Parkour, Psychogeography, and Smart Spaces

Via Jyri Engestrom, here's a video of Matt Jones of Nokia and Matt Webb of Schulze & Webb, from the recent Aula 06 in Helsinki discussing tangents of many, many threads of smart space issues. I recommend giving the video a viewing to see the talk they gave discussing Parkour, a sport originating in France whereby participants pass through the obstacles of a city via athletic jumps, runs and vaults, augmented reality, video mobiles, psychogeography, emotion mapping and urban environments. It's a rambling discussion but the Matts are on to some interesting and promising threads.

Have a drink and watch. 

(Image: Danny Ilabaca, traceur, at the Barbican in London, from parkour.net)

Comments

[Oliver]

The link to Jyri Engeström should read http://www.zengestrom.com and the video is found here: http://merci.blip.tv/file/49339/

[joshd]

Er.

Am I stupid, or is there no actual link to the video?

[Scott Smith]

Sorry guys, the link didn't take and I got distracted from putting it back in. Oliver, thanks for providing the info. I'll do better next time.

[Tom]

Here is another event sponsored by Nokia that is all about space and the concept of PsychoGeography.
See www.articulatedlondon.org