Contour556 Safari

Maybe because I’ve been reading “Aramis, or the Love of Technology” by Latour.

I’ve aways had Pokemon Go hanging over me when I make AR(t). I feel like I’m going to be explaining what I’m doing to somebody and they’re going to say “oh, you mean like Pokemon Go?”. Suddenly this morning I thought “what if we extend the frame?”. The Field of AR contains Pokemon Go. Rather than just ignoring the elephant in the room, why not bring that in as a component and play with it?

k-lord — Yesterday at 6:18 AM
ok. we have a channel. i’m making art and you’re making music. let’s do it :slight_smile:
[1] “Civilian Applications” is a great name for us because we make art with military technology: the internet and GPS
[2] Contour 556 is a year and a bit away. Let’s get something really good ready to go 6 months early
Things we know that work:
[a] We have half-way good GPS on phones - at least the phones know where they are
[b] When they’re standing still, phones don’t know what direction they’re pointing half the time - but they do if you’re moving. The location services on the phone assume the phone is pointing in the direction of travel
[c] Pokemon Go
Constraints:
k-lord — Yesterday at 6:38 AM
[d] The tech, especially on iOS
i’m sick of lists :slight_smile: here’s an idea
we make Pokemon Go, basically, for Contour 556. it’s all focused on the places and buildings in the festival area, especially around the lake. maybe we partner with the electric scooter people. That’s partly because people need to be able to cover a lot of distance but also because if people are moving we get way better location and direction
in fact, we partner with everybody. make it a totally integrated Canberra thing
fabulous beasts inhabit the special buildings and places around the lake. it’s like The Monster That Ate Canberra except there are lots of monsters
people can redeem monster sightings at the businesses in that area - if you capture a monster and upload it you get a token for a free thing, etc
also, the monsters all have cool music
aquatic monsters in the lake
dreamtime monsters at some special places - partner up with a Ngunnawal org

Instead of stupid, cute pokemon we could have amazing, diverse creatures with lives and connections to the community. Instead of capturing them, we do something else - like pay tribute to them like at a Shinto shrine. Different groups could be involved in the design of their creature and it’s backstory.