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Open web tools like HTML5 video, svg, canvas, javascript and Firefox will make this possible. Cutting-edge designers, artists and filmmakers will make it happen. | Open web tools like HTML5 video, svg, canvas, javascript and Firefox will make this possible. Cutting-edge designers, artists and filmmakers will make it happen. | ||
= | = Lets Blow Up Your Video = | ||
Imagine... | '''Imagine... ''' | ||
*''clicking on a documentary or news subject to instantly see their Wikipedia entry'' | *''clicking on a documentary or news subject to instantly see their Wikipedia entry'' | ||
*''searching the entire history of TV, news and film as easily as you search Google'' | *''searching the entire history of TV, news and film as easily as you search Google'' | ||
*''watching a video about the Gulf oil spill recorded weeks ago -- with a map of the spill's current size right now in real time'' | *''watching a video about the Gulf oil spill recorded weeks ago -- with a map of the spill's current size right now in real time'' | ||
*''educational films that dynamically update their content with the rest of the web, never going out of date'' | *''educational films that dynamically update their content with the rest of the web, never going out of date'' | ||
*''custom interfaces tailored to each film, marrying the medium to the message. Travel films that interact with your phone's GPS. A documentary about the ocean through a player that looks and feels like water.'' | *''custom interfaces tailored to each film, marrying the medium to the message. Travel films that interact with your phone's GPS. A documentary about the ocean through a player that looks and feels like water.'' | ||
*''mashing up search and Twitter feeds with maps and news footage to create a visual monitor of what the planet is thinking about '' | *''mashing up search and Twitter feeds with maps and news footage to create a visual monitor of what the planet is thinking about '' | ||
*''creators and audiences collaboratively producing footnotes that add a rich data layer to videos'' | *''creators and audiences collaboratively producing footnotes that add a rich data layer to videos'' | ||
Open video can make all this -- and applications we can't yet imagine -- possible. Given the right tools, open standards and imagination.<br> | Open video can make all this -- and applications we can't yet imagine -- possible. Given the right tools, open standards and imagination.<br> | ||