The Onyx Project
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From Digital Media Wire and the New York Times:
"The Onyx Project" Interactive Short Film Launches on DVD
New York - Screenwriter and director Larry Atlas ("Sleepless in Seattle") on Monday released a short film on interactive DVD that lets users explore the film's 400 scenes in a nonlinear format, The New York Times reported. "The Onyx Project," which stars Academy Award nominee David Strathairn and tells the story of a U.S. Army Special Forces officer on a rogue mission in Afghanistan. The DVD features proprietary software called Nav that brings up fresh links for viewers while the film is playing, which can lead in different directions based on viewer choices. Atlas and Smith said "The Onyx Project," which is available on DVD for $23.95, cost less than $200,000 to make -- including the costs of developing the Nav software. The filmmakers said that Nav could be used in the future to create documentaries or educational films with scores of embedded links.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/02/technology/02onyx.html
http://www.theonyxproject.com