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Apple’s multi-platform entertainment system
Products like Apple TV, Google TV and Boxee are bringing multi-platform user experiences – where several digital touchpoints cmbine to form a single service – into the home. The role of mobile devices and wireless networks in these scenarios, and…
John’s Phone: does one thing well
There’s a growing buzz in the blogs (e.g. Boing Boing, Trendhunter and PSFK) about the John’s Phone, an ultra-simple no-contract handset that was released by Dutch creative agency John Doe. According to their early press releases, it was original…
Cross-platform push-messaging apps
The cross-platform push-messaging race is intensifying. The recent surge of Kik shows it to be a genuine threat to PingChat 2 and WhatsApp and the many other variations of the hugely popular Blackberry Messenger (BBM), which comes pre-loaded on e…
Some multi-surface inspiration
A while back we mentioned the London design agencies Berg and Dentsu and their use of the iPad for 3D light-painting. Since then they’ve put together an interesting study of media surfaces and their possible uses. This relates to Pathway #2 that…
Physical enhancements to mobile devices
The design blog Core77 recently featured the Glif, the versatile kickstand and tripod mount for the iPhone 4. A couple of New York product designers (Tom Gerhardt and Dan Provost) came up with the idea and developed it in their spare time, ev…
iPad as a 3D input device
This video of Karl D. D. Willis’ Beautiful Modeler application highlights an important question about the use of 3D and visual depth in interface design: how can you manipulate 3D objects using 2D input mechanisms?
The first step in Willis’…
Evolving role of mobile devices in multi-screen experiences
Personal mobile devices have a growing role in driving experiences across multiple screens, something highlighted in MEX Pathway #2. This includes using a device such as a phone to control one or more physically separate screens, e.g. a home cine…
Andrew Muir Wood joins the MEX team
We’re delighted to welcome a new member of the MEX team this week. Andrew Muir Wood is joining as a Researcher and you’ll soon be seeing his ideas in the MEX Newsletter and on the MEX Blog.
Andrew is particularly interested in how technology a…