Crowdsourcing is something that has always seemed cool to
me, but I never knew how much went into it. Working on this project has opened
my eyes to the variety it can bring to projects. One such example is Eric
Whitacre’s virtual choir. This guy sent out music and a video of him directing
it so people could get the tempo down, and received hundreds of videos of
people singing different parts to the song. He then put them all together and
had someone put each individual screen together with Eric’s in front, and it
became a virtual choir. I was quite astounded by this feat as it was one of the
biggest crowdsourcing projects I had ever come across. Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs
Also, I had never considered Wikipedia a crowdsourcing
project, but it totally is! I am on Wikipedia almost daily, to look up
information movies, actors, comic books, and etc. and it’s one of the coolest
websites ever for having SO much information. I also find it interesting that
many fandoms have their own Wikipedia site, such as the Marvel comics’ wiki, or
my personal favorite, Star Wars’ ‘Wookiepedia’ site. These sites always have
such an overload of information and I have spent hours researching on so much
comic book lore my brain melts. Seriously.
These types of projects also make me wonder what else could
be done with crowdsourcing. There is so much raw talent out there just waiting
to be discovered, it makes one think, how can we tap into it?
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