Technology
How We Did It: 3D Video for Jay Jay’s Dance-Off Campaign
By Steve Woolcock at April 8, 2010 | 2:00 pm | 2 Comments
A quick introduction, as this is my first post to the VJ blog: I'm Stephen Woolcock and I head up the Interactive Development department here at Visual Jazz. As Sammi stated in his recent post "More on the 3D from the Jay Jays Dance Off campaign", 3D is so hot right now. Everyone is going nuts about it, so we wanted to get in on the action and Jay Jays provided us with more...
More on the 3D from the Jay Jays Dance Off campaign
By Sammi Needham at April 1, 2010 | 2:50 pm | 2 Comments
3D is so hot right now. Up, Avatar, Alice, Spiderman, Tron, Desktop mag, .net mag, Woman's day even! YouTube, it looks like every piece of mainstream media is going nuts about 3D and in cinema, it’s a strong bid to get bums on seats again. At VJ, we've been hanging to get in on some of this sweet 3D action, and the high movie-going demographic our new client Jay Jays more...
Checking in to foursquare
By Sammi Needham at February 23, 2010 | 7:17 pm | 1 Comments
Another Sunday night is over, and so ends another race to the top of the foursquare leader board. Everyone is getting very competitive in the Visual Jazz offices about their check-ins and points balances in the latest social media craze taking social media boffins by storm. FourSquare in a nutshell, by foursquare... foursquare is a cross between a friend-finder, a more...
Little things make all the difference
By Simon T Small at February 5, 2010 | 9:00 am | 1 Comments
Yes, the internet is wonderful - we all know that - and a recent video by Omniture illustrates the potential power of the data available in digital marketing. During the Obama campaign they ran some tests on these buttons with slight copy variations... Which button do you think performed the best? Well, I guessed Donate Now, based on some previous tests I'd ran more...
New display technology, get it right.
By Erik Hallander at January 14, 2010 | 11:40 pm | 1 Comments
Although I do miss the ultra bulky CRT monitors of the past (mostly for nostalgic reasons admittedly) it's fairly staggering how swiftly the display market is evolving. With Plasma and LCD TV's probably getting slowly phased out to make room for LED and Laser TV's, the computer display market has an equal gargantuan rate of evolution. Just recently, Samsung more...
3D. It looks like the web is getting ready.
By Sammi Needham at January 11, 2010 | 11:20 am | 0 Comment
Before Avatar and the mad 3D crazy that is sweeping the world, i went to see Up in 3D and was super impressed by it's subtle and tasteful use of 3D. After watching the previews before the film and being surprised that there was so much 3D production going on i've started looking into the use of 3D on the web. If you've ever looked into it, you'll know that it's not easy more...
Nexus one confirmed to support Flash Player 10.1
By Erik Hallander at January 11, 2010 | 10:00 am | 0 Comment
After following what can only be described as a debacle regarding the ubiquitous iPhone and lack of Flash, it's surprisingly refreshing to see another platform straight out say 'Yep. It'll be supported, and not only that, we'll continue to update the firmware for later releases'. Granted, the video announcement from Google does leave you with a lot of questions (for more...
Ever wanted to fly a mini helicopter with your iphone?
By Chris Phillips at January 8, 2010 | 4:27 pm | 3 Comments
I haven't. But for those who have... your dreams are close to being answered: From Mashable Using the touch controls and accelerometer of the iPhone (iPhone) or iPod touch, you can control the device while connected over Wi-Fi. It’s designed to be used both inside or out in the open. Read more info on more...
The value of new technology
By Grant Henderson at December 18, 2009 | 4:22 pm | 0 Comment
One of the most awesome things about working in the digital space is the way this space constantly changes and evolves, giving us new ways to express our ideas; augmented reality, Facebook connect, large and exciting new rich media advertising placements... The pitfall though, is in allowing these emerging platforms for our ideas become the idea itself. Forcing a more...
Wanna find out where your favourite film was shot? Filmaps is your answer
By Stuart Sheridan at November 11, 2009 | 1:09 pm | 0 Comment
Filmaps is rapidly creating a crowd-powered database of filming locations around the world. Users can search by location or film title to bring up a Google Map that features location photos from Panoramio and videos from You Tube. Since its launch in January this year 998 films have been mapped in 2363 locations. Filmaps adds social elements through Facebook and Twitter more...