Dive into Cirque du Soleil's Web show, Movi.Kanti.Revo
Google Chrome and Cirque du Soleil have partnered to show off the potential of the modern Web with an all-HTML5 Cirque performance that's unique to the Web, called Movi.Kanti.Revo.
The name comes from the Esperanto terms for moving, singing, and dreaming, according to the official Movi.Kanti.Revo Google announcement, and the experience does go to great lengths to create a dreamlike world on the Web. During different scenes of Movi .Kanti.Revo (pronounced MOOV-ee CANT-ee REEV-oh), you can interact with the site by moving your body or speaking to your computer. If that sounds a lot like Microsoft's Kinect to you, you're not alone.
But unlike Microsoft's proprietary motion-sensing technology, Movi.Kanti.Revo is fully built in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript -- the same tools that power many modern Web sites and a growing number of mobile apps.
Cirque du Soleil's Gillian Ferrabee, creative director for images and special projects, couldn't recall precisely how Google and Cirque decided to partner, but said that she was instantly impressed with the first meeting between the two companies. "Interactivity and the [Webcam] reading your body were discussed in the first meeting with Google and Particle," which is the third-party company t... [Read more]
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