Sony: Project Shiphunt
On of the first fully story-based games created in Google Earth, a highly immersive game giving players the opportunity to soar Google Earth’s skies and plunge its waters in search of shipwrecks around the globe.
Google: Uncover your world AdMob Experience
What better way to promote the features of the iPhone Google Search app, than to take advantage of their AdMob platform.
With the help of This is Grow they built a real life world completely printed by 3D printers and painted by hand. The ad itself invites users to use the different parts of the app so they can see the functionality working and learn some of the Google magic.
Volkswagen BlueMotion: Real Time Roulette
Volkswagen took realtime bets on how far the new Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion could travel on one tank of fuel using Google Maps to show its journey. The main idea behind it was to get people interested in checking out the stats of the car so they could work out how far the car should be able to go in one go.
The person who got it right won the car. Worth a punt.
Did you know you could travel from Olso to Paris on one tank of fuel? You do now…
By apt.no.
This is a great use of Google Earth and reveals accounts of Hiroshimas survivors.
It includes photos, maps and other material, together with aerial photos, 3D topographical data, and models as of 2010.
Shame I can’t read Japanese, but for those of you who can, enjoy even more than I did.
Prizes - a Google social web contest
Google quietly launched Prizes.org, a social contest website, during Fourth of July weekend. The website is operated by Slide, a social gaming company that Google acquired last year. Prizes.org allows users to create “contests” where they post questions or tasks. The user can then award a cash prize to the best answer received.
MINI Maps: Google Maps Racing Advergame
Mini France has just launched a Social / Google Maps mash-up advergame called “Mini Maps“. It’s a Facebook app that lets you customise a virtual MINI and then challenge Facebook friends to time trials around the world through a Google Maps mash-up, which basically has you racing your friends over satellite images of your favourite locations.
You can also create your own tracks before inviting Facebook friends into the race, or simply join random challenges from around the world as you find them.
UNICEF: Donate A Word
Another great charity concept. Miami Ad School have teamed up with UNICEF to create the Donate a Word campaign which utilises the google spellcheck feature in Google Chrome and asks you to donate a word each time you make a spelling mistake.
These words then aggregate the “EDUCATION” statement with the worlds most commonly miss-spelt words, directly helping to fund education for kids in need.
It’s been created to bring awareness rather than asking directly for money, which is a nice touch. And it will come embedded in the next Chrome browser update.
Check the video for more info.
Google ChromeOS Samsung Chromebook is eventually here!
After the long wait, the Chromebook is eventually here. Samsungs online-only notebooks have arrived. Priced from $430-$500 there not too pricey.
Apparently Acer have started selling some too.
Google Music beta
A better way to play your music.
Upload your personal music collection to listen anywhere, keep everything in sync, and forget the hassle of cables and files.
I’m beginning to think that there are too many of these services appearing and I don’t know where to listen to my music. However, this Google Music service allows you to upload your music (including your iTunes music) to the cloud and then listen to it where ever you are.
You cannot buy on there though, maybe a service that will be added in the future.
So for the time being imagine iTunes cloud crossed with Spotify. Sound pretty good? Well, its only available in the US for now, so it looks like I’ll just have to look forward to the update of the iTunes cloud service - but ultimately I’ll just use the best.
