We are working with Sony, can't say anymore as our lips are sealed, however, it is all going to be marvelous!
Projects
FluffyLogic works with a range of clients from local community organisations to major businesses to multinational companies. Here you can find some sample projects that we have worked on and more information about them:
Sony
plugincinema.com
plugincinema.com is a FluffyLogic project. It is a website dedicated to the exhibition, distribution and discussion of web films – that is films made for the Internet or for lower-bandwidth distribution. The site has been going for over six years and as a result of the experience and insight gained from it, has spawned the worlds first book dedicated to web films: Plug In & Turn On: A Guide to Internet Filmmaking (Published by Marion Boyars)
HP Mediascapes
FluffyLogic created the Mediascape Wizards website for Hewlett and Packard as well as a few games to get you started! The website allows you to create your own mediascape; an interactive experience with text, images, audio and video in which your iPAQ communicates with you about locations (via GPS). Mediascapes can be games, experiences, guides or tools - its up to you! The site, along with an iPAQ and its GPS connection, will allow you to create your own unique mediascape for you, your family, friends, colleagues and anyone else to share as you wish.
The Mscape wizard that was created by FluffyLogic was part of the technology used by Create-a-scape who won the Education category of the News Statesman New Media Award.
Catbot
CatBot is an open source system created by FluffyLogic. The system is designed for easy distribution of large files using peer-to-peer technology (p2p). A peer-to-peer system (aka file trading system) is a method of exchanging data that combines the networked, distributive power of each individual computer, to enable an interconnected mesh of network bandwidth.
This is part of a plan for creating a system to unlock the creative archive of the South West by enabling institutions (in the first instance) to free their media files for distribution. It is intended that this network consist of a number of interlocking elements with the common factors that they be easy to implement, easy to use and free. It would place the control of content distributed in the hands of individual people and institutions. The system consists of a network of peer-to-peer sites, all using a common system. CatBot is currently a collaborative project between FluffyLogic, Knowledge West, South West Screen, BMEX, Bristol University, Bath Spa University, the University of Gloucestershire and the University of the West of England.
Flux Mobile Media
FluffyLogic designed both the interior and IT kit that went into the Flux Mobile bus for Mobile Media, in Swindon. Flux Mobile is an air-stream bus, which has been converted into a state-of-the-art mobile digital media studio. Staffed by professional digital artists, the vehicle will move between schools, youth groups and community settings.
uSoap
FluffyLogic is involved in the U-Soap project which is investigating online, narrative story-telling based on user generated content. The project intends to explore the soap format, using new technology to enable ordinary people to participate in a national drama from their own homes. The project is a collaboration between Rik Lander (Producer Director) who has a significant track record in interactive production, particularly in online narrative. Jon Dovey (Exec Producer) – Reader in Screen Media, Bristol University, BoreMe.com, the leading online viral archive, South West Screen and FluffyLogic.
Green Bristol
Green Bristol was an interactive website as part of a Green Mapping project. Green Maps are locally created maps that chart the natural and cultural environment. Using adaptable tools and a shared visual language of Green Map Icons to highlight green living resources, Green Maps cultivate citizen participation and community sustainability. The technology for this project was created by FluffyLogic and is an Open Source project. This means that the technology that drive the systems you see here (known as the source code) is publicly owned – this means that anyone can take what has been done here and recycle, evolve and modify it to create their own Green Maps!
Mobile Bristol
The Mobile Bristol was a programme investigating how mobile devices and pervasive information technology can be used to enhance the experience and interaction with the physical environment and with urban and public spaces. FluffyLogic provided consultation in interactive systems and computer games design to a project on the Mobile Bristol platform. This project was to use the GPS and wifi capabilities of the system and to envision how these might be used to create game-style content.
Cult of the Amateur Debate
Ana spoke on a round table discussion with author Andrew Keen as part of the Watershed Media Centre's 25 Birthday Celebrations. The event asked, “What does the growth of the web mean for consumption of culture and for organisations like Watershed?” it featured self-proclaimed ‘antichrist of Silicon Valley' Andrew Keen, author 'The Cult of the Amateur - How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy'. Keen, who maintains a blog himself, argues the web is inhabited by second-rate amateurs deluging us with 'everything from uninformed political commentary, to unseemly home videos’ - and that the rise of blogs, wikis, social networking sites and podcasts - are swiftly destroying our culture.
St. Michael's on the Mount Primary School Website
The site was developed with the aim of being user friendly and easily updatable. We provided all the systems needed for a presence on the Internet, in addition to allowing easy updating of both text and images through a bespoke content management system. The development was sponsored by FluffyLogic as part of commitment to community development.
Argosarts Brussels/plugincinema Talk
Ana and Tom were invited to talk at 'Video Vortex: Responses to YouTube' conference in Brussels. The conference is the first in a series of international events, aimed at critical research and reflection surrounding the production and distribution of on-line video content, instigated by the Institute of Network Cultures. Sitting alongside Ana and Tomas were Lev Manovich, Adrian Miles, Keith Sanborn and Peter Horvath to name but a few...
A Hartcliffe Story
Working with Hartcliffe Community School in south Bristol, FluffyLogic, the staff and young people together created ‘A Hartcliffe Story’, a hypermedia project. Hypermedia projects are a great method of involving a large number of people with diverse skills and ability ranges to work together on a creative project. The final story was realized as a website and DVD. At Hartcliffe Community School we used video, images, digital photography, writing and web-design skills to unfold a strange and chaotic tale…