transmedia realtime events - some thoughts
I watched something very interesting yesterday. Something I have seen in a few other places and disguises; something I wonder if I shall see more of. I jumped in on the Flynn Lives – Tron legacy ARG yesterday as a page on the Flynn Lives site was counting down to zero. I was sooooo excited and in high anticipation. When it reached zero – a couple of things happened – an "access'"gate appeared (not what I want to talk about) and the twitter stream/facebook wall for the operationtron – Flynn Lives ARG began transmitting. I was like ohhhh cool – this is real time interaction. That right there was the first rub – what about all the people sleeping, or working, or not at a digital device? Eh, ah well, their loss, right? On facebook, people were starting to comment and get excited. Then, as the event unfolded, the mood of the group changed. It turns out instructions were tweeted for people to go to certain locations in San Diego and photograph themselves with different ...