[KATALIST] (Fwd) Europeana trials new software in Remix launch

[HORVATH Adam]

Kedves Koollégák,

Egy példa arra, hogyan használja az Europeana a HTML5 technikát.

Horváth Ádám

The Hague, 26 September 2011                      For immediate
release


Europeana trials new software in Remix launch



Europeana, the digital library, museum and archive, has opened a new
interactive video space, Europeana Remix <http://remix.europeana.eu/>
, which enriches a short film on a First World War friendship using
the latest HTML5 and Popcorn.js <http://popcornjs.org/>  technology.



Europeana Remix plays the video in HTML5, and uses the Popcorn.js
framework to let users call up resources that are related to the
story, from Europeana, Flickr, Wikipedia, Oxford University, Google
maps and other web services. Users can leave comments at any point 
and
share their stories or URLs. "Europeana Remix gives users a new
experience of inter-relating cultural content without leaving the
video space," says Harry Verwayen, Europeana's Business Development
Director. "It will be exciting to see how this new technology affects
the way that people get involved with stories on the web."



Europeana is experimenting with HTML5 to create new interactive
cultural experiences, and because HTML5 is fast, seamless and
unobtrusive. HTML5 is set to become a standard way to play video
online. Popcorn.js, a new Javascript framework, is used because it
utilises the great new features of HTML5 and combines web resources
seamlessly to the movie player to give the user greater choice and
interactivity.



Using leading new technologies to engage users with cultural heritage
is central to Europeana's mission and puts the Commission-Funded
project ahead of the curve. "Europeana Remix ' use of HTML5 web video
and the Popcorn.js framework is both a technical and aesthetic leap
for web video,"  says Brian Chirls <http://chirls.com/> , the
code-developer behind the project, and a leader in interactive video.



Indeed, Remix is so advanced that it plays only on the latest version
of web browsers -

Firefox            Chrome          Safari              IE        
Opera


4.0+                4.0+                4.0+                9+
10.5+             



In order to allow others to make free use of this ground-breaking
development as the basis for new applications, the Remix source code
has been made available on GitHub <https://github.com/> , the
collaborative code repository for programmers. The film itself and 
all
user contributions are licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.



Brett Gaylor <http://brettgaylor.tumblr.com/about> , of Mozilla
Foundation <http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/> , the Open Source web
innovation driver, says, "It's exciting to see Mozilla's Popcorn
technology used in such a creative way. The developers of the
Europeana Remix project have pushed video to the cutting edge - it is
a fantastic use of archives, web services and user generated 
content."





ENDS





For further information contact : annemarie.vangerwen at kb.nl
<mailto:annemarie.vangerwen at kb.nl?subject=>  

Direct line: +31 [0] 70 314 0622







Links:

Europeana.eu <http://europeana.eu/portal/> 

Europeana Remix <http://remix.europeana.eu/> 

Europeana 1914-1918 <http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en> 



Notes for Editors



Europeana brings together the digitised content of Europe's 
galleries,
libraries, museums, archives and audiovisual collections. Currently
Europeana gives integrated access to 20 million books, films,
paintings, museum objects and archival documents from some 1500
content providers. The content is drawn from every European member
state and the interface is in 27 European languages. Europeana
receives its main funding from the European Commission.



Europeana's core mission is to engage audiences with digitised
cultural content. This is not simply to put the digital files online,
but to create innovative tools and methods of access and interaction.
The aim is to renew the relevance of our cultural heritage and enable
its stories to be told in new ways.



The source video for Europeana Remix, Otto and Bernard, the story of
an unlikely friendship, was made to promote the Europeana 1914-1918
project in Germany. The project encourages people to digitise their
own family documents and memorabilia from the First World War and
share them with Europeana.



Knowledgeland (www.knowledgeland.org <http://www.kennisland.nl/en> )

The concept behind Europeana Remix was developed by Knowledgeland,
where Thijs van Exel co-ordinated the realisation. Knowledgeland is 
an
independent think tank searching for ways to spark the social
innovations needed to improve the knowledge society. Active in
education, government, cultural heritage, copyright, creative economy
and social media, Knowledgeland strives to innovate these fields,
often in collaboration with partners and networks.



Three Eyed Labs / Brian Chirls (www.chirls.com <http://chirls.com/> )

Brian Chirls is a media artist, technologist and founder of Three 
Eyed
Labs, a research and development lab based in New York, developing
original cross-media content, tools and innovative business models 
for
filmmakers, journalists and musicians.



BigUp / Harold van Velsen (werk.bigup.nl <http://werk.bigup.nl/> )

Europeana Remix was designed by Harold van Velsen, an experienced
graphic & interaction designer. He has built an impressive portfolio
with several leading interactive agencies, and founded BigUp in 2010.



Best regards,

---
Anna van den Broek
Jr. Marketing Assistant
www.europeana.eu <http://www.europeana.eu/> 

Phone: +31 (0)70 31 40 911 
Email: anna.vandenbroek at kb.nl
Skype: Annavdbrk



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