Enter the Machine

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1968 “Mother of All Demos” by SRI’s Doug Engelbart and Team.mp4

Recorded demo by Douglas Engelbart and his team at the Stanford Research Institute showcasing a computer mouse, hyperlinks, video conferencing, multiple-user document editing, multiple windows, and networking; December 9, 1968

The Subject of this Portrait

At the time this portrait was created, the subject was available online at youtube.com/watch?v=B6rKUf9DWRI 

Black and white still from a 1960s video showing the head of a man, smiling, wearing an old school presenter’s headset
Excerpt from Douglas Englebart’s 1968 “Mother of all demos”
Black and white still from a 1960s video showing an early version of a computer mouse and keyboard; a hand is moving the mouse
Excerpt from Douglas Englebart’s 1968 “Mother of all demos”
Black and white still from a 1960s video showing an early version of video conferencing on a computer screen, with a ‘picture in picture’ image of a man with a headset in the upper left corner with barely discernible text underneath
Excerpt from Douglas Englebart’s 1968 “Mother of all demos”

Attributes

Subject Name
1968 “Mother of All Demos” by SRI’s Doug Engelbart and Team.mp4
Subject Creation Date
12/09/1968
Subject Weight
11,591,085 bytes (11.6 MB)
Subject Location
youtube.com/watch?v=B6rKUf9DWRI
Entities in Portrait
1 File
Entity Types in Portrait
MP4
Portrait Type
Individual

Portrait Details

Screenshot of an algorithmically generated predominantly horizontal pixelated, pale yellow and peach-orange form against a top-to-bottom orange to slate blue background
Portrait detail
Screenshot of a mass of algorithmically generated, pale yellow and peach-orange pixels, in a shape reminiscent of the country of France, against a top-to-bottom orange to slate blue background
Portrait detail
Screenshot of a very zoomed-in cluster of pale orange to pale yellow pixels that occupy the entirety of the image
Portrait detail

Enter The Machine portraits are interactive in different ways. Below are the supported interactions for this specific portrait.

ActionDesktopTouch Devices
Start/stop animationSpacebar or Hold tap for 2s then
Toggle sounds or Hold tap for 2s then
Zoom (stop animation, then) scroll wheelpinch and zoom
Pan (stop animation, then) click and draghold and drag
Rotate (stop animation, then) shift + alt/option and dragpinch and rotate
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Documentation of this internet-native artwork is stored permanently on blockchain should future changes in web-based technologies affect how it displays.

Permalink
arweave.net/DtMD9VQNen0jHyLWaNGgORosL0ILpTqtVwoJkNasij0
Format
video/quicktime
Resolution
1296 x 2304
Duration
12'56
Transaction
viewblock.io/arweave/tx/DtMD9VQNen0jHyLWaNGgORosL0ILpTqtVwoJkNasij0

Artist
Eric Corriel
Sound Design
Chris Child

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