HARD WORK PARTY
July 29, 2012

NIKE UGOKIDASE STATION

Nike+ Treadmill Game at Nike's Ugokidase Station pop-up in Harajuku, Tokyo

Greetings from Harajuku, Tokyo --- I'm out here working with my favorite crews HUSH and Red Paper Heart building and running their very awesome Nike+ Treadmill Game at Nike's Ugokidase Station pop-up.

Wide shot of the Nike Ugokidase Station installation with two curved treadmills and large curved LED walls

The game is two specialized curved and user-powered treadmills connected to a Cinder-based app that pits two runners against one another in a 30-second dash. Game readout and Kinect-driven visualization are shown on a huge, curved LED wall in front of the players while high scores are charted on another massive LED display alongside.

The two user-powered curved treadmills facing the curved LED wall game display

This thing is fun and intense! Props to Hush and RPH on what is an immediate, competitive, and pitch-perfect execution. Props also to Nike Japan, Non-Grid, and Rhizomatiks for support, vision, and the other dope installations here at the event.

Detail of the Nike Ugokidase Station treadmill game installation