{"id":3492,"date":"2009-06-01T00:07:44","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T07:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/?p=3492"},"modified":"2017-08-18T18:01:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T18:01:35","slug":"embodied-viewing-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2009\/06\/01\/embodied-viewing-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Embodied Viewing Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I think I figured out why I enjoy this map by Jack Schulze and Matt Webb \u2014 it can possibly induce vertigo, which means it’s human, real and embodied. The rolling coasting perspective that deliberately distorts the island of Manhattan shows the city from a fixed point of view, but still showing no horizon. The map is not these flat views that we’ve become so accustomed to, floating above the ground but yet firm, and sure and secure. A little more awkwardness in points-of-view is called for, I think.
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Here and There a cartographic experiment by Shulze and Webb. I think I figured out why I enjoy this map by Jack Schulze and Matt Webb \u2014 it can possibly induce vertigo, which means it’s human, real and embodied. The rolling coasting perspective that deliberately distorts the island of Manhattan shows the city from a … Continue reading Embodied Viewing Platforms<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37,47,98,99,145,176],"tags":[1183,1186,707,780],"yoast_head":"\n