iPhone Event Tracking

Eventful for iPhone is a native, web-enabled iPhone application that allows new and existing Eventful users to track events, search for events, performers and venues in their area, make demands for performers to come to their area, stay in touch with their friends' interests and events, and much, much more. It uses Eventful's JSON-based (JavaScript Object Notation) web APIs - the application formulates requests based on user interaction and parses the JSON-style responses for display. more...

Eventful for iPhone is a native, web-enabled iPhone application that allows new and existing Eventful users to track events, search for events, performers and venues in their area, make demands for performers to come to their area, stay in touch with their friends' interests and events, and much, much more. It uses Eventful's JSON-based (JavaScript Object Notation) web APIs - the application formulates requests based on user interaction and parses the JSON-style responses for display. The open source json-framework, a JSON parser for Objective C, was integrated and used for parsing the JSON data. The application uses many of the iPhone SDK's native controls in the UI, including web views, table views, the search field, and others. Apple's Core Location technology is used to track the user's location for searches based on the iPhone's current location. It was developed with Apple's iPhone 2.0 SDK using xCode 3.1. See eventful.com/iphone for more information.

TAGS:  Objective-C  iPhone  Cocoa  iPod touch  JSON  Google Maps  Entertainment  Social Networking

PhotoJabbr Brings iPhone Pictures to Life!

Bring your pictures to life with PhotoJabbr! Take a photo with your camera or choose an image from your photo library. Then add fun accessories like glasses, hats, eyes and lips. Record your voice, press play, and watch the eyes look around as the mouth moves in perfect synchronization with your voice! And, when you're done animating your PhotoJabbr, you can send it as an e-greeting through SMS or email to your friends and family!

TAGS:  Objective-C  iPhone  Cocoa  XML  iPod touch  Xcode  PHP  HTTP  PHP5  QuickTime  OpenGL  MMS  Entertainment  Lifestyle

HappyHour: It's Five O'Clock Somewhere!

Sterling Publishing Co. is one of the world's leading publishers of nonfiction titles with more than 5000 books in print. Sterling hired Art & Logic to develop HappyHour, an iPhone application featuring thousands of drink recipes from 10,000 Drinks, a book by Paul Knorr. more...

Sterling Publishing Co. is one of the world's leading publishers of nonfiction titles with more than 5000 books in print. Sterling hired Art & Logic to develop HappyHour, an iPhone application featuring thousands of drink recipes from 10,000 Drinks, a book by Paul Knorr. Users manipulate spinner wheels and use the iPhone's motion sensors to search by liquors, mixers, and beverage types.

TAGS:  Objective-C  iPhone  Cocoa  JavaScript  iPod touch  Xcode  HTML  Mobile  SQLite  Django  Entertainment  Lifestyle  Publishing

iPhone Application to Deliver eBook Content

Pockettales offers authors the ability to convert published works into apps for the iPhone and iPod touch. The company hired Art & Logic to build the deployment technology for converting PDF documents to conform with the special requirement of the iPhone. An example of the result is available here at the iTunes App Store.

TAGS:  Objective-C  iPhone  XML  iPod touch  Entertainment  Lifestyle  Publishing

The Beat Thang for iPhone, iPod or iPod touch

Beat Kangz Electronics, LLC partnered with Art & Logic to create PlayaThang and PlayaThang Free. PlayaThang offers simple playback of 20 high quality professional beats (3 in the FREE version). Mute, solo and change volume for each of the 8 stereo tracks that make up each beat to create your own remixes on the fly. Available at the iTunes Store.

TAGS:  iPhone  Cocoa  iPod touch  Core Audio  Entertainment  Music

iTunes Plugin for SRS Labs

SRS Labs hired us to develop an iTunes plug-in so they could bring their WowHd audio processing technology to Mac users. The plug-in (including a free trial version) is available here.

