And it is a very long tail indeed. Historical artifacts from as far back as the stone age can be viewed at the numerous museums in Seoul. If you like your history, or martial history like I do, you will be pleasantly surprised. What I found interesting was the well documented interaction between the people of the Korean peninsula and the Chinese and Japanese cultures during the different periods, and the influence they had on each other. Especially the conquests campaigns by different tribes and cultures , the following military developments and battles. These where displayed with periodical weapons and armors and strategy explanations. More recently, and still very tangible today, was of course the war that divided Korea. High School history told me that during the cold war there where no actual military confrontations between Communist and Capitalist forces. Well they need to rewrite those books. Korea was and still is very much the staging ground for confrontations between communist and capitalist military forces. At the war memorial museum I found the largest collection of postWW2 military machinery ever. I have never seen so many plains, tanks, anti-aircraft guns, artillery, rockets and helicopters together before in my life.
OK, so I missed the hanami in Japan this year. But in return I got to discover the interactive playground called Seoul. Here are a few examples I have encountered:
Interactive touch screen for your local map information or subway guide. Also shows banks, restaurants and what not. Very informative, and just begging to be used. The Samsung promotional display stand. Found it at the Coex mall in front of the cinema. This stand has a 3D holographic display of the newest cellphone model centred in the middle. Around this you find screens that interact by moving cubes around on a table. You can also play with the new models which are hooked up to a big screen at the pillars.
A word to all forward looking Media designers/developers, this is the place to be!
Been working my ass off ;P. All the pages have been filled up with content now, except for the movie-gallery. There is still a lot to do and so little time. I’m hoping to finish the general parts tomorrow, leaving me with just the tweaking and polishing.
Hey peeps! Recently I have started with the completion of my little website. It is meant to be more of a portfolio site which needs to start bringing in the costumers for commissioned works and other projects. For now it serves as a assignment to bring in some much needed credits that I need to graduate. Now, programming is not my thing, so Flash presents a big challenge for me. Hopefully it will turn out looking spiffy!
Here is a bit of the design, still a wip though ;). On another note. Countdown has started for the last couple of days I can call myself a student. By the end of this month I will have (finally!) earned that little piece of paper and call myself a Bachelor graduate in Communication and Multimedia Design. That is if I am able to finish my thesis and get the last remaining credits. Who needs sleep when you can graduate, right?
Over 4 months of research, development and frustration has finally come to an end with the graduation of yours truly!
19th of july I graduated and finished my research regarding Augmented Reality.
I made a concept film which I shall post here as soon as I figure out how to compress 15.5 gigs to a more manageable format which vimeo/youtube will accept.
I shall post here again on more regular basis starting mondays! Time for soup ;)
- And congratulations to all the graduates, and good luck to the people who’ll have to present their work in the coming week!
And it is a very long tail indeed. Historical artifacts from as far back as the stone age can be viewed at the numerous museums in Seoul. If you like your history, or martial history like I do, you will be pleasantly surprised.
