LM3LABS and partners are thrilled to introduce the Tokyo Interactive Center (TinC), Tokyo’s first community dedicated to interaction and user experience (UX).

We hear more and more about “interactivity”, “touch” or “experience” from many different areas, from researchers at universities, large and small technology companies, advertising agencies, creators and artists and of course end-users, thanks in no small part to the success of the iPhone and other “multi-touch” appliances.

But all these different audiences never got the chance to meet and exchange their views on interactivity. Until now. The TinC is the first place where all interested parties can meet and work together.

For LM3LABS and other founding partners, interactivity is not (only) futuristic touch-screens as in the movie Minority Report. Interactivity is already available today in many form factors and there is much more than just “touch” to provide a unique user experience. The goal of the TinC is to showcase what is possible today, and to imagine the future applications of interactivity. TinC’s founding partners are looking forward to a productive discussion between architects, artists, researchers, universities, technologists and more.

In the coming weeks, we will give more details on what we have in store for the Center. There is a lot coming in 2010, so watch this space!

http://tokyointeract.org

Captured lived on location by Mosaic’s AJ, Lewis Hamilton plays with Ubiq’window right before Singapore F1.

AirStrike will be presented on Nihon TV (Nitele) on June 7, 8pm JST
as part of the program "The Most Useful School in the World".

This primetime program is aimed at explaining new technologies to Japanese with guest stars as students.
This is one of the best and most popular program in Japan.
The stars were presented AirStrike and they could play with the interactive system.

As
this world is small we were there with interactivity specialist Alvaro
Cassinelli from Tokyo University. He presented an interesting obstacle
detection helmet.
On the picture below we see here LM3’s Yumiko playing with the tool. We had plently of time
talking about user interaction, laser, products, collaboration…

Just to provide some ideas about the ambiance we post some pictures
which will not tell too much about the content… You will have to wait.

Ok, it is Friday and it has been a great week.

Just for the fun, here is a movie from Japanese TV featuring Catchyoo.

Yes, this is just usual Japanese TV… enjoy…

Catchyoo is deployed in many churches in Japan. It enhances cult ceremonies and integrates very well into the architecture.

The design can be easily changed from week to week, personalized for weddings, customized to baptisms, Easter, Xmas, etc…

Officers can easy manage the content themselves without knowledge about computing.

Going to church in Japan is like a renewed experience.

This is the day…

Happy Chinese New Year to all our partners and customers in the Far East hemisphere !!

This year of the Rat is to be prosperous and definitely a great year for China.

We wish you great fortune and great health for this new year.

… like a picture wall. What a dream.

ubiq’window let’s you access information like Flickr archive and timeline a totally new way, navigating naturally with hands and finger.

We wish a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year 2008 to all our partners all around the world.

2007 was a great year, 2008 will be full of surprises. New products, new businesses, new opportunities.

In the meantime, we wish you happiness in your homes !!