When I started this blog, almost 4 years ago, it was a personal blog about my journey as a student in the (back then absolutely new) multi-touch world. Jeff Han’s TED video was just uploaded to Youtube and googling for “multitouch” returned about 3 hits.
Over time, this blog has become the home of our company NUITEQ.
Though I do want to share something with you, that is completely not multi-touch related, but that I’m proud of having been involved in.
In addition to NUITEQ, other exciting things are happening in Skellefteå.
In 2008 a group of students from the local Lulea Technical University (LTU) in Skelleftea, received the award Best Game of the Year during the Swedish Game Awards for their game Magicka.
Not that much later they decided to start their own company Arrowhead Games Studios AB, to try to make this game into a commercial effort. (NUITEQ had the privilege to recruit two talented people of their original team)
I saw great potential in these guys/this game, so together with a friend of mine Pradeep George, who is also a board member at NUITEQ, we joined their advisory board for 6 months in the early days.
Though no longer being personally involved, I’m very proud of what they have achieved. They have released their game Magicka and sold 30 000 copies during the first 24 hours. Released January 25, by January 31 it had become the week’s best-selling title on Steam and GamersGate, placing second on Direct2Drive.
Despite a few bugs that the team is fixing rapidly, this game is a big hit. They got featured on Wired and Fox within a few days and by all the major gaming review sites. People all over the shop from Latin America, to Pakistan bought this game.
This game kicks serious ass, check the video below and you can own it for a ridiculous 10 dollar.
I’m looking forward to what more we can expect from Arrowhead.
NUITEQ’s Business Development Manager Dennis Mohi attended BETT, the largest educational technology show in London on 12 - 14 of January.
Image: Network and Cabling having fun while playing the game Wong in Snowflake
Image: Education industry giant Promethean used Snowflake on their multi-touch interactive whiteboards to attract large crowds to their booth
Image: People having fun with the game Bugs on the Promethean booth
Image: Sourcetech showcased Snowflake and several new educational multi-touch software applications developed by NUITEQ on their true multi-touch hardware solutions
The BETT show was a large success for NUITEQ as most of the companies that showcased their multi-touch hardware solutions, used Snowflake to highlight the capabilities of this technology.
As education is an important market vertical for NUITEQ, we were very happy to see the great amount of positive feedback our multi-touch software received.
Its rewarding to see how our product can be used in educational scenarios to help children improve the way they learn.
Last week I was in Los Angeles attending the Red Herring Global Forum to present NUITEQ in the finals of this prestigious innovative technology industry award program.
I’m excited to announce that after winning the 2010 Red Herring 100 Europe in mid 2010, NUITEQ now has won the 2010 Red Herring 100 Global Award!
Through this way, I want to thank all our employees for working very hard on innovative and creative multi-touch software solutions.
Furthermore I want to thank our clients and partners for their business, inspiration and feedback, without our loyal and new customers we wouldn’t be able to run this business.
Additionally I want to thank our competitors for their inspiration and the drive to stay focused to ensure that end of the day the end clients get the best possible solutions.
I believe that this award is not only an award for our company, clients and partners, but in my opinion it is also an award to the industry, to show that multi-touch is a game changer and will have a massive impact on the way people interact with computers now and in the future.
Also I’d like to thank the Red Herring organization for making this award possible and creating such an amazing platform for entrepreneurs, angels and VC’s to connect with each other.
Image: Together with Red Herrings Chairman Alex Vieux
27 January 2011
NUITEQ Awarded as a prestigious Red Herring Global 100 Winner
Red Herring Unveils Global 100 of Tech Startups
Santa Monica, California, USA / Skellefteå, Sweden - January 27 2011 - Red Herring announced its Global 100 award in recognition of the leading private companies from North America, Europe, and Asia, celebrating these startups’ innovations and technologies across their respective industries.
Red Herring’s Global 100 list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Google, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, YouTube, eBay and many others would change the way we live and work.
“Choosing the best out of the previous three years was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, Chairman of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed down our list from 1,200 potential companies to 200 finalists. Trying to get it down to 100 companies was a task upon itself. NUITEQ should be extremely proud of its achievement, the competition was difficult.”
“It is an incredible honor to be a Red Herring Global 100 Winner. Previous award winners include Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape and YouTube, so that says something about how prestigious this listing is.”, says NUITEQ’s CEO Harry van der Veen. “I’m thankful for everybody that made this possible and we are now looking forward with this trophy in our pocket, to raise our next round of venture capital to accelerate the growth of our exciting business.”
Red Herring’s editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of startups relative to their sector peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the greatest business opportunities from around the world.
About NUITEQ
NUITEQ is a Swedish technology company that offers advanced off the shelf and customized multi-touch software solutions. Late 2010, the company was awarded the 10th most promising tech startup in the world. Its software product Snowflake Suite, which received a Stevie Awards finalist recognition for Best New Product or Service of the Year 2009 - Media & Entertainment, is available to end clients, software developers, system integrators, VARs and OEMs.
