Sure, iTunes’ new visualiser is pretty, but you can’t compete with the visceral, hypnotising weirdness of Daito Manabe’s facial electric stimulus. He tapes electric stimulators, looking like the same type used for electroshock therapy, to his face, and syncs them with his music so his involuntary facial contortions match up with the tune. Shots of the machine he used after the jump.
Apple may have absorbed the super-neato Magnetosphere visualiser into iTunes, but they did make some tweaks in their Borging process. Just like those Picard-obsessed skinjobs, the iTunes version is obsessed with planets and launching millions of photon torpedoes into them. The original, seen here, has more sparklies and lines, which is quite a bit of a different feel than the one you already have. Unfortunately Magnetosphere download links have been taken down everywhere, but we managed to find one linked to on the official site. If those go down, we’ve got a Mac Mirror and Windows Mirror too. Enjoy.
As expected, El Jobso just revealed the new iTunes 8 on stage at the “Let Us Rock” event. It’s a sizable upgrade for iTunes, so let’s take a look at the new features, shall we?
