Blurred Whisper

Shopping Assistant Kiosk

Blurred Whisper — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:48:04 +0000

Blurred Whisper teamed up with Muse Communications to create a pioneering concept shopping assistant. This solution provides consumers with personalized clothing and accessories shopping experiences. It is designed to create better targeted marketing opportunities for apparel retailers.

The Shopping Assistant would be available both in retail stores and on the Internet either as an interactive kiosk or an immersive online experience. Users can log in to try on clothes on their own virtual models, customize their outfit, and also opt in for special personalized rebate offers.

Veeker Player

Blurred Whisper — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:19:27 +0000

The Veeker Player is a patent pending product that lets users publish their own and their friends’ Veeks (mobile videos and photos) onto any website that accepts embed codes, like MySpace, Xanga, and Blogger. It is a mini version of Veeker.com. The Veeker Player also allows business partners to publish managed multi-authored and branded content.

A “Veek” is a “video peek” into your life as you live it, shot with the video camera in your mobile phone and sent to Veeker in an MMS message. Generally it will take between 15 seconds and 1 minute from the time you send your Veek from your mobile phone to it being viewable in the Veeker Player or on Veeker.com.

Credits

Veeker Corporation - client
Ali Ebtekar and Rodger Raderman - inventors (patent pending)
Ali Ebtekar - chief designer / partner (blurred whisper) / vp of design (veeker)
Rodger Raderman - chief marketing & product officer (veeker)
Rob Blair - back-end development (veeker)
Veeker Team - business and product development

Dell Desktop Manager

Mojdeh Marashi — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:00:05 +0000

Everdream, a market leader in on-demand desktop management software, partnered with Blurred Whisper to redesign their flagship application from the ground up. Following numerous in-depth conversations with customers and IT users, an experience design strategy was developed to primarily focus on simplicity, coherency, flexibility, and scalability.

Effective management can cut total cost of ownership for desktop PCs by 42%. (Gartner)

The new SaaS-enabled solution helps organizations reduce the costs and risks of their IT operations. It allows customers centrally manage thousands of computing devices, track dispersed assets, dynamically distribute software, manage patches, and enforce IT policies.

This new product (now called Dell Desktop Manager) played a significant role in Everdream’s acquisition by Dell in late 2007.

Watch the product demo at Dreamforce 2008 (Salesforce.com Conference):

Links:
Dell Desktop Manager web site
Gartner Report PDF

Rumi Sushi on Facebook

Blurred Whisper — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:00:28 +0000

For centuries, Rumi’s mystical poems have enlightened the world with wisdom, spirituality, love, and beauty. Now Rumi Sushi, a Facebook application, brings to a new audience a line of Rumi poetry wrapped in gorgeous imagery refreshed automatically each and every day.

A Slice of Demographics

Links:
Rumi Sushi web site
Rumi Sushi application on Facebook

Concept Virtual Mall

Blurred Whisper — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:00:41 +0000

Blurred Whisper partnered with Muse Communications to create a suite of concept e-commerce applications. Galleria is a state-of-the-art 3D virtual shopping mall consisting of a lobby area, five retail stores, and a personal shopping lounge.

This prototype illustrates how companies can build long-lasting relationships with their customers by creating a delightful shopping experience, providing all the information customers need to explore products, find what they want, and ultimately make a purchase decision, all in an engaging and visually rich environment.

Boulevard R Financial Advisor

Blurred Whisper — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:00:37 +0000

BoulevardR (formerly FSS) had an idea for helping ordinary people understand and plan for their retirement. At the time the existing solutions on the market were aimed at people with considerable high income or they were paired with specific financial products and were designed to sell those products. BoulevardR wanted to provide unbiased, independent financial advice and a plan of action based on individual’s personal and financial goals and status.

Blurred Whisper partnered with Boulevard early on to create the first generation of the application and site. We tried to demystify the complicated world of finance for a wide range of individuals and empower them to create a plan for reaching their retirement visions and goals with confidence.

Links:
Current Boulevard R web site

Graffiti Flicks on Facebook

Blurred Whisper — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:00:17 +0000

Graffiti Flicks is a simple Facebook app that posts a fresh photo of graffiti art from around the world to users profile page each and every day.

It also allows users to attach flicks to their messages or put them up on the Wall.

A Slice of Demographics

Links:
Graffiti Flicks web site
Graffiti Flicks application on Facebook

Concept 3D Mashup

Blurred Whisper — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:00:15 +0000

Back in 2003, when advances in broadband technologies and interactive media had created a new demand among users for richer, and more engaging experiences on the Internet, Muse Communications asked Blurred Whisper to design and produce a working proof of concept 3D mashup.

The business objective was to demonstrate how newly developed Muse technology can open many new avenues for broadband service providers and media companies to reach their subscribers in new and compelling ways.