Charlie Harman,
Tom Bailey in collaboration with Jez riley French Commissioned by Trust New Art Bristol and MAYK as part of Mayfest 2014, Nightwalk is the latest offering from producer Tom Bailey, in collaboration with Jez Riley French. Nightwalk is an immersive wander through the beautiful and historically fascinating Leigh Woods, found…
Charlie Harman,
“Replacing the visual with the sensual and integrating interactive technology within vivid documentary storytelling… this is a blindfolded journey into the psychology of navigation.” This blurb from experimental documentary makers and fellow Pervasive Media Studio residents, Anagram, describes their latest project, Door Into The Dark. Claiming the title of the…
Charlie Harman,
Calvium is extremely excited to be the chosen app developers working once again with Pilot Theatre and starting a new relationship with Historyworks to produce Cycle of Songs: an audio map of Cambridge devised by Helen Weinstein from her idea for a walking sound poem, funded by Arts Council England, a commission managed by…
Charlie Harman,
iBeacons & BLE technology seem to be everywhere at the moment. So what’s all the fuss about? Our blog will tell you what iBeacon & BLE technology involves and what Calvium has been using it for… The concept of a beacon has been present for years. Most simplistically, a beacon…
Jo Reid,
We are using our own Experience Design Framework to structure the UCAN Go project which we introduced last month. The four main sectors in the framework help organise : thinking around who the design target user is, where the app will get used and to note significant factors about the context what…
Kieron Gurner,
App technology and culture moves quickly, from the explosion of published apps in recent years, to the changing sales techniques employed by app publishers. Now a messaging app, WeChat, is experimenting with selling smartphones to its customers with resounding success.
Kieron Gurner,
There’s been a gradual increase in the amount of money it costs to get people using your app since smartphones became popular, but new figures show that this could be about to change, and its encouraging apps to become more targeted and engaging.
Jo Reid,
We are proud to have Calvium featured in the Observer as one of Bristol’s leading tech startups. Featured in Tech Monthly in this week’s Observer as one of the sixteen leading tech startups in Bristol & Bath. You can read the story here but you will need to see the paper to…
Kieron Gurner,
At the start of this year, we had a look at the difference between Android and iOS user behaviour, so as we near the start of another year, what’s changed?
Kieron Gurner,
Mobile gaming is on the rise, with sales of games on Android and iOS fast becoming serious contenders to the handheld consoles already on the market. As device technology improves, and mobile technology becomes ever more ingrained in our lives, people might start wanting more interesting ways to interact with your organisation.
Kieron Gurner,
Mobile activities are all about context. The place, time, situation and surroundings all play a role in the way people think about and use technology. Smart phones have had such a massive impact on our lives because they enable us, in previously computer-free environments. But in what kind of contexts are people using tablets?
Kieron Gurner,
The majority of the apps in the marketplace aren’t making the millions that Angry Birds has, but this doesn’t mean that these apps don’t have value. The best way to enter into app development is to consider the potential for marketing and a new form of engagement with your customers. The app market is notoriously over-populated now, and more apps are being added daily, so how do you make the most of publishing your app, if it’s not about the money?