ADDRESS IS APPROXIMATE: Stop-motion animation short by Tom Jenkins about the journey of a lonely desk toy through Google Street View

Address Is Approximate from The Theory on Vimeo.


Below is information about the video posted on Vimeo:
"Google Street View stop motion animation short made as a personal project by director Tom Jenkins. Story: A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View. All screen imagery was animated - there are no screen replacements. 


Produced, animated, filmed, lit, edited & graded by Tom Jenkins (www.theoryfilms.co.uk / https://www.facebook.com/theoryfilms - !NEW MAKING OF PICS ON FB PAGE! / @thetheoryUK / http://twitter.com/#!/thetheoryUK). Shot using Canon 5d MkII, Dragonframe Stop Motion software and customised slider. Music by the wonderfull Cinematic Orchestra (www.cinematicorchestra.com) and the track is Arrival of the Birds."




Thanks to Nathan Yau (Flowing Data) for sharing this video!

BMW and Surface Computing: Video of Tabletop Interaction

This is a promotional video from BMW, showing how potential buyers can interact with a tabletop computing system to preview various ways they can customize the car. The system in the video is Microsoft's Surface:



Via Gizmodo Australia

(I wonder if Microsoft is working on a few educational games for the surface....)