Arcade Fire interactive video – if you haven’t tried this yet, do it now. Wonderful.

ZZ4DB6949A.jpg.scaled500 Arcade Fire interactive video   if you havent tried this yet, do it now. Wonderful. ZZ4DB6949A.jpg.scaled500 Arcade Fire interactive video   if you havent tried this yet, do it now. Wonderful.

Click on http://www.chromeexperiments.com/arcadefire/

On the one hand, it’s an experiment with the Google Chrome team to show off what you can do with various bits of browser technology.

On the other, it is very, very beautiful and achingly nostalgic.

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