StoryTrails, part of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, is an immersive storytelling experience taking place in 15 towns and cities across the UK this summer. Town squares, libraries, streets and cinemas will be transformed into virtual portals through which to explore stories of historical change. Harnessing the magic of immersive storytelling bringing to life untold stories from […]
Beovision Harmony Berluti Edition – TV as Sculpture
Look at this remarkable combination of art and technology – when not in use, the 77-inch Beovision Harmony Berluti Edition TV folds down into a sculptural piece of art. The exceptionally fine Berluti leather panels partially cover the LG 4k screen, then fan out raising the screen to viewing height at the flick of a […]
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains Presented by Pink Floyd, the V&A, and Iconic Entertainment Studios Sound Experience by Sennheiser. Only one month until the blockbuster exhibition of the year opens! #TheirMortalRemains is the first international retrospective of one of the world’s most pioneering and influential bands. The exhibition will take you through Pink […]
RocketSpace to open London campus for tech startups
RocketSpace is opening a state-of-the-art campus in London for funded high-growth tech startups. Since launching in 2011, members have included more than 750 tech startups and 16 billion dollar “unicorns” including Uber, Blippar, SuperCell and Spotify. The campus, yards from Angel Tube station, will have 1,500 work stations at its opening in early 2017. The offering is office-as-a-service, a […]
Get Closer To The Music and Other Fans with SecondScreen
So there you are at a concert, everybody’s fiddling with their phones, streaming, tweeting, posting – all over the place. SecondScreen have developed an app that can link us all up together, at the one point in time, on the same platform just when wanted to be connected. Imagine that – one communal digital space capturing all the buzz and excitement […]
Slendertone Connect Abs – Work It Like Usain Bolt
Get this before Christmas and trust me, you’ll enjoy the festive season even more, but not because this toning belt is a “get out of jail free” card! Slendertone have launched Connect Abs, the world’s first toning belt to be controlled and monitored via a mobile app. At the moment it’s only iOS compatible and there’s an android roll-out […]
THEATRE: By The End Of Us ‘Live Video Game’
By The End Of Us is a ‘Live Video Game’: performed by actors, live-streamed to theatres in real-time. With new player interactions every night, no two productions will ever be the same. It’s a new strand in immersive and digital arts. The show follows assassin Mia Culper (geddit?) fitted with a camera and microphone live-streaming a […]
Banknotes come to life to tell the story of the Queen’s reign with Blippar
Blippar, the image recognition and augmented reality app, is bringing all Bank of England banknotes to life this week to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II becoming the nation’s longest serving monarch. For the next four days people will be able to ‘blipp’ (scan) any Bank of England note with their smartphones to watch videos, view image galleries […]
Marriott Hotel’s Virtual 4-D Travel Experience – Teleport Yourself to Maui
If your holidays are all about the sun on your face and the wind in your hair then you are in a for a treat – without having to board a plane, queue at passport control or lose your luggage at the carousel. Marriott Hotels is pioneering the future of travel by inviting people to ‘get teleported’ with […]
FESTIVAL: Starmus III with Stephen Hawking in Tenerife
Starmus, a highlight on the calendar of the brightest minds in science and space, will take place from June 27th – 2nd July 2016 in Tenerife under the theme Beyond the Horizon – Tribute to Stephen Hawking. At a launch event in the Royal Astronomical Society in Piccadilly there was an expectant hush as Prof. Stephen Hawking came into the […]