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Danger Mouse teams up with Google for new 3D, interactive, browser-based video

by Nicole Villeneuve

Much like the interactive Arcade Fire video for “We Used to Wait” (a project called “The Wilderness Downtown”), Danger Mouse is about to unveil an elaborate browser-based video that will enable the viewer to manipulate the video, developing a narrative within a dream. Called “3 Dreams of Black,” it’ll be from Danger Mouse’s current project Rome with Daniele Luppi.

You’ll be able to build your own animals and creatures for inclusion in the game, and users will vote for favourites; these selections will be incorporated into everyone’s experience of the video. If it all sounds a little videogame-y, it’s because it is. The technique being used is similar to the graphic processing and display of video games, including response to mouse movement and ability to ‘look around’ in different directions—all in your standard web browser (er, in Chrome. This is with Google, after all.).

The video is a collaboration with Chris Milk—the same guy behind the aforementioned Arcade Fire video and one of the guys, along with Montreal’s Moment Factory behind the concept/ongoing project started at their recent Coachella performance.

The video will be up on Rome’s homepage very soon, apparently, after a few minor details are worked out. The team behind the video says it should be up today or tomorrow.