[Sigia-l] Flash as experiential

[DC O]

Looking for favorite site examples, both good and bad, where Flash is used
to make the site more experiential, more immersive.  Looking for things
above and beyond the standard Flash intro with lovely photos stuff.  Luxury
goods a plus :-)

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Here's a collection of flash sites - enjoy.

INFORMATIONAL
Becoming Human - click on the image between the { } to start.
http://www.becominghuman.org/
5 Million Steps thru-hiking the Appalachian trail
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/appalachianTrail/index_flash.shtml

MULTI-USER CHAT
http://chatbugs.com/
http://www.penguinchat.com/

JOSHUA DAVIS (gets his own category)
main site - look under web projects for examples
http://www.joshuadavis.com/pound.html
Flash visualization of Carnivore
http://ps3.praystation.com/pound/assets/2001/11-20-2001/index.html
(more about carnivore)
http://www.rhizome.org/carnivore/

SEARCH
http://www.kartoo.com/
http://www.musicplasma.com/

PLANNING / DESIGN TOOLS (sort of)
http://www.smallblueprinter.com/index.html
http://www.k10k.net/issues/issue074/design.html

GAMES / ACTIVITIES (interesting interaction design)
http://www.electrotank.com/playGame.electro?gId=119
http://svt.se/hogafflahage (in Swedish)
http://analogik.org/games.php?i=samorost
http://www.banja.com/home2004/uk/

EXPERIMENTAL
http://www.uncontrol.com/
http://www.voxangelica.net/files/archiv01/iceyqueen/ice.html
http://www.voxangelica.net/index_old.html
http://www.archive.hi-res.net/jump-tomorrow.com/
(roll over ladybug, click 'login' at right, use cursor keys to move figure, 
explore)

COMMERCIAL
(nice use of video clips)
http://www.thepianistmovie.com/index2.html
http://www.nike.com/main.html (check out several different geographic areas)
http://www.mini.co.uk/
http://broadmoor.com/reservations.asp
http://www.bryantparkhotel.com/splash.html

- Diane O