Apple creates Matrix-style wall of icons, pulsing when an app is bought

Written by admin on June 8th, 2009

I gather if you are a Mac fanboy the WWDC event on Monday was a bit of a non-event,except for $99 iPhones and longer battery lives on the things …

Whatever … I have a BlackBerry, and wherever I go they hand me something that runs Windows.

What I did see from the event was a very cool, very compelling if real, video wall app.

Quoting a favorite blog, TechCrunch:

Today at Apple’s WWDC event in San Francisco, Apple had a bunch of Cinema Display monitors mounted together on a wall showing what looked to be some sort of pulsating canvas. But a closer look revealed that it was actually a huge collection of icons for many of the apps available in the App Store, arranged by color. Apparently, when someone purchased one, that app’s icon would pulsate, creating the effect.

Now THAT is cool, and different. It has that intangible element of curiosity, making people who see the screen wonder why the damn thing is pulsing. Very clever.

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