Project Number
- 201
Title
- Sunset Boulevard
Description
- Participatory interactive narrative for passing motorists.
Contact
- Scott Minneman
Affiliation
- Xerox PARC
Address
- 3333 Coyote Hill Road
- Palo Alto, California 94304
- minneman@parc.xerox.com
WWW
Year
- 1997
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 97 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- Interactive narrative hits the street. Motorists on Hollywood's legendary Sunset Boulevard activate and control a drive-by soap opera playing on two outdoor billboard-sized TVs at Billboard Live, a high-tech nightclub.
- Two ubiquitous consumer technologies (radio car-security keyfobs and garage-door openers) allow the story to be steered by radio signals from passing vehicles. Viewer participation ignites curiosities about quotidian dramas and life behind closed doors as the electronic garage door, on the screen, opens to reveal unexpected secrets. A soundtrack is transmitted on an ultra-low-power radio station associated with the displays.
Sight
- billboard televisions
Sound
- local area radio transmission
Touch
- garage door opener, security keyfob
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 5 - Established, Finished
Intent
- 3 - Application (expression, enabler)
Primary
- 309 - entertainment
Secondary
- 203 - interactive paradigm, technique
Remarks
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