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Augmented Reality the New Marketing Frontier

10 Mar 2016, Posted by William Newell in Technologies

In the many years I have worked in the digital arena I have worn several hats. I have overseen technical projects, designed games, acted as a creative director, and handled financial modeling. But no matter what hat I have had to wear, essentially my role has always been to help people and businesses launch and promote products and services. One of the most frequent challenges I face is working with people who don’t know how to use media to best tell a story or should I say, sell a story. Writers love words and sometimes they forget the old axiom…

Augmented Reality is Here

19 Oct 2015, Posted by William Newell in Technologies

Many years ago I was blessed with participating in the launch of Philips CD-I. CD-I was the precursor of DVD and many set top boxes. Philips pioneered the use of full screen video playing from a disc. At the time, it was a quantum leap from VHS and Betamax technologies. Little did I know that the platform was the first step in what would become a once unimaginable technology revolution. Recently I visited Magic Leap and this time, having worked on launching a platform in the past I quickly recognized that we are on the eve of another exciting revolution….