Comments on: The Eclectro Last.fm Lovewall installation (video)

By: Juha

Juha — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:14:50 +0000

Excellent project indeed, well done. Do you think this can be done with area codes and geotagged photos from flickr? I would like to set up an experiment with a transient museum we are currently devising. Big up Roomware and the Eclectro massive!

By: Tijs Teulings

Tijs Teulings — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:09:47 +0000

@inge although there is no way to reliably triangulate a bluetooth device you can however setup “zones” where each zone is a different BT reader with minimal range. People are then in zone 1, 2 3, etc. And zones can be different rooms, floors, venues or sides of the same hall. Works quite well, we did something like that in kikker in Utrecht once.

By: Barnhard Blog » Blog Archive » Using Last.fm and Roomware

Barnhard Blog » Blog Archive » Using Last.fm and Roomware — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:11:59 +0000

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By: Eclectro Last.fm Lovewall | Bakkel dot com

Eclectro Last.fm Lovewall | Bakkel dot com — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:43:15 +0000

[...] Eclectro Last.fm Lovewall is een mond vol voor een project van Wilbert Baan waarbij Last.fm gebruikers d.m.v. hun GSM en [...]

By: james

james — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:39:24 +0000

Nice work Wilbert, and yes, I understand your pain from people not getting how to change their bluetooth name to lastFm user name. Damn that most people just don;t quite get what they can do with their phones. It certainly helps having a information desk and seeding the audience with people helping show how to change the bluetooth name. The great thing still with bluetooth is its price and that most people have it on their phones. RFID while potentially an even cooler and easier to understand tool still has reader costs and interface building prices that are harsh if you want something that you don’t have to directly swipe! Anyone want to sponsor a communal RFID reader + antenna set?;)

By: Inge Janse

Inge Janse — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:11:00 +0000

@ Kars: facilitating the actual meeting up indeed is something that needs to be taken care of.

I’m not certain if Roomware can do this, but if it can determine position of the bt-device, then it could show on a heatmap (after or during the score screen) where the 2 matched people are standing (and which line they can walk to meet each other).

By: Leapfroglog - links for 2008-11-17

Leapfroglog - links for 2008-11-17 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:01:01 +0000

[...] underpinnings of those theoretical constructs. (tags: theory interactiondesign IxD philosophy) The Eclectro Last.fm Lovewall installation (video) on hypernarrative.com, a weblog by Wilbert Baan a… "A laptop scans the room using the open source Roomware software. It connects to random [...]

By: Anne Helmond

Anne Helmond — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:19:30 +0000

Very well executed! Even though I dislike purpose-build “dating aspects” of social applications it makes perfect sense. People tend to match their book and music taste so it could be a funny side development :)

By: Wilbert

Wilbert — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:51:57 +0000

Thanks :)

It would be nice to do something special with a 100% score.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:41:35 +0000

This is so cool.

By: Kars

Kars — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:03:47 +0000

Congrats on a successful project Wilbert. Any ideas for a next version? Inge’s joke about marriages might points to an interesting venue for exploration: Once two people are matched, perhaps you can facilitate them meeting up, or doing s’thing together (either at the party or afterwards).

By: Inge Janse

Inge Janse — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:49:43 +0000

Very, very fat video! The music is well chosen, and it makes perfectly clear how it went. I’m still amazed by the success of the application, since a lot of people participated and really enjoyed looking at the screen, seeing their names flash by, and reading about the similarities. Sadly, no potential marriages have arisen from the beamed connections :)