The better way to view the BBC iPlayer on your Wii.

For the past week I have been busy working on an alternative method for viewing the BBC iPlayer on the Wii. While the BBC iPlayer website already works on the Wii I felt it’s current design was not suitable for the small resolution of Opera Wii, making navigation difficult and text unreadable.

To get started just point your Wii browser to:
http://defaced.co.uk/wiiplayer/

More information, disclaimer and FAQ inside this post.
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A website/animation created for the band CtrlAltDelete primarily using Macromedia Flash.

For this website I was asked to animate an existing design and layout, so that it appeared to ‘grow’ revealing itself on-screen.

To achieve this I wrote a dynamic mask revealer in Flash, allowing the flexibility to reveal certain areas with greater ease.

Animation inside, click below to continue.
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“This shy robot interacts with its environment on a cognitive level changing mood and behaviour accordingly”

Cube was designed and developed in 2005, originally exhibited at the conTemporary Gallery in Brighton before later appearing at FutureSonic, Optronica and Big Blip festivals.

Myself and three other individuals worked together on ‘Cube‘ (John Murdoch, Glen Lashley and Simon Feasey) with the help of Bill Bigge from the University of Sussex Autonomous Systems Lab.

The idea behind Cube was to take the typical user-to-art interaction scenario and turn it on its head so the art would be interacting with you. On approach Cube would appear to be a stationary black box sitting quietly in the gallery space, as you draw closer Cube will make a cognitive decision on whether it ‘likes you’ or ‘dislikes you’ based on your appearance. Once its mind is made up, it will either try its best to move away or follow you around the room.

Further content and images inside.

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