The year 2001 was a turning point in the history of location-based technology. After several decades of military development of the Geo-Positioning System GPS by the US Army, finally a precise location was accessible to the public worldwide. The democratization of this technology opened up a very large window of creative opportunities by associating digital media to locations, locative media was born. In this session we will explore a blooming of creative proposals and understand how and why locative media has fallen flat and has not been fully understood yet for its social and environmental benefits.
The way artists walking and walking artists use technology: Biometry
