Pathway #2: Multi-screens from a single device
CategoryMEX Notes: Splitscreen wins Nokia Shorts video competition
- Splitscreen wins Nokia Shorts video competition – MEX alumnus James Whatley featured this video on his blog, entitled 'Splitscreen' by JW Griffiths. The video is remarkable in itself, but all the more so for being produced using 2 Nokia N8 mobi…
MEX Notes: Only a Few Can Multitask – NYTimes.com
- Only a Few Can Multitask – NYTimes.com – We started exploring the effect of simultaneous multi-platform interactions on user experience back in 2009 and it has remained a consistent theme for MEX ever since. The growth in the number of digital …
MEX Notes: BERG: turning receipts into ‘paper apps’
- BERG: turning receipts into ‘paper apps’ – BERG (the British Experimental Rocket Group, in case you were wondering…) continues its interesting exploration of new and 'quiet' information surfaces, this time looking at how paper receipts could b…
MEX Notes: Chips for multi-platform; Ageing digital content; Windows strategy; Tablet future
- Texas Instruments Debuts 1.8GHz OMAP 4 Chip – 3 displays, simultaneously, at resolutions up to 2048 x 1536. That's a recipe for some seriously interesting multi-platform experiences.
- Photo Rage for iOS – I stumbled across this application in t…
MEX Notes: Nokia Play To; Glassless 3D; Data usage stats; Transparent screens
- Nokia Play To beta – show and play media over WiFi (DLNA) – All About Symbian – This is an important step for Nokia in bringing first generation multi-platform content sharing to Symbian devices, the potential for which has already been highligh…
Adobe taps touch to test creative tools
Adobe is releasing an SDK to link the creative powers of iOS, Android and Blackberry Tablet devices with its desktop photo tools. The software enables developers to utilise the touchscreens and other sensors on the mobile devices to add new creat…
Toyota’s take on multi-platform UX
Jason DaPonte, team leader for Pathway #2 at MEX on 4th/5th May 2011, shared this video from Engadget. It shows Toyota’s Entune platform in the new Prius V.
Entune links the car dashboard display with a phone over Bluetooth, using the mobi…
Sofanatics multi-platform experience for FC Barcelona
I was interested to hear Sofanatics, the multi-platform experience pioneer run by MEX speaker alumnus Toni Laturi, has agreed a partnership with FC Barcelona. The agreement sees FC Barcelona directing its fans (12m on Facebook alone) to Sofanatic…