ideas are awesome

Gaming, game mechanics, and gamification are buzzwords that marketers often mis-use and abuse. So why are games such a hot topic in ad-land?  We believe the future of gaming in advertising is beyond petty points and badges. Games are successful because they enable people to experience things normally impossible in everyday life. For the future of advertising, new mobile technology will tie gaming and reality closer together allowing the creation of brand experiences that elevate reality in a new and inspiring way.

A montage of shots from above in Wes Anderson films. Via Have You Seen This?!

The New York Public Library now lets you create gifs & 3D anaglyphs using their 40,000 antique stereographs.

2012 Reasons the Internet is Awesome

- ideasareawesome made the list!

(Source: punchy)

Dentsu London came up with these swappable AR toys called Suwappu. One shoots lasers. Another is a tuna. They’re nominated for Design Museum’s Design of the Year.

Venables Bell rocks a cool Rube Goldberg-like labyrinth for Google Maps. Via It’s Nice That.

Zeus Jones pours out a beautiful scotch-tasting party HTML5 web app for iPad. Drink it in.

This Roku will plug into a TV’s MHL HDMI connection. Via Mashable.

3D Audio.

Go grab your headphones. Now.

Watch a computer learn how to play rock, paper, scissors—and how to beat us meat puppets at it.

Push the button, take the ride. At devastatingexplosions.com.

Edited for suspense.