Jo Morrison,
After director George Lucas’ debut movie THX-1138 flopped at the box office, Francis Ford Coppola told him the problem was a lack of emotional engagement of his audience. Lucas, rather cynically, said: “Emotionally involving the audience is easy. Anybody can do it blindfolded, get a little kitten and have some…
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Jo Morrison,
Bristol – Calvium’s birthplace and home – is crammed with innovation and creativity. Brilliantly unorthodox, future-focused and endlessly inspiring, the city is part of our DNA. It’s one of the UK’s most significant places for tech innovation outside London, and given its history, this is no surprise. It has a…
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Charlie Harman,
Ask yourself: what is an app? Your mind will undoubtedly settle immediately on mobile apps. After all, 130 billion of them were downloaded from the Apple App Store to 2016, and a further 65 billion from Google Play. The value of the global mobile app economy is set to hit…
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Jo Morrison,
App development demands choices. Are we building a downloadable app for iOS or Android – or a web-based app that can run on any device? This question isn’t solely about compatibility or user base (although they’re definitely factors to consider) – there are rumblings of disquiet from online commentators about…
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Jo Morrison,
Businesses the world over currently face a huge number of challenges: the impact of Brexit and other political upheavals, changes in demography and sociology, and an increased focus – from the media and consumers alike – on ethics. But there’s one single issue that affects us all on a far…
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Kieron Gurner,
Picture the scene. You’re walking down a cobbled street, surrounded by beautifully preserved buildings taking in the stonework, the history, lost in a world of sights and sounds. With every step you’re more and more immersed in the beauty, the depth, the history, and then… squelch. You look down and…
Jo Morrison,
For those not in the know, Google I/O and Apple’s WWDC are the year’s definitive app tech events. The two biggest players in the industry set out their roadmaps, and – with virtually all app engineers designing for their operating systems – the rest of the industry follows. Last year,…
Charlie Harman,
“Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together”, says British industrial engineer Sir James Dyson. “It’s coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.” When it comes to these three key pillars of engineering design, few innovations have proved as revolutionary as The…
Charlie Harman,
It’s no secret that we believe in the transformative effect placemaking can have on a space. While we predominantly work with digital, we are fascinated by how technology can be fused with architecture and the built environment to create character in spaces. You may like: A guide to 21st century…
Louise Hobson,
We’re excited to be embarking on a new R&D Digital Placemaking project in Porth Teigr, Cardiff Bay – one of Europe’s most significant waterfront development projects led by igloo and the Welsh Government. Physical spaces can no longer be separated from their digital dimensions – cities have become hybrid spaces…
Jo Morrison,
Art in its purely physical sense, be it octopus murals or favela painting, has been a feature of successful placemaking even before the term was coined. And art has been blurring the lines between the physical landscape and the technological one for decades, in the same way that digital technology…
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Jo Morrison,
‘The Lost Palace’ is a collaboration between Historic Royal Palaces, theatre makers Uninvited Guests, interaction designers Chomko & Rosier and us, creative technologists and app developers, Calvium. Using a combination of bespoke handheld devices, binaural 3D sound and haptic technology, visitors are led on an immersive adventure that allows them…