Nokia Demos

Here are no less than 3 good, new interactive demos from Nokia. These are of special interest to me, as I worked on an interactive demo of 3G technology for them back in '02. They were a great company to work with.

Things have certainly moved on a lot since then, both in terms of mobile technology and the Flash demos themselves. Back in '02 I seem to remember that Flash MX (6) had been released not long before I started on the project, and it was finally possible to embed video into swf files. 3G technology was not widely available either, and not at all in this country.

Look how far things have come:

Great Pockets

The Internet Walk

The Passenger

Get the Glass

Get the Glass is a new site from agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and Swedish interactive design shop North Kingdom. This 3D advergame for the latest Got Milk? campaign has a pretty heavy download, but there's plenty to keep users engaged for quite some time.

Good luck getting to that glass of milk. Hmm, I'm thirsty. Think I'll head to the fridge for a nice cool one before I have another go at the digital version. The campaign must be working.

The House of Horror

The House of Horror is a scary microsite for Amnesty International, created by JWT, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The site is treated like a site for a new horror film. It does get the point across. There could be a danger with this kind of approach that by aestheticising the people it aims to help, it actually begins to exploit them in the process.

Pulse

At first glance this looks like a blog, but it's actually a Flash microsite for the Spanish premiere of the film Pulse.

Once you've hit the Open Video button and finished viewing the Flash movie, the site invites you to "scare a friend" by personalising it with your own text, voice or webcam live recording, and then to send it on to an unsuspecting friend.

I'd say they'd have to be a pretty good friend, or perhaps someone you actually don't like.

Moto Colors

Here's a playful new microsite from Motorola, to promote a new range of coloured handsets.

Walking on Nike Air

I dig the video integration and interactivity in this Nike Air microsite.

Grindhouse - Tarantino & Rodriguez

Tarantino and Rodriguez have teamed up to present Grindhouse. I'm sure you'll be hearing and seeing more about this dual project in the coming months!

A lot of the Flash microsite seems to be "coming soon" at the moment, but it looks like it's going to be worth another decent look when it's finished.

From the experience of the site, Hi–Res! in London must be working on it, although there's no reference to it on their (temporary html) company site right now. If it's not them, someone is borrowing heavily from them.