TAGS:  Objective-C  Cocoa  Mac OS X  Core Audio  Installer  iTunes  C  OpenGL  AppleScript  Internationalization  Entertainment  Music

User Interface Design for Speaker Control Center

JBL wanted a sleek user interface design for their LSR4300 Studio Monitor Control Center. Our design team worked together with JBL's development team to bring their original pencil sketches to life. The 3D user interface makes it easier to configure high-end speaker systems. The system has won many awards within the pro audio industry.

TAGS:  Audio  Adobe Photoshop  Graphic design  3D  Entertainment  Music  Pro Audio

Academy Award for Technical Achievement

The ADE system, developed for Soundelux in Hollywood, California, combines software application and interface electronics to help film sound editors bridge the gap between traditional movieola editing and digital editing. ADE automatically generates a list of edits on the computer by reading the physical cuts on the film stock. The device improves the accuracy of the initial edits and reduces labor by many hours for a typical feature film.

TAGS:  Audio  Mac OS 9  Entertainment  Music

Online Video Catalog System for Columbia Tristar

Art & Logic created the original online video catalog for Columbia Tristar Home Video. This web-enabled database allowed web surfers to browse, search for, and purchase videos online.

TAGS:  Web  Entertainment

Mobile Movie Showtimes

Terry Hines & Associates hired us to create applications for viewing local movie showtimes. We began by designing an SMS based search tool, to be used as a part of our client's motion picture marketing campaigns. After the initial phase we developed a website and a mobile WAP site, which serve as entertainment resource gateways. We also developed an SMS subscriber list management tool, and a number of web services and Flash/HTML widgets that can be embedded in other sites. more...

Terry Hines & Associates hired us to create applications for viewing local movie showtimes. We began by designing an SMS based search tool, to be used as a part of our client's motion picture marketing campaigns. After the initial phase we developed a website and a mobile WAP site, which serve as entertainment resource gateways. We also developed an SMS subscriber list management tool, and a number of web services and Flash/HTML widgets that can be embedded in other sites. More recently, we created an iPhone version of the WAP site, where users can look up movie showtimes, view entertainment news and gossip, or information about the films themselves. We have also added a feature where SMS or Flash requests can triggered a return voice message, and added an online community to the WAP site.

TAGS:  Web  iPhone  JavaScript  XML  iPod touch  MySQL  HTML  PHP  Mobile  Linux  HTTP  WAP  SMS  Facebook  Geocoding  Entertainment  Lifestyle  Marketing  Film  Public Relations

RFID Scanning Solution for Manufacturer of Theatrical Lighting Equipment

Wybron, Inc. hired Art & Logic to develop an RFID scanning solution to enhance product manufacturing processes at their Colorado Springs plant. The application was written in Java and deployed on Mac OS X. Phillips RFID tags are attached to theatrical gels. The application encodes information about the sequence of colors on the strings and allows personnel to track the product through to shipment.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Java  RFID  Entertainment  Manufacturing  Lighting  Theater

Drivers and applications for Alesis Studio Electronics

Art & Logic developed sample accurate Mac OS and Windows ASIO drivers for the Alesis ADAT-PCR PCI card, as well as the Windows MME MIDI and audio driver, and Mac OS Sound Manager and OMS drivers. To support this work we designed and maintained an SDK that allows third-party developers to interface to the card. In addition, Art & Logic developed the cross-platform (Mac OS and Windows) "ADAT Connect" application that supports the sample accurate bi-directional transfer of audio data between the computer's hard disk and an ADAT. more...

Art & Logic developed sample accurate Mac OS and Windows ASIO drivers for the Alesis ADAT-PCR PCI card, as well as the Windows MME MIDI and audio driver, and Mac OS Sound Manager and OMS drivers. To support this work we designed and maintained an SDK that allows third-party developers to interface to the card. In addition, Art & Logic developed the cross-platform (Mac OS and Windows) "ADAT Connect" application that supports the sample accurate bi-directional transfer of audio data between the computer's hard disk and an ADAT. Art & Logic also maintained and helped to develop Sound Bridge, a cross-platform sample librarian for the QS and DMPro families of synthesizers, and even created a utility that is used in-house by Alesis for production testing of the ADAT-PCR card.

