VERDIKT conference 2013

1. Innovation in Situated & Sensory Media
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Gunnar Liestøl
Department of Media & Communication
University of Oslo
gunnar.liestol@media.uio.no
www.sitsim.no

2. Digital media as a dependent hierarchy
General context of...
Meaningware
Indivdual texts, genres and conventions
producers/
users
Software
Operating system, applications,
protocols
users/
producers
Hardware
CPU, screen, memory etc.
… cultural, social & economic relationships
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Institutt for medier og kommunikasjon (IMK)

3. Positioning – where in the world the device is (GPS,
WiFi, and cell towers).
Orientation – in which direction it is pointed
(magnetometer/digital compass).
Movement – how it is moved and gestured
(accellerometer and gyroscope).
Touch input – how the user touches and manipulates
the phone's interface (screen and physical
buttons).
Light – (camera for recording still images/video, and
pattern reckognition).
Sound – (microphone to register audio input or
radiowaves for wireless networking).
= Sensory Media

4. Simulation Oseberg Viking Ship, Norway

5. 2008–2010: Acropolis in Athen

6. Viking settlement, Borre

7. Gokstad ship burial mound and harbour in Norway

8. 2010: Ancient Phalasarna 333BCE

9. App: Borrehallen

10. Roman Forum simulation: A window to the past.

11. Roman Forum

12. Roman Forum

14. Holy Mount sitsim (Jerusalem)
www.sitsim.no
#sitsim

16. 2013: ClimSim pre–project (Opera)

17. 2013: ClimSim pre–project (Ullensvang)

18. DEMO
Project site: www.sitsim.no