NUITEQ’s vision is to improve the way people interact with technology, by creating engaging user interface experiences. Visit www.nuiteq.com for more information.
NUITEQ is offering this week only, a 50% discount on a life time license of Snowflake Suite, to companies that are showcasing at ISE in Amsterdam, next week.
Send us your booth number to apply for the discount. Additionally we will feature you in our after event report here on this blog at multitouch.nl
Furthermore NUITEQ’s Business Development Manager Dennis Mohi will visit your stand to have an in depth discussion on how to leverage multi-touch technology to help increase your sales, brand awareness and customer loyalty. Dennis can be reached on his mobile: +46 705 732 233
Max 2 licenses per account.
Snowflake comes bundled with over 20 multi-touch software applications such as games, a PDF product brochure viewer, special effects and other media viewers that allow you to showcase your own 3D models, product images and product videos.
The benefit of utilizing Snowflake, other than the rich arsenal of applications that come bundled with it, is the fact that you can customize the entire look and feel of the software. This way, you create your own branded solution, by easily replacing images, videos, backgrounds, logos et.
In addition to our off the shelf multi-touch software product Snowflake, we specialize in customizing multi-touch software solutions. Are you attending a special event in the upcoming months and want to create an unique experience to engage and connect with prospects in a powerful new way? Let us know and we’ll assist you in generating high quality leads that will result in more long lasting valuable relationships for your company.
Snowflake and the service and support that comes with it rocks, but don’t take our word for it, find out what our clients and partners have to say about it.
“NUITEQ’s suite of Snowflake applications demonstrates the creativity and fun consumers can have using multi-touch functionality where they can use multiple touch points to interact with the software. ” - Lenny Engelhardt - VP Business Development, N-trig (Israel)
“In March 2010 at CeBIT in Germany, we saw Snowflake Suite on every exhibition stand which presented multi-touch displays.” - Stefanie Harnau - CEO, data-touch GmbH (Germany)
You can find more testimonials from our clients and partners here.
Skellefteå, Sweden / Saint Petersburg, Russia – 19 January 2011 – NUITEQ®, the award winning multi-touch software technology company, announced today they have signed an OEM licensing agreement with TouchWorld, a Russian system integrator.
The OEM licensing agreement encompasses the bundling of NUITEQ’s multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite with TouchWorld’s multi-touch hardware platforms.
TouchWorlds product lines include touch kiosks, touch terminals, touch monitors and chassis, mounting arms for touch monitors and software design for touch screens.
Having more than 10 years of experience in the touch industry, TouchWorld serves a great number of clients in different areas such as: banking, museums, car dealers, exhibitions and trade shows, education, retail stores, telecommunication, hotels and other areas.
TouchWorld’s client portfolio includes impressive names such as: Ford, Cadbury, Lexus, the Russian museum, the State Hermitage Museum, Sberbank, International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and other well known companies and organizations.
“With NUITEQ’s software we have fantastic opportunities to offer our customers a turn-key solution with a real multitouch platform. We recently exhibited at Integrated System Russia and handling of data and presenting information was so simple, transparent and intuitive, that the response from our audience was overwhelmingly positive. Many thanks to NUITEQ.”, says Alexander Tagaev, CEO at TouchWorld.
“We are very excited to partner with Alex and his team at TouchWorld as they are a large supplier of touch screen technology in Russia with tremendous experience.”, says NUITEQ’s CEO Harry van der Veen. “I met both Alex and his colleague Igor Kudryashov at Electronica in Munich earlier this year and I felt immediately that this would turn into a long term friendship and business collaboration.”
Snowflake is used worldwide in a wide variety of industries including Public Spaces, Education, Entertainment, Exhibition/Events, Military, Real Estate, Museums, Retail -stores and shop windows, Interactive advertisement, Digital signage and other industries.
About NUITEQ
NUITEQ is Swedish technology company, that offers advanced off the shelf and customized multi-touch software solutions.
Late 2010, the company was awarded the 10th most promising tech startup in the world.
Its software product Snowflake Suite, which received a Stevie Awards finalist recognition for Best New Product or Service of the Year 2009 – Media & Entertainment, is available to end clients, software developers, system integrators, VARs and OEMs.
NUITEQ’s vision is to improve the way people interact with technology, by creating engaging user interfaces experiences. Visit www.nuiteq.com for more information.
About TouchWorld
TouchWorld is Russian company with more than 10 year experience in the touch industry.
TouchWorld provides their customers with competent consulting, advanced products, modern software and services that have a high level of quality and efficiency.
Professionalism, devotion to corporate standards and individual attention to every client are their distinguishing principles.
TouchWorld is constantly expanding its cooperation with other companies based on business ethics and partnership. Today they are one of the leaders in the Russian market, that provides customers with cutting edge technology touch solutions.
Under its own trademark “DialTouch”, they supply touch kiosks, touch monitors, software design and turnkey touch software solutions.
NUITEQ is applying multi-touch technology within government departments, entertainment, exhibitions/events and other market verticals.
One of the market verticals that we are especially excited about, is education.
