Arcade Fire and Chris Milk HTML5 Film [Teaser]

Watch it at http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com

We're excited to launch a musical experience made specifically for the browser, called "The Wilderness Downtown." The project was created by writer/director Chris Milk with the band Arcade Fire and Google.

"The Wilderness Downtown" is set to Arcade Fire's new song "We Used to Wait", and showcases many of the latest developments on the web. It features a mash-up of Google Maps and Google Street View with HTML5 canvas, HTML5 audio and video, an interactive drawing tool, and choreographed windows that dance around the screen. These modern web technologies have helped us craft an experience that is personalized and unique for each viewer, as you virtually run through the streets where you grew up.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• chrome
• googlechrome
• html5
• arcadefire
• streetview
• maps
• music
• chrismilk
• indie
• thewildernessdowntown
• weusedtowait

[thebibiom]

For those of you who live in a third world country like me, just use New York as an address; it looks a lot better with street view...

[Koltrus]

We used to wait by Arcade Fire

[twototwo1]

just tested this thing out in the moma today

[LordAlda]

@thebibiom Nothing compares to a local street view location.

[revoo22]

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Is there a full version of this song? D:<

[tw0neo]

what is the music please ?

[turtlegiant]

great experience!

[thebibiom]

@GAEB4813, yes it is! This is just scratching the surface on what can be done in browsers :)

I forgot to mention in my previous post that I absolutely LOVE this chrome experiment and I'm looking forward for more :) Awesome work, guys!

[GAEB4813]

This is the future of the movies. What amazing experience.

[GAEB4813]

@thebibiom or post a place that you had been visit. For example I used Austin. This is the future of the movies what amazing experience.