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Origami Project: A new mystery from Microsoft
The question of the day
is, "What's origamiproject.com?" All we know is this: It belongs to Microsoft and appears to be a part of some viral marketing
campaign. Currently the web site has nothing but an ambiguous AT&T-esque message that says, "Hello. Do you know
me? Do you know what I can do? And where I can go? Or how I can change your life? You will. Learn more on
3.2.06..." There are "Week 1," "Week 2," and "Week 3" buttons, but currently only
Week 1 (the above message) is enabled. Some fingers are pointing to a similarly-named handheld prototype that
National Semiconductor demoed at COMDEX in 2001,
but I'm skeptical. Conveniently, origamiproject.com has an RSS feed that'll presumably notify you when "Week
2" is enabled. What do you think Microsoft is up to?[Via Digg]
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Michael said 5:13PM on 2-23-2006
Interesting to say the least. I like viral marketing.
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thatedeguy said 6:05PM on 2-23-2006
It's a spectacular marketing ploy isn't it? viral marketing at its finest. I'm intrigued though. What is it exactly. All signs point to it being a mobile networkable cell/email/etc... device of some sort. NSC's project site has a pretty picture of a orange Origami. much better than the blue one in the comdex page.
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Kev said 6:27PM on 2-23-2006
My guess...something to do with interconnectability, because of the way you have a centre circle and then many connected to it. Maybe a bunch of products and one that connects to all of them or helps each of them connect to each other... Or perhaps a central place to store information or data. Perhaps a service where you can save video to the web, then access it on your desktop computer, cellphone or Xbox 360...
Any ideas people?
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Dr Brian Haupin said 6:41PM on 2-23-2006
It's nothing, believe me. Don't convince yourselves that companies are smart/innovative and will allow anything that is.
2 all the geniuses of the world stfu, you have to prove your worth, not take a test and flaunt it, you nobody's
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Paul McNamara said 8:36PM on 2-23-2006
Hi: Some more tidbits about it at my Network World blog: http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/4680
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Zachary Martin said 9:49PM on 2-23-2006
I have a guess! well you know all of the hype about a suposed google intranet, well this might be a google intranet "folding" in everything.
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zachary martin said 9:51PM on 2-23-2006
sorry about the above post i meant a microsoft intranet
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ZipperSeven said 7:52AM on 2-24-2006
Does this remind anyone of Synapse? (from NURV)
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AJ said 8:06AM on 2-24-2006
Hmm... I noticed there's a new "people near me" icon in Vista's control panel when I looked at the screenshots... related maybe?
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hi said 6:17PM on 2-24-2006
I think it will let you network your's and your friends computers, so you can share >files, flolders or drives, and you can only delete whats on your computer not theirs "duh"
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hi said 6:28PM on 2-24-2006
/stupid a-holes/automstons, grab some brains chimps
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Richard said 11:03AM on 2-25-2006
This is a good start for Microsoft, especially with regards to increasing it's brand and overall popularity, especially when compared to a company like Apple.
They have finally caught on to "Mystery, Intimacy and Sensuality" - which is missing from Microsoft.
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daggidoodle said 2:39PM on 2-25-2006
based on my take after listening to Transmeta's CC last Thursday it’s a multimodal UPC running on a Transmeta Efficeon CPU most likely utilizing Transmeta’s LongRun2 energy saving anti-leakage technology to ensure ultra-long battery life.
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Enigmatic1 said 9:16AM on 2-26-2006
Its the The Microsoft 'Origami' Project. An ultra portable lifestyle PC, powerful enough to play Halo on the move apparantly, equiped with GPS, WI-FI, and Bluetooth...and also touch screen....
Google it...
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Van said 12:43AM on 3-02-2006
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=165904
convincing video...very microsuck style... i might just put my money there
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