapes”
Thu, October 20 2005 » Future Cinema, articles of interest, augmented reality, software
This course examines the shift from traditional cinematic spectacle to works probing the frontiers of interactive, performative, and networked media. Drawing upon a broad range of scholarship, including film theory, communication studies, cultural studies and new media theory, the course will consider how digital technologies are transforming the semiotic fabric of contemporary visual culture. Our focus will be on the phenomenon Gene Youngblood described three decades ago as expanded cinema an explosion of the frame outward towards immersive, interactive and interconnected (i.e., environmental) forms of culture.
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