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The Los Angeles band “OK Go” walked through Los Angeles with GPS tracking devices on Wednesday, November 17, 2010. The band, which is known for its unique music videos, walked through Los Angeles and spelled out the words “OK Go” in gigantic letters. Fans watched the Los Angeles GPS tracking video live.

Although this music video was a novelty application, it shows the potential in the tracking of shapes using GPS devices. Using similar methods, individuals can track their movements throughout cities.

Damien Kulash of the band said: “we’re asking everyone who wants to be part of something artistic, colorful and musical to join us on the streets of Los Angeles for a five hour profession. We will check every step of our journey through GPS and create a unique piece of collaborative, living part. We are dancing with our hometown and asking our fans to do the same.”

The application for viewing the performance was an iPhone application specially crafted for this performance. Viewers could view the GPS performance from any iOS device or from their computers.

“You don’t just have to turn up to be part of this,” explained Kulash. “Anyone anywhere can use the same app and create a drawing, or spell out a word in the streets of their city. If we receive these, they will be included in the final artwork that we shape, to be revealed in January 2011.”

This is not the first time OK Go has created a viral video on the Internet. They are well-known for their intricately put-together videos, such as their Rube Goldberg music video for “This Too Shall Pass” earlier in 2010.

Thousands of fans watched the Los Angeles GPS tracking performance live from their iPhones and computers, adding another notch to OK Go’s belt of successful viral Internet memes.

Article Written by Greg Minton