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January
14th, 2008
Join us at Content Convergence and Integration 2008 |
How many times in the past few months have you heard references to user-generated content, social media, personalization, and open architectures? What these terms mean and how they apply to organizations, individuals, businesses, and marketers is the focus of .
The event is being held March 12th - 14th, 2008 at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre. New media and software professionals from across North America will host keynotes, panels, and workshops that look at the new challenges inherent in an environment of portable technologies and shared communication platforms.
Ubiquity's Leora Kornfeld has been invited to host a . The session offers a look at a selection of of mobile installations to date, provides some of the latest theoretical thinking in the area of mobile experience, and includes a group design component that challenges participants to bring the knowledge from their respective fields together to create the framework for a mobile content campaign.
More information about Content Convergence & Integration 2008 can be found. |
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October
1st , 2007
The fall season at Ubiquity |
With the change of the season it is also time for the exchange of ideas. Ubiquity will have a presence at a number of key academic and mobile industry events this fall, keeping up to date with the latest developments among researchers, practitioners, and the enterprise community.
Our work in will be presented by our partners at Simon Fraser University's School of Interactive Arts & Technology at this year's (International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting), being held in Toronto from October 24th - 26th.
Look for us at at Boston's Hynes Convention Center November 13th - 15th, the first event to bring together industry leaders and thought leaders in the mobile space to discuss such issues as mobile as marketplace, mobile as ecosystem, and mobile as a shared, social, communicative platform.
On November 16th and 17th we will be participating in MIT's 2nd annual , presented by C3, the Convergence Culture Consortium. The event features 2 days of panels that look at issues related to new media platforms and their implications for content creators, consumers, broadcasters, and advertisers. |
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June
1st , 2007
Presenting our user research study |
Our innovative approach to making interpretive, rich media commentary available on demand to mobile devices has been recognized by a number of key industry organizations.
Leora Kornfeld has been invited to present the company’s pioneering work with mobile technologies at the 2nd annual , hosted by the National Association for Interpretation (NAI). Delegates from over 30 countries convened in Vancouver to explore new approaches to cultural interpretation. On March 25th, 2007 Leora participated in a panel entitled “Storytelling on every scale”, alongside Jan Sircus of Maple Leaf Studios and Ron Pears of Aldrich Pears Associates. The panel presentation provided insights into visitor experience spanning the macro to the micro levels, considering the roles played by personalized interactive media, specialty film and video productions, and full-scale themed environments.
On Tuesday May 15th, 2007 Leora presented metroCode’s work at the 101st annual in Chicago. The session, entitled “", offered a comparative picture of the current state of mobile touring technologies, examining such questions as new opportunities for visitor engagement and participation afforded by cell phones, and the benefits and challenges of working with this new platform. The presentation provides an overview of the user studies conducted in conjunction with Nokia and Simon Fraser University’s School of Communication. The session was chaired by Peter Samis, Associate Curator, Interpretation, at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art, and panelists included Johanna Jones of Randi Korn & Associates (San Francisco) and Glenda Sims of the Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, TX). |
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June
1st , 2006
Getting people talking...and listening...via cell phone
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| We have launched our next phase of mobile device offerings with Phase 1 of metroCode,
and a . Since going live in May, the tour has received
a flurry of attention from the press and close to a thousand
calls from Vancouver residents and visitors. to see what the press has been saying about this latest development in mobile communication. |
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| April
28th, 2006
The VUEguide by Ubiquity
recognized with Gold Award from American Association
of Museums
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| The VUEguide by Ubiquity
has been recognized for its excellence in cultural interpretation
with a prestigious from the American Association of Museums (AAM).
On April 27th, 2006 Ubiquity attended this year’s awards ceremony,
held in Boston to coincide with the 100th anniversary
of the AAM. Ubiquity accepted the award for the
VUEguide installation at Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology,
launched in the Spring of 2005. The handheld multimedia
VUEguide netted the award for excellence in interpretive
media in the area of history and culture. |
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| April
13th, 2006
VUEguide
named as finalist in Canadian New Media Awards |
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The
released the list of finalists
for the 6th annual Canadian New Media Awards. Named
in the category of Excellence in Culture/Lifestyle/Arts
is the VUEguide by Ubiquity.
Every year, a panel of esteemed
industry experts collaborate to select the finalists.
This year's cross-country selection committee consisted
of 135 judges, representing private, public and non-profit
sectors. 15 awards will be handed out to the Canadian
new media industry's most prominent advocates and entrepreneurs
on May 29th, 2006 at the Carlu in Toronto. Hailing from
almost every province in Canada, finalists include companies
and individuals accomplished in the digital interactive
media space. |
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| April
12th, 2006
Making the city clickable |
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Interactive, creators of the award winning VUEguide
(a multimedia handheld device designed for use in museums),
has developed a new mobile content delivery system
called metroCode. metroCode makes the city “clickable”
for anyone with a cell phone, delivering information
instantly in a form that today’s consumers are
familiar with. metroCode allows users to obtain information
about the city’s arts, entertainment and lifestyle
experiences with just one call. |
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