This project is a joint experiment of Keio University’s Digital Cinema Consortium, the WIDE Project, and the Interactive Media Division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, with special support by Cisco Systems and IBM Japan. This project aims to connect continents by 10Gbps Ultra high speed Internet, and realize a collaborative motion picture editing environment for remote places utilizing a collaborative editing system.

Mihai Peteu's Masters Thesis, CityTagz, is a web-based location-tagging interface and database. Used in conjunction with Google Maps, CityTagz allows Los Angeles residents to describe and define their neighborhood, and better understand the true nature of the landscape around them.

If a building could talk, what would it say? How would it “feel” about the comings and goings of the people who use it every day? Would it be affected by their moods and desires? What kind of relationship would it have with its occupants if it could communicate with them somehow, and how would they respond?

PUCK investigates changing spatial character and the resulting experience of place in the context of Interactive Architecture. As buildings become dynamic generators of data and information, they have the opportunity to use their embedded technological systems to play a more collaborative role in an inhabitants’ experience of space and place. This presents a unique opportunity to conceptualize and design near future situations and ambient interfaces for interacting with the built environment.