Future of Screens: LG Wallpaper TV

Image: LG

In an announcement that is going to make your current flat screen body conscious, this week LG announced the launch of the “Wallpaper TV". The Wallpaper TV is the latest development in screen technology - using breakthrough, albeit outrageously expensive, curved screen and OLED technology. But, the future looks bright if you are itching to clip your TV to your wall like a magnet to your fridge as soon as possible, the costs are being reduced dramatically every month as efficiencies and breakthroughs continue. Read more on specifications here.

What does this mean for digital tables? 

While this isn’t touch screen technology, this development means a lot for the DIGITABLE. Where the TV is about entertainment, the digital table is about interaction. Efficiencies in screen technologies, making them smaller, more flexible and more affordable, mean we are one step closer to having more screens in more places. One day, flexible touch screens such as the LG Wallpaper TV will be able to be applied to any table surface and comprehensive, capable multi-user interfaces will be there to work in symbiosis with us; we are that much closer to a world of enriched collaboration. Bring on the Wallpaper TV!

Check out our website for more details on our latest collaboration and productivity technology.

A revolution in technology… what's next?

Pioneering technology since 2008

The nsquared digitable has come a long way since 2008.

Back then, when massive multi-touch technology was still being realised, we only had the Microsoft Surface 1 to work with.

We recognised the huge potential for education, as a tool for collaborative learning and teamwork development. Personal devices might not have been as pervasive then as they are now, but technology was still focussed on the individual. Because of nsquared's vision, we have helped libraries, university students and school children advance their learning through teamwork. Our promise and vision was clear. We became Australia's first Microsoft Surface strategic partner.

Always on the forefront of technology, we were pioneers of the Samsung SUR40 technology complete with Microsoft PixelSense once it was released. We once again received incredible attention for our efforts in using this technology and we became Australia's first Microsoft Premier Partner Award for Pixelsense.

And most recently, we achieved the highest commendation for technology design in Sydney last year, winning the technology category in the Sydney 2014 Design Awards.

We have proven ourselves to be trailblazers, but this is only the beginning.

In the next few weeks, we are excited to announce,  we will be launching our latest table. With absolute care and consideration taken down to microscopic detail, this digitable is the most sophisticated yet.

Designed specifically for business,  this table will give you the most efficient and productive meetings you and your team have ever experienced.

To learn more, send us an inquiry at info@nsquaredsolutions.com. Much more to be announced soon.

Our Digitable55 in 2014

Wrapping Up The Easter Show

After nearly two weeks of fun, and swollen from showbag goodness, yesterday nsquared wrapped up our time at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. What were we doing there? Lockyer Valley Regional Council was looking for an engaging display to set them apart from the mass of stands, and we were there to give them the solution they were looking for. We provided our friends at Lockyer Valley with one of our digitables complete with a range of nsquared apps and the response was overwhelming.

 As Australia's largest annual event, the Show had a huge turnout, nearly 900,000 people passed through its gates this year. Based on the rate of people coming through the Lockyer Valley stand, we would guess a large portion of Showgoers got their fingers on our digitable too. To demonstrate the great response we had, here are some estimates from our time at the Show:

4,420 pairs of cards matched in nsquared Snap

2,300 words made in nsquared Makewords

11,220 animals counted in nsquared Herding

254 masterpieces painstakingly composed in nsquared Paint

7,560 beautiful photographs and videos of Lockyer Valley scrolled through and engaged with on our nsquared Attractor app

Such a fantastic turnout with great feedback from both old and new friends is exciting for the whole nsquared team. It's always great to see new people collaborating and connecting on a table together. We look forward to seeing everyone again next year!

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. 

Did you know that we are creating a new content pack every month?

We have a dedicated software development team here at nsquared who create a new and exciting content pack on a monthly basis. These content packs are made for our educational and games applications: nsquared makewords, nsquared herding, nsquared snap, nsquared missing card, and nsquared jigsaw.

Each month we send our existing clients a notification advising them of the new content pack. Additionally, customers have the option to create content packs themselves using nsquared's online education admin portal.

Here is a quick synopsis of these applications:

• nsquared makewords: promote collaboration and competition by teaching your students how to spell.
• nsquared snap: a fantastic exercise for the classroom to get young minds thinking and their memory working.
• nsquared herding: a multi-user game that teaches object recognition and counting.
• nsquared missing card: help students solve maths problems using this pattern-matching game.
• nsquared jigsaw: get the students working together to put the pieces back together.

Get your students excelling with our latest content pack, 'Difficult Animals'!

If engaging your students is important to you, contact us for more details on 02 9262 3386.

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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