In this article, I will present and discuss a number of examples of materially anchored blends, which depend to different degrees on material structure.
Materially anchored blends vary on a number of complexly related dimensions, including the extent to which the blend relies on the presence of material structure in the perceptual field, the complexity of the material structure, and whether the material structure was designed to support the blend or is used opportunistically.
The intro video, however, will reveal something pretty familiar to anyone who bought into the early hype of the Nintendo 3DS, which came with AR cards that let you place and virtually interact with 3D graphics that looked like they were anchored to, and blended with, the real world.
I call an input space from which material structure is projected into a blend a 'material anchor' for the blend.
March 8 2011 March 12 201111 March 8-13: Seamlessly blending jazz, Broadway, and pop, the singer Ann Hampton Callaway will enjoy the support of a fine trio anchored by the pianist Bill Cunliffe.
Capriccio needs a charismatic star to anchor its tricky blend of wit, whimsy and, finally, poignant reflection as its heroine, the Countess Madeleine, dithers over whether to pledge her troth to the composer Flamand or the poet Olivier — and, by extension, decide whether music is superior to words, or vice versa.
What they witnessed was an artist who blended with ease a musical piece anchored on venerable flamenco idioms with the slick production values and intriguing samples of somebody who grew up listening to hip-hop.
The narrative blends past, present and future, and the stories of all four characters are anchored by Howard's precise prose.
