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  • This project explores ways in which people can create/navigate through non-linear narrative spaces using Triangles. Triangles is a digital/physical construction kit of indentical, flat, plastic triangular pieces. The pieces connect together both
  • At the Tate Modern, London: This is a permanent augmented reality intervention celebrating Damien Hirst's retrospective exhibition in 2012. The gold coins are a 2012 special edition of the British gold sovereign for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond
  • Great Wall of China -
    The Great Wall of China is conceived for simultaneous realisation across media, including a Website (1995-96), a CD-ROM with portfolio of prints (1997-99) and an interactive installation (1999). The foundation of The Great Wall of China is a
  • I like Frank -
    In March 2004 Blast Theory premiered the world's first 3G mixed reality game, I Like Frank in Adelaide, at the Adelaide Fringe. I Like Frank took place online at www.ilikefrank.com and on the streets using 3G phones. Players in the real
  • Kidnap -
    In this sensational precursor to Big Brother, two volunteers were selected from a few hundred applicants and subsequently kidnapped for a period of 48 hours. Selected finalists were chosen at random and put under surveillance. Following this
  • Desert rain -
    In this fascinating piece the company worked in collaboration with the Computer Research Group of the School of Computer Science at Nottingham University, UK. The piece was one of the most complex and powerful responses to the first Gulf War
  • Bricks -
    Bricks is a Graspable User Interface which allows direct control of electronic or virtual objects through physical handles for control. These physical artifacts are essentially new input devices which can be tightly coupled or “attached” to virtual
  • ClearBoard -
    ClearBoard is designed to integrate interpersonal space and shared workspace seamlessly. A design goal of ClearBoard is to allow a pair of users to shift easily between interpersonal space and shared workspace using familiar everyday cues such as
  • musicBottles -
    musicBottles introduces a tangible interface that deploys bottles as containers and controls for digital information. The system consists of a specially designed table and three corked bottles that "contain" the sounds of the violin, the cello and
  • Can you see me now? -
    Can You See Me Now?draws upon the near ubiquity of handheld electronic devices in many developed countries. Blast Theory are fascinated by the penetration of the mobile phone into the hands of poorer users, rural users, teenagers and other