Umajin are the 2020 winners of the ATEED Hi-Tech Creative Technology Solution Award. The winner of this category will have developed a product or solution (including hardware, software and/ or services) that uses creative content or interactive design in a genuinely innovative way and can demonstrate how it is positioned for future success. Umajin beat Weta Workshop and IMAGR for the win. Weta Workshop created a mixed-reality game designed for the Magic...

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” — Steve Jobs “Design-thinking firms stand apart in their willingness to engage in the task of continuously redesigning their business…to create advances in both innovation and efficiency - the combination that produces the most powerful competitive edge.” — Roger Martin, author of the Design of Business Design thinking is not just about making objects,...

Umajin’s IoT “Software Factory” brings pre-built modules, automation and AI to the process of rapidly creating complete IoT solutions. Working prototypes can be available in a few days, and a fully functional demonstration solution in a few weeks.  The Internet of Things has seen a lot of hype, but fewer success stories.   Low cost system-on-chip modules that incorporate microcontrollers, sensors, cameras, and networking chips open up a wide range of...

Businesses around the world were caught off guard by the sudden shift to remote working in March of 2020. Work processes were suddenly migrated to Zoom calls. As an interim solution this was the best option available and in some cases it was adequate. There remains considerable uncertainty about when fully staffed offices will return and many individuals have become accustomed to a day that doesn’t include wasting time on...

Introduced at CES 2020, KeyShare Innovation Group http://keyshareus.com/ have created a Hologram Virtual Personal Assistant called ‘Q-Live’, built on the Umajin application system. Q-Live is intended for use in the B2C market to help retailers provide better service and support to their retail customers. KeyShare at CES news article The Umajin Application System was selected for its powerful range of capabilities. Not only did the application need powerful graphical and...

BOSTON, February, 2020 –  The Mob Museum in Las Vegas launched a new interactive app for visitors built on Umajin’s next- generation application development platform. The app uses facial-recognition technology to compare a user’s face to a database of more than 800 images including notable heroes, villains, singers, comedians and entertainers — as well as many others from the mob world — to identify the user’s closest Doppelgangster, such as...

The release of Umajin 3.1 brings with it our new multi-user editing feature.  You can now collaborate with your colleagues directly within the Umajin Editor. The multi-user system allows people to work simultaneously on the same project.  A list of users who are currently logged in to the project is displayed in the top right corner of the Umajin Editor.  Any time a project member makes a change to components...

The Umajin Application System has some big upgrades for version 3.0 including a new look and feel. Umajin Editor   We have gone through the whole application and updated the user interface design of our Umajin Editor to look better on higher resolution displays. The design has then followed on to our Umajin Editor Lite as well. All component and action icons have been updated as well to give a...

Umajin powered the real-time IOT dashboards for PwC connected solutions at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We were also showing off the Umajin Spatial technology that is being deployed in market with the leading hotel brands LINK. There were three custom-built bays loaded with sensors for different vertical markets which were all easily connected up to the Umajin real-time platform. In the amusement and entertainment bay we were showing some...

ARIA was a good opportunity to catch up with others working on AR/VR and to present at MIT about some of our discoveries building co-spaced AR and VR applications. We have found some surprising side effects of having multiple people interacting while collaborating in the real world and in the virtual world. Click for the PRESENTATION LINK We are using an amazing high-speed tracking system from our partner PhaseSpace which allows...