Find Your Way to Oz With Latest Chrome Experiment Dan Koelsch, February 5, 2013 Google’s Chrome Experiments use JavaScript and some of the latest advances in Internet browsing to allow developers and designers to create immersive beautiful experiences using Google Chrome. In partnership with UNIT9, Disney has developed a Chrome Experiment for Oz: The Great And Powerful. Get the details after the break. Find Your Way to Oz is an interactive experience where you can explore the worlds created by director Sam Raimi, going from a a Kansas circus to the wonderful land of Oz.Like any good circus, there’s plenty to keep you entertained: compose your own music, play with a fun photo booth and create your own movie with a zoetrope. The path to Oz also involves confronting an ominous tornado; surviving it completes the journey, enabling fans of the movie to watch an exclusive unreleased clip from the film.The intense graphics might run your computer hard, but it’s a fun little adventure. You can learn more about the technology used to develop the experience by reading the case study.Check out Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful in theaters on March 8th. Viral Marketing Chrome ExperimentsOz The Great and Powerful
James Cameron Interviewed Underwater for “Sanctum” February 5, 2011With the underwater cave thriller Sanctum getting mixed reviews at best on its opening weekend (including our own), it’s no surprise that Universal Pictures and producer James Cameron are trying crazy promotional stunts to get people excited for the film. That apparently includes having Cameron get interviewed while in a… Read More
Help Fund Sci-Fi Thriller “Vivarium” August 9, 2012Kickstarter sees a lot of campaigns for film projects, and many don’t get the funding they need. Vivarium is a proposed movie from LoneShark Studios, who are asking for almost $60,000 to fund. Unfortunately, they have one 6 days left, and only a 1/3 of the way to their goal…. Read More
New Viral Posters for “Total Recall” Include Anti-Rekall Group June 20, 2012July 8, 2012Earlier this month, posters for the fictional company Rekall began popping up in Hollywood and likely other cities. The posters link to the memory vacation company at the heart of Total Recall. SuperHeroHype found more posters online, including one with star Colin Farrell for No Rekall, the group that is… Read More