Following the Mayan apocalypse and the bottom line of the critique about our previous idea (Smart Street Signs), we sat down for a brainstorming session. Saturday, Dec. 22nd.
This time we had positive results!
Participated: Itamar, Ran, Noam & Omri (with Sharon virtually).
Talking about what means and information is available on the street, we started thinking about music, as 3 of us actually tend to listen to music while walking on the street.
Then we thought, what is there to do with music in an urban environment.
This was a toughie, because we were all against playing music, and we're not even sure it's legal (probably requires a licence or artist agreement).
Then we thought, hey, why not allow people to share what they're listening to, just like they probably do on FaceBook.
So... How do we allow people to share music (this also means to explore what others are listening to), while outside?
We decided to start working on a "SoundWall" - a place that gathers information about the music being played near it (via app). This music is displayed on a wall in the street, making the "sound of the street" accessible to all.
The wall could show the last 10 songs that people played near it (thereby leaving their marks and sharing their internal worlds) and show a "chart" of popular genres/artists/songs (can be visualized with tiles and their sizes).
Song/Artist info can also be displayed on the wall.
For each song or artist a YouTube video can also be displayed.
The app can interact with the wall and extract songs and info from it.
Lastly, (and this is still under consideration), a measure of "the beat of the street" could also be shown (average beat, integration of all played music, etc,).
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