Stories Asunder: Tales for the Internet of Things
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“Doing It in Public”: Storytelling and BLEs OVERVIEW 1 I. PARTICIPATORY STORYTELLING PLATFORM II. STORY PATTERNS II. WHAT IS BLUETOOTH LE (BLE)? IV. EXPRESSIVE POSSIBILITIES FOR TECH V. BEACON INFRASTRUCTURE VI. FINAL THOUGHTS LE
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Bluetooth Low Energy devices are poised to become the next big trend in the Internet of Things. Sadly, the use cases for BLEs read like a dystopian sci-fi novel. We deserve better. Asunder (www.asunder.org) provides to writers and artists a new narrative geo-spatial platform to deliver interesting, interactive, and immersive content to a mobile audience. This platform can be experienced at the user’s pace as he or she explores a truly open-ended world constrained only by the author’s imagination. When in range of a BLE, a signal is sent to a phone to trigger the text, audio, video, image, or augmented reality portion of the author’s story. These stories are split into distinct parts triggered by “story web” nodes positioned throughout the city. With as little as five BLEs, a myriad of new, non-linear design patterns are possible and authors can share BLEs for their own distinct stories. Join us as we build the future of storytelling by re-purposing BLEs for the public sphere. http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_FP36677
Transcript of Stories Asunder: Tales for the Internet of Things
“Doing It in Public”: Storytelling and BLEsOVERVIEW
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I . PARTICIPATORY STORYTELLING PLATFORM
II . STORY PATTERNS
I I . WHAT IS BLUETOOTH LE (BLE)?
IV. EXPRESSIVE POSSIBILITIES FOR TECH
V. BEACON INFRASTRUCTURE
VI. FINAL THOUGHTS
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Storytelling platformOUR CONCEPT
We want to create a participatory storytelling platform triggered by physical objects.
“ONCE UPON A TIME.. .”
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Storytelling platformOUR CONCEPT
transferablepublicly accessiblescalable
expandablecurated customized
START WITH A FEW BEACONS IN ONE AREA, THE ADD MORE
BEACONS AND/OR MORE AREAS
OTHER CITIES CAN ADOPT THE IDEA FOR THE PLATFORM
ANYONE WITH THE FREE APP CAN ACCESS THE STORIES
ADD MORE AUTHORS OR MORE CHAPTERS ON ANY GIVEN
EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
TALENTED WRITERS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE
OR SUBMIT IDEAS
INTERACTION DESIGN IS CUSTOMIZED TO EACH STORY
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Story patternsSTORYTELLING PLATFORM
BLIND MAN’S ELEPHANT
EVENT
THE MALTESE FALCON
EACH BEACON = a character with a unique/biased/partial point of view about an event
EACH BEACON = location of an inanimate object in the possession of a series of characters
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Story patternsSTORYTELLING PLATFORM
EACH BEACON = an overheard conversation EACH BEACON = two stories told by two different characters about the same place
PARALLELTHE LINKLATER
SCAVENGER HUNT
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EACH BEACON = a clue to the location of the next story node
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EACH BEACON = the object itself tells the story
ANTHROPOMORPHIC OBJECTS
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Story patternsSTORYTELLING PLATFORM
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices transmit small packets of data which
alert enabled devices nearby.
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A proximity technology
MEDIUM
NEAR
FAR
I’M FAR FROM YOU.
WASSUP?!
BLUETOOTH LE (BLE)
YO!
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We can create contextual digital experiences based on nearby
physical objects.
What are its possibilities?
WASSUP?!
BLUETOOTH LE (BLE)
YO! YO!
OMNISCIENCE
1The desire to
know all
TELEPATHY
2The desire for
human connection
SAFEKEEPING
3To protect and to be protected
IMMORTALITY
4To be healthy
and vital
TELEPORTATION
5To move
effortlessly
EXPRESSION
6To create, make
and play
David RosePRODUCT DESIGNER, SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR, MIT MEDIA LAB RESEARCHER
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What are its possibilities?BLUETOOTH LE (BLE)
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Beacon infrastructureSTORYTELLING PLATFORM
A storytelling platform can be created with as few as 5 fixed locations
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Final thoughtsSTORYTELLING PLATFORM
Soon these Beacons will be everywhere—ubiquitous.
Wouldn’t you rather they have something interesting to say?
