OpenBrolly will be exhibiting at the World Travel Market in London from 07 – 10 November 2011.
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This is a tech blog by OpenBrolly’s Project Director, David Sim.
We keep an eye out for technologies that would interest our clients and Popcorn.JS turns out to be one that has particular potential.
Among other things, it provides a framework for synchronising video with web content. Some scenarios might help you visualise this:
Video in itself is a powerful tool. Complementing it with maps, web links, text descriptions and any other web based content ramps it up from both a marketing and training perspective.
See a demo at Anchored Web (although at the time of writing their server was struggling to serve the video – not a weakness of Popcorn.JS)!
Contact david.sim@openbrolly.com if you have ideas for using the technology or want to know more about the potential.
We are pleased to announce that the iPhone app for the Cairngorm National Park, developed by OpenBrolly, is now live. Press coverage is in this article.
This particular contract had an interesting set of technical challenges to overcome. There is no 3G mobile phone coverage and limited 2G coverage (i.e. no coverage in some places). The client wanted to be able to guide visitors to accommodation, attractions and restaurants across a huge geographic area and therefore location-relevant results were required. Up to date information is essential, particularly for special offers and events.
We addressed these challenges through load balancing data. Pre-loading all the data was not an option – it would rapidly become out of date and, in any case, the volume of data would have meant that the app would have to have been downloaded over WiFi (an Apple restriction) rather than anywhere with a mobile signal. Instead the app gradually populates with information, always looking for the latest information if it can get it.
You can download the application from the app store for free. Search for “Cairngorms”.
At the Circle conference in Abu Dhabi which begins 10 days of the Middle East Film Festival MovieSite has gone live. Abu Dhabi is building a production base for the region and is taking advantage of MovieSite’s location, crew and facilities registration services at this time.
You can read about the launch and the circle conference here.