There is a new article on Adobe.com talking about the success of the Connected Car project by Alcatel-Lucent and QNX software. The article focuses on the development platform QNX has created for automobiles using Flash Lite, and mentions the success Atlantic had porting our Fanbase application to the platform. There is also a short quote by yours truly. A great project to be a part of and continued success to QNX.
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QNX Connected Car case study on Adobe.com
Monday, March 8th, 2010Avatar Fanbase Launch and New Press
Friday, December 18th, 2009Two mentions for Fanbase came out in the wake of our launch of the Avatar Soundtrack Fanbase. We worked alongside Fox to launch both Fanbase Social and Fanbase Desktop for Avatar.
Check out the link on the official movie site below.
We also received two great mentions for the platform with TrendHunter.com calling Fanbase “trail blazing music promotion” and GetToTheFuture.com giving us a great review. Check it out!
The 4G Connected Car Prototype
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Today Alcatel-Lucent and QNX announced the 4G connected car prototype in New York. As part of the NG Connect program (an ecosystem built around 4G connectivity) Atlantic Records was proud to create a version of our award winning Fanbase platform for the music fan on the road. The car contains 4 internet connected screens allowing for an in car music experience like never before.
Check out a (shaky) video of an early version of Fanbase running in the car.
NG Connect also launched a micro site with detailed information on the program and the prototype.
Check out a video on the connected car staring yours truly.
Details on all the participants.
The press buzz surrounding the launch was great, with some standout coverage from Wired, Mashable and Reuters.
A great overview video from CNN.
As well as a great Fanbase mention.
A full press rundown can be found on the NG Connect site.
Check out the video below for an overview of the car and the possibilities that a nationwide 4G network can bring.
Designing iPhone apps using Adobe Flash CS5 and AIR
Thursday, October 15th, 2009Arguably the biggest announcement from Adobe’s MAX conference last week was the (future) ability to create iPhone applications using Flash CS5. There were several sessions that materialized shortly after the announcement, but this session by Arno Gourdol was by far the most useful and practical. Check out the video below.
Incredible Mobile Interfaces
Monday, August 31st, 2009Some pretty amazing mobile interfaces from UI and graphics studio TAT (The Astonishing Tribe). They are a Swedish firm that already has work on 270 million devices. If you think the panacea for mobile design is located in Cupertino, these videos may make you think different.
TAT Augmented ID
Augmented ID is a TAT concept that visualizes the digital identities of people you meet in real life. With a mobile device and face recognition software from Polar Rose, Augmented ID enables you to discover selected information about people around you. All users control their own augmented appearance, by selecting the content and social network links they want show to others. Modifying your augmented ID is easier than fixing your hair in real life and, of course, TAT Cascades will make sure you look great!
JuggleUI
Multitasking can be a natural and useful part of the user experience. Juggle UI allows users to conveniently get an overview of all open apps. By using touch surfaces outside the screen, it is easy to switch between different applications and to transfer content between them. The user can access the open applications at any time by swiping a finger over the touch surface to the right. Content can be copied and stored on a clipboard and accessed at any time by swiping a finger over the touch surface to the left.
Nexus
A TAT Cascades powered demo with a range of new exciting features; portrait and landscape effects, widgets, touch unlock, dragndrop and LinkFlow. It is easy to differentiate still based on the same underlying application code – allowing for a lot more extensive customization within the same development time.
Glassy
This demo shows how you can have attractive UIs work, with excellent performance, on mid-range platforms. Giving you the ability to spice up your UIs on legacy platforms and a platform that from scratch has been designed and optimized to be CPU and RAM efficient. It pushes FPS performance without the need for hardware acceleration
TAT Foldout UI Demo
This 3D demo was developed by TAT for Mobile World Congress 2009 in cooperation with Texas Instruments. Foldout UI is a Cascades implementation on the Texas Instruments OMAP3430 platform, using Open GL|ES 2.0 and hardware acceleration. The demo shows a unique utilization of 3D in combination with touch input. It challenges traditional UI paradigms with its flip-through navigation and foldout design. Realistic materials, physics, shaders and other effects give a real-life experience to the GUI.