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'Periscope Periscope' – interactive installation turns Twitter's live steam feeds into art

on Oct 16, 2015 | 0 comments

By Rebecca Stewart

An art exhibition which allows viewers to watch curated feeds from Twitter’s live-streaming app, Periscope, has been unveiled in London today (16 October)

The 12-foot high periscope, created by DigitasLB, is made of galvanised steel air ducting and contains a software which pulls specially selected Periscope streams from the micro-blogging site.

An Arduino-powered compass detects the periscope’s movement, changing the displayed feed as the device is rotated.

A team of creatives and technologists from the agency created the product in partnership with production expert Ben Day.

Scott Ross, DigitasLB chief technology officer in the UK, said: “Periscope Periscope allows us to tap into the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum