Halloween may have traditionally been a low-tech event, with carved pumpkins and homemade decor figuring among the most popular items at this time of year. Yet, of late, new and novel ways of incorporating technology into Halloween have emerged, and we can see how it gives us new ways to enjoy this holiday.
Online Slots Experience Gets a Spooky Touch
Many forms of entertainment like to introduce Halloween themes towards the end of October. It allows people to enjoy their favorite pastimes with a little twist. You can see a great example of this when you look at a selection of Megaways™ Slots. Among them is a game called Curse of the Werewolf Megaways™ from Pragmatic Play, which has a spooky feel and is filled with supernatural creatures as well as their possible victims. In the wider range of slots on the same site, Witches Cash Collect and Vampire Princess of Darkness boast a similar theme.
In the Megaways title, this technology means that the slot changes format on every spin. Some symbols may merge to create giant icons, with up to six symbols appearing on each of the six reels, giving a possible 46,656 ways to win on each spin.
Smart Speakers Can Add a Creepy Atmosphere
It’s easy to imagine a spooky Halloween theme from your favorite scary movies, but how can you add it to your day in a convenient way? Adding Halloween music and sounds to the evening has never been easier, with many playlists available on the Spotify streaming service including classics like Monster Mash and I Put a Spell on You. However, it’s even easier to use a smart speaker to add the atmospheric sounds that you crave.
This article by Interesting Engineering looks at how to use technology to create a Halloween vibe and mentions the option of using a smart speaker. This can be done in most cases simply by using a phrase such as “get spooky” and adding different commands until you get exactly what you’re after. They also mention smart doorbells as an alternative way of adding creepy sounds.
A High-Tech Pumpkin
Surely the humble pumpkin has remained the same despite the latest technology. According to Brittanica, the tradition of carving faces into pumpkins goes back several centuries to an Irish myth about Stingy Jack and has remained popular since then. Research carried out by David Hu at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta revealed a mathematical model that shows how pumpkins grow according to the level of stress they are under, which helps to explain why we now see so many huge pumpkins for sale.
A search online brings up several stories on Design News of bold inventors creating scary, hi-tech pumpkins by using items like projectors, HDMI cables, and a Raspberry Pi inside the carved fruit. Some of them scream, while others project scary images, or even create a spooky mist effect that brings Halloween to life. With some imagination, it’s now possible to create the type of pumpkin that you want to see during this season.
All of these examples give us a glimpse of how the latest technologies have added to the spirit of Halloween while retaining the classic themes of the past.
