Vectorform Debuts New Video Streaming Experience for IPL
Posted by Administrator – May 20, 2011
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a cricket league for Twenty20 competition that is reshaping the game in more ways than one, and setting a new standard in sports broadcasting via design and development from Vectorform. This year we’re helping with a brand-new streaming experience for the league, and the crowds are going wild. What’s so amazing about this player? It uses HTTP dynamic streaming, for self-adjusting quality based on a user’s internet connection. It’s just like a DVR, letting a user pause or rewind the live game. It supports live HD streaming—a first in India, and video ads can be embedded in the live stream—providing the most immersive cricket experience this side of the stadium.
Check out our work, and the latest action in the IPL, at http://ipl.indiatimes.com
Physical Rehab via Kinect for Xbox 360: make it happen in Haiti!
Posted by Administrator – May 17, 2011
I love Vectorform because:
- We built a demo for physical rehabilitation via Kinect for Xbox 360
- That demo stole the show at a tech demo day by Kaiser Permanente focused on gamification because it presented a fun way to support physical rehab and exercise for kids, and tracked response accuracy
- The mastermind behind using Kinect for literacy in South Africa made us aware of the Haitian Amputee Mother’s Alliance
- Asked if we could possibly help, I presented their work providing prosthetic limbs and rehabilitative services for victims of the earthquake to my boss, who gave me a two-word answer:
- Do It.
Our work for Fiat, ala GQ’s Best Stuff
Posted by Administrator – May 11, 2011
Fiat has been on the move, launching the Fiat 500 Hatchback and revealing the Cabrio at the New York Auto Show. We’ve been moving and shaking along with them, as they take a creative approach to marketing the vehicle, allowing consumers to touch and interact with the vehicle in completely new and eclectic ways. We debuted a Kinect-powered giant mosaic for Fiat at the North American International Auto Show. Then we did it again at The FADER FORT by FIAT, complimented with a Windows 7 Digital Kaleidoscope. Now those big digital installations have made their way to the big city courtesy of Vectorform’s Karl Steckling, Kevin Foreman and Frances Calandra.
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Look into your future, with Arithmancy 101: the Art of Numerology
Posted by Lindsay Lamb – May 9, 2011
Inspired by a magical world full of wizards, dragons, and adventure, Vectorform Game Studio is proud to provide Arithmancy 101: the Art of Numerology to the iTunes App Store. Predict the future, and divine your nature with Arithmancy 101.
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Vectorform-designed BI site launches on Microsoft.com
Posted by Administrator – May 5, 2011
Design, development, Microsoft, SharePoint, Salient6, FNX Studios, a whole lot of credits—and a whole lotta Business Intelligence!
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Vectorform in focus on Health Tech Today
Posted by Administrator – May 5, 2011
Here I am with Dr. Bill Crounse of Microsoft’s Health Tech Today, “a weekly online series providing cutting-edge stories at the intersection of health and information technology.” Yesterday’s interview with Dr. Crounse focused on three of Vectorform’s medical solutions: our Windows Phone 7 Mobile Med; Sony MD2GO, which runs on Windows 7, Windows 7 Slate, and any broswer-based, multi-touch enabled device; and a demo for kids’ physical rehab via Kinect for Xbox 360—which I performed on-camera!
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Foursquare Playground in Mix Keynote
Posted by Administrator – April 12, 2011
Last month Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 at SXSW, and partnered with foursquare to launch Foursquare Playground, an experience designed and developed by Vectorform. Foursquare Playground is a virtual world of check-ins, where buildings grow, avatars drop by in real-time, and the mayor’s portrait hangs on every wall. We were thrilled to see Foursquare Playground as the first featured site during the IE9 keynote where Microsoft exec Ari Bixhorn highlighted Foursquare Playground’s use of the HTML5 geolocation capability, Bing Maps integration, and real-time check-in data.
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Vectorform on Business Intelligence, via Redmond Magazine
Posted by Administrator – April 5, 2011
Ever wonder what it takes to keep a multinational company full of artists, engineers, and oddballs moving along at a good pace? It’s a long answer to a short question, but we recently gave Redmond Magazine a small peek behind the curtain for Paul Korzeniowski’s “Will Microsoft Reshape Business Intelligence?”
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We’re reading about Kinect improving literacy in South Africa
Posted by Administrator – March 31, 2011Not us, but pretty amazing. TechNet reports on use of Kinect to support learning in Lakeside Park Primary in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal. Kinect technology has certainly been a game-changer–for Microsoft, for digital experience folk like us, and now for young learners in a small school in South Africa.
Vectorform goes on record about NFC with Near Field Communications World
Posted by Lindsay Lamb – March 29, 2011
“Visitors to the recent Sundance Film Festival were able to take part in Pandemic 1.0, a virtual treasure hunt set in a fictional world that brought together NFC phones and tags, social media and a real-world mission control set up to look like a disease-control hub,” Christopher Brown of Near Field Communications World writes about our work on Lance Weiler’s transmedia experience Pandemic 1.0.
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