This is our first attempt at using Microsofts new technology called “Photosynth” that allows you to take many random images and it stitches them all together for you……

Photosynth is a potent mixture of two independent breakthroughs: the ability to reconstruct the scene or object from a bunch of flat photographs, and the technology to bring that experience to virtually anyone over the Internet.

Using techniques from the field of computer vision, Photosynth examines images for similarities to each other and uses that information to estimate the shape of the subject and the vantage point the photos were taken from. With this information, we recreate the space and use it as a canvas to display and navigate through the photos.

Providing that experience requires viewing a LOT of data though—much more than you generally get at any one time by surfing someone’s photo album on the web. That’s where our Seadragon™ technology comes in: delivering just the pixels you need, exactly when you need them. It allows you to browse through dozens of 5, 10, or 100(!) megapixel photos effortlessly, without fiddling with a bunch of thumbnails and waiting around for everything to load.

bluemedia worked with the great people over at Wendy’s to help them brainstorm and come up with cool ways to turn their Wendy’s restaurant near Arizona State University into the ultimate college dining experience.

This is how it turned out!

Supporters of Contact, the Toronto Photography Festival come together to create some outstanding public installations for the largest photography event worldwide.

Beyond Digital Imaging printed the visuals on 3M Scotchcal Graphic Film for Textured Surface. This vinyl is amazing, when it’s heated it can mold itself in the cracks of the wall and be one with the surface.

We are big fans of this material, it has changed the way we think about wall murals. Here’s our post about this vinyl last  year.  We also used this material to wrap 2 four story stairwells at the US Airways Center for the Phoenix Suns.

No wall is safe as long as this vinyl exists.

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bluemedia was a proud sponsor of the radical “remembering the 80s party” last friday night held at the Wrigely Mansion. Our Brand director took some of our favorite 80s icons and made them into totally tubular signage for the event. Awesome images including Poison, Mr. T  and Ms Pacman blended right in with all the acid washed denim and shoulder pads. All the proceeds from the party were donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation…who knew charity work could be so bitchin’?

The 2008 Under Armour College Bass National Championship was July 9-11 on Lake Maumelle in Little Rock, Ark. Two-man teams from 54 colleges and universities from across the country competed in the nation’s most prestigious collegiate bass fishing.

bluemedia teamed up with the Arizona State Bass Fishing  Team to create a bad-ass fishing boat that traveled from Tempe, AZ to Arkansas for the competition.

Boat graphics have become the new wave of  creative branding across the nation and bluemedia is not afraid to share the love when it comes to designing, printing, and installing these watersport monsters.

Apeldoorn bellen creates the most famous insurance campaigns in the Netherlands. Everybody knows Apeldoorn. This vehicle graphic ad has no contact info on it. No phone numbers or website, just advertising at it’s best!

Click on the image to see it on the road. 

I’m sure this wrap design breaks all sorts of street laws here in the United States and even some in Amsterdam, but really cares! Bravo DDB!

-Willis

Let’s get it started!!!

There has been so much talk about who the real bluemedia PongStars are??? Well here it is in black and white… (OK blue actually).

The rankings are accurate for the top 10… but then it becomes guesswork. If you disagree with your power ranking then it’s time to PROVE IT WRONG.

 Games start @ 5 every night. If you have a big win or something that proves you are deserving of a power ranking then let me know and you will move right on up the list! Power rankings will be updated weekly so stay tuned!

CLICK HERE >>> Dinsmore’s Pongstar Power Rankings

Deesmore OUT!

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It was the bluemedia Nationals featuring the NHRA on February 22nd at Firebird Raceway.  As fans entered, ready to fill the stands, they walked underneath the first bluemedia banner towering above them in the entrance way.  The fans roared as engines started and their eyes filled with the Nitrous in the air.

 A second bluemedia sign lined up behind the starting line as our racecar, driven by Jim Head, was ready to tear up the track.  The bluemedia skull was in almost every ESPN shot, along with a few great clients like Budweiser and Speedco, a spot where people were getting a closeup of what bluemedia can do as they toured the trailer. 

 Everything was down to the wire, but we over at blue were able to put together a great weekend full of fans, speed, and good old fashioned racing!

Thanks to everyone who made the weekend rock!

 The Galleria was home to John Travolta for the evening of February 2nd, in the midst of Superbowl Madness in Phoenix, AZ.  bluemedia surrounded the excitement with banners as well as other signage done for the event. 

It was a night filled with glamour, dancing, and celebrity appearances.

The man of the evening, John Travolta, mingled and shook hands with fans including the bluemedia crew.  Cirque de Soleil started the evening with entertainment on the dance floor while people dined on delicious food courtesy of Flemings Steakhouse.  The evening closed with a performance by REO Speedwagon, which had the crowd on their feet for hours on the dance floor.

 It was a unique event that bluemedia was able to transform into a spectacular evening.