This is really neat. I love the concept of computing shrines. It feels to me like something that you can stumble upon and interact with might be the most magical-feeling of 'shrines'
My mind immediately jumps to a big installation, but tech more like QR codes and NFC might be a lot closer to a 'shrine' than something like a public-interactive kiosk. The reason being the latter tends to end up feeling klunky and less 'fun' than something that's more accessible, like the aforementioned NFC and QR.
I made prototype of something like a public kiosk for a hackathon late last year, that might be interesting. I'm sure I'll get marked as spam if I post a link, but if you search 'Dreamages Presentation' on youtube, you should see it under my handle. We were envisioning a small box with a small screen, maybe strapped to a telephone pole that you might stumble upon on a quiet city block. It would ask you if you want to share a story on the screen, and if you press the screen to confirm you'd like to interact with it, give you some sort of prompt, trying to get a small story out of you.
The AI portion of the demo was silly, but that kind of interaction with technology where it doesn't feel like a normal user-computer interaction made me think of it as a potential 'shrine'
Another thing that reminds me of a computer shrine is a QR code I stumbled upon recently, stickered to a telephone pole next to a bike trail that said "Do not scan"
I have a picture of it, but I have no idea where the code actually would send one to. For once in my life, I followed the instructions.
oh wow i just watched your presentation on Dreamages and it's a lovely idea! A small box strapped to a telephone pole is the exact sort of moodboard vibe I've been thinking of (my inspiration image is a birdhouse nestled in a tree).
I'd love to see any inspo images you have / that picture of the QR code you stumbled upon. Can you email me?
Thank you for sharing. it's really fascinating to hear about prior work in this space.
Yeah sure! Shoot me an email at my youtube handle/this handle @gmail. I'll send you the QR image. The hackathon idea was just something we brainstormed the day before the hackathon, but I really enjoyed the concept. For me, stumbling on something like that late one night, downtown, possibly as I came out of a bar would be the best thing ever.
talking about 'local connection' i remember falling in love with this back then: https://geniusloci.com/
oh wow I love this. im curious if you remember the first experience you encountered one and what it was like?
This is really neat. I love the concept of computing shrines. It feels to me like something that you can stumble upon and interact with might be the most magical-feeling of 'shrines'
My mind immediately jumps to a big installation, but tech more like QR codes and NFC might be a lot closer to a 'shrine' than something like a public-interactive kiosk. The reason being the latter tends to end up feeling klunky and less 'fun' than something that's more accessible, like the aforementioned NFC and QR.
I made prototype of something like a public kiosk for a hackathon late last year, that might be interesting. I'm sure I'll get marked as spam if I post a link, but if you search 'Dreamages Presentation' on youtube, you should see it under my handle. We were envisioning a small box with a small screen, maybe strapped to a telephone pole that you might stumble upon on a quiet city block. It would ask you if you want to share a story on the screen, and if you press the screen to confirm you'd like to interact with it, give you some sort of prompt, trying to get a small story out of you.
The AI portion of the demo was silly, but that kind of interaction with technology where it doesn't feel like a normal user-computer interaction made me think of it as a potential 'shrine'
Another thing that reminds me of a computer shrine is a QR code I stumbled upon recently, stickered to a telephone pole next to a bike trail that said "Do not scan"
I have a picture of it, but I have no idea where the code actually would send one to. For once in my life, I followed the instructions.
oh wow i just watched your presentation on Dreamages and it's a lovely idea! A small box strapped to a telephone pole is the exact sort of moodboard vibe I've been thinking of (my inspiration image is a birdhouse nestled in a tree).
I'd love to see any inspo images you have / that picture of the QR code you stumbled upon. Can you email me?
Thank you for sharing. it's really fascinating to hear about prior work in this space.
Yeah sure! Shoot me an email at my youtube handle/this handle @gmail. I'll send you the QR image. The hackathon idea was just something we brainstormed the day before the hackathon, but I really enjoyed the concept. For me, stumbling on something like that late one night, downtown, possibly as I came out of a bar would be the best thing ever.