Dentsu, LM3, Genec8, and Media Concierge teams jammed to celebrate the success of the Casio projects at Omotesando Hills. Sharing beers, many beers, too many beers and projects for the future,… and there are a lot. Stay tuned…
Catchyoo was yesterday on Black Eyed Peas concert in Taipei.
Epson was contacted 3 hours before the concert. They installed Catchyoo in a very fast manner to be on time for the photo shooting on stage.
(music by B.E.P. of coz).
Would Apple’s ads be so true?
Microsoft announced today their TouchLight product, 4 years after Ubiq’window entered the market. And it is far behind what was launched at this time.
Gosh!, they use 3 cameras, that look pretty expensive, the integration is straight out from the 70’s. It is not on your shop window next door tomorrow, trust our 4 year experience!
Ubiq’window is an all-in-one solution, installed in 5 mn on any shop window. Already bringing interactivity to hundreds of shop windows and showrooms in 20 countries… and counting!
So, Mr Job, I can testimony: those guys are completely out of any real market life!!
This is a movie from our Spanish distributor Visualtec. 3D handling by public. It was in 2005…
Panasonic’s presentation of Catchyoo ends up with great figures. 3000 people from the Osaka region have attended their presentation of the product whithin 2 days.
Panasonic also used Ubiq’window for interaction with their new 103" plasma HD screen. The largest in the world to date.
Ubiq’window becomes the best tool for such a size. Visitors interacted distantly with the "beauty" and get the full pleasure of the image (touching a plasma directly is never pleasant, too hot and somehow flickering).
Panasonic’s interest in Catchyoo is far more strategic. "how great this tool to sell our new 10.000 lumens projector". Smart move from the giant.
Far from being some nice FX on the floor, Catchyoo has a very serious and mature strategy on the advertising market.
Analysts warn: the future of advertisement is alternative advertising !
LM3 Japan’s managing director Yumiko Misaki explains Catchyoo on IT newspaper Softjinmyaku. (in Japanese only and a longer version on the paper version of this newspaper). When women speak…
On last May 1st, Catchyoo Graffiti was used by candy brand Pinky Monkey. Catchyoo Graffiti gave interactivity to a 4×3 meter wall where guests could play different games by moving their body. The final result is very interesting for users as they swim into a large interactive space. It is very immersive.
Similar projects can be deployed in public place for interactive advertizing. LM3LABS had requests for subway corridors… to be posted soon.
This precise project was brought by Catchyoo’s distributor Generation Create.
I think it is the right time to introduce Ubiq’window in the picture. Ubiq’window is a technology that brings interactivity to flat surfaces like glass window as well as distant screens, whatever their size, whatever their technologies (projection, LED, plasma, fog screen, water,…).
Ubiq’window’s technology is computer vision. It means there is no sensitive stuff, no sensors, no infra-red scanner and other old tech stuff.
2 stereo camera track very accurately the position of user’s finger in space and associate it to actions.
Ubiq’window is not new on the market as we launched it in 2003 in Japan. It has been used by largest Japanese companies like NTT DoCoMo (LM3LABS’ historical customer), DNP, NEC, Olympus, or more recently by Panasonic. It is today a mature product that can be deployed in many contexts.
Because it is only computer vision it fits regular shop windows without any complex installation. It stands sun or rain.
There are a lot of crap solutions on the market. As far as I know Ubiq’window is the only serious product to be adopted by so many large companies.
it can be used for large screen interactivity like in the attached picture (a larger one is posted in the photo album). This was done for NTT Intercommunication Center in Tokyo (the temple of Art+Technology) or more commercially for real estate giant Mitsui Fudosan in Chiba (I’ll post a movie soon).
Applications have been incredibly various. It has been used with feet, on fog screens, in the street (Brisbane information center), in executive showrooms.
Ubiq’window positions as an open platform that content creators can use with Flash, Director or simply an html web site.
So Ubiq’window is very complementary to Catchyoo and customers often associate the 2 technologies to immerse their customers in a real interactive experience. We will keep you posted on interesting installation of Ubiq’window.
Ubiq’window’s web site is here.
Without going too far back on what LM3LABS has done in the last 3 years, it is important to present Catchyoo’s applications. Here is the Catchyoo table installed in the showroom in Omotesando/Aoyama (always in Tokyo).
We definitely had to pay a tribute and our office witnesses it!
