Arcade Fire meets HTML5

#1

Post by larrykubin » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 3:21 PM UTC

Arcade Fire meets HTML5
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Re: Arcade Fire meets HTML5

#2

Post by leot » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 3:55 PM UTC

Works best if you put in an actual familiar address, rather than just, say, your hometown.

Re: Arcade Fire meets HTML5

#3

Post by chaosmachine » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 4:03 PM UTC

Couldn't get this to load past about 66%. Using Chrome. Too much traffic, perhaps.

Re: Arcade Fire meets HTML5

#4

Post by mcobrien » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 4:06 PM UTC

leot wrote: post #2

Works best if you put in an actual familiar address, rather than just, say, your hometown.

Yeah, mine actually centred on my old house. A little less glamourous than the rest of the video, but effective :)

Btw, it seemed to stall for me but eventually loaded after a couple of minutes (Chrome dev on MBP). Stick with it.

Re: Arcade Fire meets HTML5

#5

Post by shortformblog » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 4:06 PM UTC

It hung on me too, and crashed Safari... too bad because this seemed like a really interesting project.

Re: Arcade Fire meets HTML5

#6

Post by mcobrien » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 4:10 PM UTC

Summary if it doesn't work or loads too slow:

* You wait for a couple of minutes, wondering if the progress indicator will ever move

* The song starts and a couple of windows open.

* Video plays of a guy in a hoody running down a street

* More windows open, showing your address panning and spinning around, using street view and google maps

* Flocks of birds and trees appear in the video and then street view images. If you look closely you can see the running guy in there too.

Pretty good, although the window tiling didn't work great for me. Worth a look.

Re: Arcade Fire meets HTML5

#7

Post by Timmy_C » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 4:15 PM UTC

The birds in the background are fun to play with but, like others who have commented, I too couldn't get it to load with only one tab open in the latest version of Chrome. Too bad.

I really like the idea of technology as art.

. . . and I really dig the latest Arcade Fire album.

Re: Arcade Fire meets HTML5

#8

Post by ugh » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 4:21 PM UTC

mcobrien wrote: post #6

Summary if it doesn't work or loads too slow: * You wait for a couple of minutes, wondering if the progress indicator will ever move * The song starts and a couple of windows open. * Video plays of a guy in a hoody running down a street * More windows open, showing your address panning and spinning around, using street view and google maps * Flocks of birds and trees appear in the video and then street view images. I…

This page has (very) short desciprions of everything they did (from a technical point of view): http://www.chromeexperiments.com/arcadefire/

Re: Arcade Fire meets HTML5

#9

Post by shortformblog » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 4:27 PM UTC

Good God... I think the most entertaining part of this is watching how much processor it takes up. It's regularly hit over 100% on my Mac Pro tower using a recent build of Chromium.

Re: Arcade Fire meets HTML5

#10

Post by maukdaddy » Mon, Aug 30, 2010, 4:38 PM UTC

The best part by far was the canvas where you could draw/write messages [to your younger self].

I especially liked how the birds flew in and rested on the drawn lines.

Also, this is a fantastic album.