#RTV2015

This week is the annual  "Realizing the Vision of a Connected World" symposium, hosted by American material innovation company Corning. The event itself is focussed on understanding and projecting the future of technology by bringing together some of the world's juiciest brains to ignite and inspire discussion ; asking us the questions that most of us would find so difficult. Where are we going? Why? And significantly, how?

Amongst a host of distinguished speakers such as Dr Genevieve Bell, Vice President of Intel, and Dr Bill Buxton, principal researcher at Microsoft, will be our founder and director Dr Neil Roodyn - see him here on stage at a talk earlier this week. Having been involved in the software development industry since the 1980s, Neil will be shedding some insight into where he sees the future, and how he is realising his vision.

Corning's "Realizing the Vision" symposium is a landmark event on the calendar for any tech-head and the event itself will highlight the exciting possibilities technology has to offer, and will give us a glimpse into the near and not-too-near future. Corning is perhaps best known for their viral "A Day Made of Glass" video series, a snapshot of the future where every surface is interactive and technology is seamless.

The event itself, hosted in Mountain View California, will contain some select cutting-edge technologies depicted in Corning's "A Day Made of Glass" series such as mirrored interactive displays and other exciting visionary technology.

Glass is such an important part of our modern technologies that we need to consider how our world would look without modern glass. We are living in the Age of Glass, check out the latest videos by our friends the Mythbusters.

Sydney Royal Easter Digitable Show

 

There is no doubt about it, roaming the swathes of booths at the Sydney Royal Easter Show makes you feel like a little kid again. All the food, rides, noise, lollies, smells, food processing units… it's as if the Show hit Ctrl+C from your memory and pasted itself straight into Olympic Park. This year there is something new, however, something you might not be expecting…

Lockyer Valley has decided to add an exciting immersive element to their display. Instead of a standard PowerPoint scrolling in the background, the folk at Lockyer Valley have put one of nsquared's digitables at the centre of their stand. An exciting bit of technology to make anyone feel like a kid again, Lockyer Valley are using nsquared apps to draw in the crowds. A fun interactive display of photos, on our nsquared attractor app, of life in Lockyer Valley, enables the crowds can flip through images at their leisure. Lockyer Valley has also included a collection of immersive farm games to keep the hoards of kids busy; nsquared paint, nsquared makewords, nsquared herding, and nsquared snap.  Check out the photos from the first day of the event. If you're at the Easter Show this year be sure to come say hi and check out our digitable! 

The Sydney Royal Easter Show gets collaborating

It's that time of year again! The Sydney Royal Easter Show is back and bigger than ever! Joining the excitement this year will be our client Lockyer Valley Regional Council. Lockyer Valley is a major hub for agriculture in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range near Toowoomba in Queensland and they are here to show off their delicious goods.

Lockyer Valley Regional Council has decided to include nsquared's tabletop software on a digital table to show off their region with an immersive display. They will be using our software developed right here in Sydney to display all the rich and diverse produce coming out of their region. The applications they have chosen to run include nsquaredattractor, nsquaredpaint, nsquaredmakewords, nsquaredherding, and nsquaredsnap.

Come and see us at the Home Garden and Lifestyle arena at the Sydney Royal Easter Show between the 26th of March and 8th of April to get the full nsquared experience!

Our new and improved interface

2015 has seen the release of  nsquared's new radial shell. Integrating web, documents, and content sharing has allowed multiple users to collaborate and share, all at the same time, on the same screen.

We noticed that users wanted to run multiple apps at once, as apposed to a single purpose app. Now with our redesigned interface, you can browse the web and present content simultaneously.

See how Sydney's Novotel, Darling Harbour is using nsquared radial shell

If you want to get hands on with nsquared's radial shell, get in contact with us and find out if there is a location near you that has already started using nsquared's new radial shell.

Collaborating with Microsoft Office files has never been easier

nsquared documents is excellent for bringing content to your meetings. Gather your team around your nsquared digitable and discuss information stored in your Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint files. Your files can easily be explored on the table from the network or a USB drive. Make nsquared documents your focus point at meetings. Get your team or clients engaging with the content and collaborating together.

nsquared documents enables:

1. Support for most common Microsoft Office file formats
2. Simultaneous multi-user exploration of file content
3. Access to files on the network or a USB drive

To find out more check out the product video here. 

nsquared's new meeting room table

The Porter is Sydney's exclusive business lounge, located in the CBD. We're very excited to announce that our new meeting room table is now part of their lounge space as of this week. Members are free to use the table as a collaborative tool in their meetings to increase productivity and engagement.

Our vision is to enable you to gather with your team and work as one. Why not see for yourself by leaving your personal devices and print outs behind and experience the difference in engagement first hand?

 At nsquared we believe the actions involved in a meeting are made more efficient when using a digital table.

Here are the benefits we have already discovered while communicating around our digital table:

• Collaborating. Working with the content as well as the people is a crucial part of any meeting. 
• Brainstorming. Solving problems, creating solutions, and conceptualising ideas has never been easier with the use of a digital table.
• Presenting. Creating presentations and integrating other digital devices has become seamless.
• Sharing. Sharing media and documents with your team can be done with the touch of a finger.

Want to see the latest nsquared digitable in action?

Contact us for a demo

02 9262 3386

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Get collaborating with interactive meetings

How important do you think collaboration is? We've noticed that our personal devices have been leading us in the wrong direction when it comes to engaging in meetings. They give off a sense of solitude and seclusion.

Why not turn presentations into collaborative meetings? Get your clients or colleagues engaging with the content rather than just presenting it to them. Keep their attention by creating an emotional attachment between themselves and the information you're presenting.

Occasionally people with outstanding presentation skills can keep us focused on the content. Most of us are not great orators and need a lot of help to keep our audience engaged.  However when you are involved in working together as a team, you find that you stay focused for longer. The benefit of keeping people engaged is that everyone participates and remains focused on the content being discussed. The conversation becomes something that the participants will recall even when the meeting is over.

Get your hands on a digital table and watch your meetings become a lot more affective and concise. Leave your isolating meetings in the past and get collaborating on an nsquared digitable!

This year, make time for the important things

At this time of year we often think about setting new goals and resolutions, and how this year will be better than the last.

We at nsquared believe that we need to use our time efficiently throughout the day. During meetings our minds can be easily led astray and attention can be lost by distractions on our personal devices.

To have efficient and engaging meetings, you need to think about how people are interacting and engaging with each other as well as the content.

There are a number of things you can do to help people put their devices away. Here are a few tips and hints that we live by:

• Interesting Content. One of the easiest ways to keep people focused is to feed them content that keeps their ears open and wanting more.  

• Personal devices are forbidden. These are high contenders of worst distractions to have at meetings. Take it from the pros, and leave your tablets, phones and laptops at your desk next time you go to a meeting.  

• Invest in an nsquared digitable. We've managed to keep our meetings exciting by getting our team collaborating and engaging around a digital table. With a digital table, you can be assured that all eyes will be focused on the same content, and interaction levels will go through the roof.