TAGS:  Audio  Mac OS 9  Driver  C++  Desktop  Visual C++  Cross-platform  MIDI  CodeWarrior  ASIO  Custom API  Entertainment  Music  Pro Audio

Enhanced CD Player Application for Apple Inc.

A group of companies, including Sony, Philips, and Microsoft have developed an enhanced compact disc format that joins standard music tracks with interviews, lyrics, music videos, and electronic liner notes. Apple Computer hired Art & Logic to create the cross-platform (Windows and Mac OS) player application for this new medium. Art & Logic worked directly with Apple's QuickTime Development Group to implement the delivery mechanism for the multimedia content stored on the enhanced CDs.

TAGS:  Windows  Audio  Mac OS 9  C++  Cross-platform  MFC  CodeWarrior  QuickTime  Microsoft Developer Studio  MacApp  Entertainment  Music  Computer Hardware  Media  Software

Neon Sign Design and Animation Control Software for Fluid Light Technologies

Art & Logic created both Windows and Mac OS versions of "NeonCAD". Users can design arbitrarily complex neon signs using the CAD tools provided, and animate those signs using the client's proprietary neon control technology that allows light to appear to move through a neon tube. The animation patterns may be previewed on the computer. The resulting sign layouts can be printed for sign fabricators, and the animation control data can be saved to the client's neon controller hardware for deployment.

TAGS:  Windows  Mac OS 9  C++  Cross-platform  Entertainment  Manufacturing  Lighting

Disneyland's Haunted Mansion and Tiki Room

Developed for Gilderfluke & Co. of Burbank, California, PCMACS is a motion animation system used in the creation of movements for motorized live-action figures. Gilderfluke's control electronics, along with Art & Logic's software, have been used to create animated shows that are viewed daily by hundreds of thousands of visitors to Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Bullwinkles Family Fun Center, and Universal Studios.

TAGS:  Windows  C++  Visual C++  MFC  Hardware  Entertainment

Web portal for mobile devices

MallTV, LLC hired Art & Logic to translate their MallTV WAP application for use on iPhones. Since Safari on the iPhone does not support Flash, the implementation uses Javascript although the resulting interface looks and behaves just like the Flash version. MallTV is a portal for cell phones and television and links users to popular third-party third-party websites. A&L created scripts to parse throught ESPN's mobile content and convert it to the MallTV matrix format, now called MallMobi. more...

MallTV, LLC hired Art & Logic to translate their MallTV WAP application for use on iPhones. Since Safari on the iPhone does not support Flash, the implementation uses Javascript although the resulting interface looks and behaves just like the Flash version. MallTV is a portal for cell phones and television and links users to popular third-party third-party websites. A&L created scripts to parse throught ESPN's mobile content and convert it to the MallTV matrix format, now called MallMobi. The ESPNMall pages are updated every 30 minutes and cached on the MallTV server. The Matrix is dyamically created depending on the number of links found on each ESPN page that are associated with numbered keys on the phone. In order to maintain capatibility with the Blackberry, iPhone, and Treo, text was converted to images for the interface because it was discovered that not all devices support all font sizes. Separate versions were created iPhone, and MobilePC/Blackberry/Treo.

TAGS:  Objective-C  iPhone  JavaScript  HTML  BlackBerry  Safari  WAP  Entertainment  Broadcasting  Retail  Marketing  Sales  Advertising

20th Century Fox Dailies Transfer Room

The Telecine application is the center of an automated, easy-to-use video duplication suite that provides custom daily copies for film and television productions. It controls a large variety of video devices, including tape decks, time coders, titlers, a patch bay, and a film-to-tape machine.

