London Calling from Australia

From the Queen’s Jubilee to the 2012 Olympics, London is getting a big share of attention, with lots of people visiting the city.

BBC Knowledge Australia and R&B Creative developed this great mashup using Google Styled Maps, invinting people to explore London. There’s also a challenge where you get to answer questions and get special codes for a chance to enter the draw and win a $4000 travel voucher and a brand new iPad.

If you aren’t lucky on unlocking your codes, you can always check their Facebook page for more tips.

Movi.Kanti.Revo

Great heights are expected when Google Chrome Experiments and Cirque du Soleil collaborate for an interactive project. At Movi.Kanti.Revo, the creative troupe explored a new stage for the latest web technologies, showcasing their performers but also reinventing markup, with divs being played around like actors.

Named after the Esperanto words for Moving, Singing and Dreaming the interactive journey invites the user to use gestures to navigate the beautifully surreal world, following a mysterious character in her adventure.

The 5 month project was created in HTML5, using CSS animations, 3D transforms and an impressive facial detection script, accessing the camera so users could navigate the experience with their gestures.

If you’re technically inclined, find out about the whole developer magic at Behind The Divs and have a peek at the 3D World markup tutorial.

Source:Google Developers Blog