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As t’interpipe 2.0 keeps on growing stronger and, more importantly, faster, the way in which we interact with it is providing creatives with an exciting new background for exploring narrative concepts.

Two recent projects highlight this beautifully. Both are Canadian. Must be something in the water. Or the snow.

Bear 71 allows a user to track the wilderness journey made by an electronically tagged bear. The user navigates a wonderfully rendered outlay of designed landscape, where you can stop and interact with objects you find along the way. Video content comes in the form of hundreds of CCTV cameras, strategically capturing the action of the back hills. Chase the bear or discover the local wildlife, up to you.

Highrise is an equally accomplished study of that most grimly intriguing human habitat. With several projects under the one site, the user is allowed a deep insight into the lives of those who live in the concrete towers, a stunning collection of still photography gives us a unique viewpoint to explore.

One thing is interesting though, and I’ve mentioned it twice here with out thinking. As we continue breaking new territory in technology and storytelling, interaction by its very nature, with concepts alongside, become ever aimed at the singular. The Audience is dead. Long live The User.