Image: Children playing with Snowflake Suite on a multi-touch table developed by students of K3 university in Malmö, Sweden (courtesy Andreas Göransson)
Children have very short attention spans, especially when it concerns learning. With multi-touch technology you attract the attention of students and let them engage with digital content in a very playful, natural and intuitive way.
Research shows that children that use multi-touch technology, experience the learning process not as learning, but as playing, therefore making it more fun and helping in being more memorable.
Multi-touch technology improves collaboration skills and communication skills such as listening and speaking.
We believe this technology will become a complementing tool (not replacement of existing tools) in school classes, to help improve learning, allowing children to develop new skills faster.
NUITEQ’s Business Development Manager Dennis Mohi will be attending BETT, the largest educational technology show in London from 12 – 14 of January this week.
If you are planning to visit BETT or if you are in London and want to meet Dennis and learn more on how NUITEQ can improve learning, let us know here.
NUITEQ® partners with India based TouchMagix to integrate Snowflake on their true multi-touch MagixTable™ platform
Skellefteå, Sweden / Pune, India – NUITEQ®, the award winning multi-touch software technology company, announces that TouchMagix has appointed NUITEQ as its partner, to integrate Snowflake on its true multi-touch MagixTable™ platform.
MagixTable™ is the world’s thinnest multi touch table computer. With easy plug & play usability, MagixTable™ boasts an amazing clarity and brightness under any light condition using its ultra HD LED display. It also consumes 60% less power compared to any other surface computers making it the most environment friendly choice. MagixTable™ is a product of TouchMagix Media Pvt. Ltd., a company based in Pune, India.
MagixTable™ hosts an enhanced version of Snowflake suite, which is suitable for home, office, entertainment, creative and technical environments. Applications such as PDF viewer, information bubbles, Media Viewer, Connledge, Flow and Map ensure high multi party interaction for any office discussions. Exciting games such as Arrows, Wong, Bugs, Froggy keep customers entertained during their free and leisure time, while being able to advertise any brand in a fun and memorable way. Application like Coffee Informatica, can recognize the objects kept on the screen and display information popup’s with audio & video. The great news is, that customizing applications as per your requirement, is as easy as using the multi touch table itself.
Nike, Accenture, Infosys, Cisco, LG mobile, Wipro, Reebok, Unilever, Intel, Castrol, Nokia, Merck Pharma, Airtel, Aircel are some of customers using TouchMagix’ engaging interactive technologies.
“TouchMagix conducts business all over the world. This partnership will help spread Snowflake even further, because of its bundling with TouchMagix’s amazing flat true multi-touch hardware solutions.”, said NUITEQ’s CEO Harry van der Veen. “TouchMagix’ Founder Anup Tapadia is an inspiring entrepreneur. He was recently awarded International Young Interactive Entrepreneur 2010, so I’m very excited that our companies are now collaborating.”
“Snowflake’s usability in diversified domains makes it the most sought after application suite that fits into TouchMagix’ vision of being a globally recognized innovation company”, said Anup Tapadia, Founder of TouchMagix. “Using Snowflake with our multi-touch hardware solutions offers flexibility and ensures high satisfaction, every single time our customers use the MagixTable™.”
The next event TouchMagix will showcase its products, is at Electronics for You Expo 2011, 17th to 19th Feb 2011, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India.
Snowflake is used worldwide in a wide variety of industries including Public Spaces, Education, Entertainment, Exhibition/Events, Military, Real Estate, Museums, Retail -stores and shop windows, Interactive advertisement, Digital signage and other industries.
About NUITEQ
NUITEQ is Swedish technology company, that offers advanced multi-touch hardware and software solutions.
Late 2010, the company was awarded the 10th most promising tech startup in the world.
Its software product Snowflake Suite, which received a Stevie Awards finalist recognition for Best New Product or Service of the Year 2009 - Media & Entertainment, is available to end clients, software developers, system integrators, VARs and OEMs.
NUITEQ’s vision is to improve the way people interact with technology, by creating engaging user interfaces experiences. Visit www.nuiteq.com for more information.
About TouchMagix
TouchMagix is a next gen digital technology company that builds hardware & software products to engage consumers in a whole new experience that involves unforgettable interaction. TouchMagix offers a new variety of interactive display solutions like Interactive Floor, Interactive Wall, Interactive Table, Touch Windows and MagixFone that attract audience to experience interactive content in the most memorable way.
Unlike other technologies available today, TouchMagix combines an advanced specialized hardware sensors together with sophisticated movement and touch recognition softwares that interpret the user’s interaction into high resolution events on the display. TouchMagix also provides Free SDK & Creative Suite for designing content and special effects on various multi touch platforms.
TouchMagix was recently awarded as the best upcoming companies in India at Proto.in 2009 conference. Founder, Anup Tapadia recently bagged the International Young Interactive Entrepreneur 2010 from the British Council in October 2010.
TouchMagix lives by its vision to provide Interactive Technology for engaging lifesize experiences. For details visit: www.touchmagix.com
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