Center of the World

April 6, 2001 6:15 PM

Center of the World is a dynamic flash site that takes the viewer into a strip club where he (or she i s'pose) can interact with girls. it's pseudo 3D and there are some other nifty things the creators did to make the experience seem live. It may be soft core porn, but it's really high tech softcore porn with a spiffy interface (found on markside )
posted by Zebulun (12 comments total)

This is the official site for a movie directed by Wayne Wang being released later this year by Artisan, who are going the same route they did with Requiem For A Dream: rather than get stuck with an NC-17, they're releasing the film unrated. It looks like a promising piece of work; here's a detailed summary from Corona's Coming Attractions. That page has comments from Wang as well as details about the website.
posted by toddshot at 6:21 PM on April 6, 2001

>here's a detailed summary from Corona's Coming Attractions...

hi-res's web site (the creators mentioned but not linked in the docs cited by toddshot) is at http://www.hi-res.net/
posted by webchick at 7:33 PM on April 6, 2001

That is quite...impressive.
posted by davidgentle at 8:30 PM on April 6, 2001

I got to the pseudo-chat room before my browser crashed. Is there anything beyond that?
posted by waxpancake at 11:13 PM on April 6, 2001

Yeah, mine kept crashing at the same point. Just when I was getting all excited, heh.
posted by endquote at 11:33 PM on April 6, 2001

If you stay in the pseudo-chatroom long enough, your phone will ring. I still haven't figured out how they do that.
posted by Zeldman at 11:43 PM on April 6, 2001

Ok, I'm in the chat room and she asked the tension question but nothing else is happening besides the looping (I have submitted many responses). Is this stuck?

So far, this reminds me of the Prince cd-rom from a few years back, although I don't think there's a spaceship in this environment.
posted by gluechunk at 12:34 AM on April 7, 2001

Maybe it's an example of cross-promotion: Watch the film...know what to say...get some (free) porn.
posted by waterfrog at 1:03 AM on April 7, 2001

Talk about creating 'stickiness' for your site!
posted by Dirjy at 12:22 PM on April 7, 2001

Dirjy said: :::Talk about creating 'stickiness' for your site!:::

Ba-da-bing!
posted by Zeldman at 2:43 PM on April 7, 2001

Damn, that's a lotta Flash.
posted by Loudmax at 2:40 AM on April 9, 2001

Ok, none of your comments prepared me for live chat, with cam, and WITH pretty (no really) naked girl. Was lost for words, thanks.
posted by mackieb at 7:14 AM on April 24, 2001