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Pre-show for
What is Real?
Several tele-activities preceeded the What is Real? SRL show in June of 1998. Below is a brief description of two activities EIU, in colaboration with SRL, engineered.
Tuesday 23 June 1998:
Anonymous tele-operation of SRL machinery near the South Park in San Francisco at noon. During this event, anonymous participants at Moscone Center established a direct control link using publicly available software over the internet to several machines located at the now disclosed location in San Francisco.
The disabled version of the system can be previewed here. It requires a VRML browser and a Java 1.1 capable web browser (Netscape Communicator 4.0/Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0).
The actual event lasted 15 minutes. The Boeing and Epileptic Bot were placed on a flatbed truck at the 3rd St. end of South Park. After the Bot was flailed and torched by the Boeing, the truck took off just in time for the police and fire dept responding to a call, to arrive at a scene of people randomly milling around an empty space in the shape of a flatbed truck. Images of the event courtesy of Gabriella Marks.
Wednesday 24 June 1998:
Anonymous tele-operation of the mobile SRL Track Robot dropped at Market and Fremont Streets directly in downtown San Francisco at noon. During this event, anonymous participants at Moscone Center established a direct control link using publicly available software over the internet to the track robot. Remote users maintained two way audio, video, and control of the arm, claw, and drive treads of the robot for over a hour.
A disabled version of Track Robot controls can be found here. It requires a Java 1.1 capable web browser.
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