Today’s diversion: @ericwhitacre’s virtual choir — 185 voices from 12 countries. Magical.
Via hydeordie:
Google has just launched Art Project which allows you to “explore” museums from around the world.
- Explore museums with Street View technology: virtually move around the museum’s galleries, selecting works of art that interest you, navigate though interactive floor plans and learn more about the museum and you explore.
- Artwork View: discover featured artworks at high resolution and use the custom viewer to zoom into paintings. Expanding the info panel allows you to read more about an artwork, find more works by that artist and watch related YouTube videos.
- Create your own collection: the ‘Create an Artwork Collection’ feature allows you to save specific views of any of the 1000+ artworks and build your own personalised collection. Comments can be added to each painting and the whole collection can then be shared with friends and family.
Why did I share this with you? I could tell through the internet that you didn’t want to do anything productive today anyway.