Het Mediamatic Atelier is een plek waar we verschillende soorten soft- en hardware onderzoeken en ontwikkelen, waaronder veel (interactieve) installaties zoals de IkCam. Sinds 2006 richten we ons op het integreren van RFID technologie in experimentele installaties en games. Bij deze projecten wordt gewerkt met de sociale netwerken en gemeenschappen ontwikkeld door Mediamatic Lab, onze zusterorganisatie.
This installation enables visitors to manipulate the visuals during an event. By sending text messages to a prescribed phone number, guests can add elements to the visuals they see on stage or around...
Draw on the Wow! using the light from your cell phone, cigarette bud etc. Upload the images to your online profile(s) and share them with your friends. The Wow! can be projected onto any surface
IkStaar brings old-fashioned staring contests into the 21st century. Two people sit down opposite each other. Two PlayStatoin Eyes register which participant blinks first. A video is made of the...
IkScream aspires to create the biggest, loudest and longest scream ever. Swipe your ikTag in front of the reader, and vent your frustrations into the ear. A mic and camera record your scream.
Bite down on this installation and listen to all your web 2.0 sins. You'll be the only one who can hear them, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to better your life.
Star in a music video with your friends. The sounds you enter into the recording booth will be matched with sounds made by people in your online network. They'll be cut together to form a unique...
Two teams both have a frisbee with a built-in RFID chip. They play in a field with three goals featuring RFID readers. The goals randomly light up (become 'hot'). When a goal is 'hot', it becomes a...
One rope, two teams. Which team is the strongest?
Network Knockout is a two-player game. The two players get asked questions about their social network. They answer by throwing a ball in the hole corresponding to the correct answer. How connected...
The ik-a-sketch is a variant on the well known etch-a-sketch toy. Two knobs are used for making a drawing consisting of a single line. In our version however, the knobs are too far apart for a single...
Form a group, use your ikTags and break the 2D frame to create a 3D experience. Once the installation is activated, an array of (10, 14, 18?) cameras will shut at the same time, capturing the group...
Come and visit our cosy living room from the past to connect with the talent you need today. Record your sales pitch for others to see, sell your idea in a TV-infomertial from the 80s that features...
ikGnome is a 'game' where the visitors of PICNIC take pictures of themselves with a Gnome hat on. There are only two hats, a red one and a blue one, which people have to pass along to their friends.
De ikCam is een interactieve installatie die niet alleen je online en je offline persona verbindt, maar het ook makkelijk maakt duurzaam contact te leggen met alles om je heen. Ga je met een nieuwe...
Voor de Ik R.I.P. tentoonstelling transformeerde Mediamatic de ikCam naar een ikCoffin, waar bezoekers zich in konden laten fotograferen als lijk. Het werkte erg simpel: je ging in de kist liggen
ikTAG START > RUN RUN RUN > ikTAG FINISH PHOTO > WIN
Challenge someone with your web popularity, and let's see and show other people how high you're ranking. More information about the ikWin / Google Battle on www.mediamatic.nl/ikwin
Come blow in a straw and learn whether or not it is safe to drive (or operate other machinery.) Breathylzer measures blood alcohol from your breath, reads your conference RFID badge and logs your...
Breedrs is an interactive installation running a social game created for a conference environment. It consists of an artificial life environment, a digital ecosystem, in which creatures survive in...
Two players race physical toys ducks in a virtual pond to win popularity on the Picnic network. If the players can convince the audience to support them in their race by scanning their badges not...
Get a massage and get friended for getting a massage together
vBird is a social bird which likes to fly, but cannot; it needs people to help it fly.
A photo booth that encourages people to take photos of themselves with others. By touching tags to a number of interaction points (perhaps 3 or 4) a photo is taken, a connection is made, and profile...
There's nothing more interesting than hearing juicy gossip about other people. But did you know there is tons of "intelligence" on the internet about you? Using the iTea installation is like visiting...
What is your sign? Based on the keywords you added to your profile we'll determine which sign you belong to. Swipe your RFID tag to find out and you will receive stickers with your sign printed on...
We're transferring old tennisrackets into RFID-readers with the purpose to make you aware you probably already are wearing RFID-tags with you.
People wonder exactly how easily on-tag information can be skimmed from passive HF RFID.. the RFID Spy project turns this question into a kind of game. Overview: Rogue agents from the RFID...
A two-player 8-bit game made out of a hacked knitting machine connected to an ikCam. The winner's avatar is printed out using the knitting machine. This ingenious construction was a combined effort...