TAGS:  Mac OS 9  Entertainment

Pickup Lines on Your iPhone

Wingman is an iPhone app that generates pickup lines based on user input for several categories (Face/Body/Intelligence, etc). The application selects a pickup line based on the point value of each of the user selections. The Lite version randomizes the selections, not allowing user choice. In the full version, the user can take a photo or choose an image from their photo library to replace the "girl" image on the pickup line screen

TAGS:  Objective-C  iPhone  Cocoa  iPod touch  Xcode  Entertainment  Lifestyle  Games

Listen to the Top 100 of Your Favorite Songs

Melodio Inc. hired Art & Logic to help build a iPhone framework that is the basis for dozens of "Top 100" music radio apps available on the iTunes store under the name "nuTsie™". A&L also built a Flex-based sidebar for iTunes Windows users which provides recommendations based on current songs and playlists, streams music from their servers, and synchronizes music library with nuTsie servers. more...

Melodio Inc. hired Art & Logic to help build a iPhone framework that is the basis for dozens of "Top 100" music radio apps available on the iTunes store under the name "nuTsie™". A&L also built a Flex-based sidebar for iTunes Windows users which provides recommendations based on current songs and playlists, streams music from their servers, and synchronizes music library with nuTsie servers.

TAGS:  Objective-C  iPhone  Cocoa  Audio  Flex  Entertainment  Music

Designated Driver iPhone App

NeoWave Institute hired Art & Logic to develop one of the first socially responsible iPhone apps to allow a user to reach out to family, friends or a cab to request a ride when a designated driver becomes necessary. A user can configure Designated Driver to send messages to up to 5 recipients. more...

NeoWave Institute hired Art & Logic to develop one of the first socially responsible iPhone apps to allow a user to reach out to family, friends or a cab to request a ride when a designated driver becomes necessary. A user can configure Designated Driver to send messages to up to 5 recipients. Each message includes a call back number and a Google Map link to the user's location. Alternatively, the user can click a button to contact a national taxi service to request a taxi if friends are not available or not willing to come get them.

TAGS:  Objective-C  iPhone  Cocoa  XML  iPod touch  Xcode  Google Maps  SMS  Entertainment  Lifestyle  Beverages

iTunes Plugin for e.Digital Corporation

Art & Logic was hired to develop an iTunes plugin to support a range of high-capacity digital audio players and portable digital jukebox devices on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. The software manages the transfer of audio content between the iTunes application and the audio player and maintains playlists used by the device to organize tracks.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Audio  Mac OS 9  Plug-in  iTunes  Entertainment  Music  Computer Hardware  Media  Video

iPhone Application for Golfers

PasturePool.com enables golfers to track their golf scores, handicap, greens in regulation, putts, up/down percentage, and more. The PasturePool native iPhone application allows PasturePool subscribers to record their golf rounds while offline, and then upload them to the PasturePool.com website where they are available for reporting and analysis. The application features course search, course database update, and both summary and detailed golf round entry. more...

PasturePool.com enables golfers to track their golf scores, handicap, greens in regulation, putts, up/down percentage, and more. The PasturePool native iPhone application allows PasturePool subscribers to record their golf rounds while offline, and then upload them to the PasturePool.com website where they are available for reporting and analysis. The application features course search, course database update, and both summary and detailed golf round entry. The detail entry mode features an 18-hole scorecard that lets the golfer enter hole-by-hole scores, statistics and notes. Users can call a selected golf course and load a Google map of the course in an embedded browser. An iPhone-optimized version of the online web application is also available in an embedded browser in case the golfer wants to enter his/her round data directly to the PasturePool.com website. The app is available here.

TAGS:  Objective-C  iPhone  Cocoa  XML  iPod touch  Xcode  Mobile  SQLite  Safari  WebKit  Entertainment  Lifestyle  Sports

Theatre Directory Client Application for Terry Hines & Associates

The Theatre Directory application allows theatre owners to publish movie advertisements and schedules with Terry Hines' online theatre directory. The user can download last week's listings, add new movies, make modifications, print the listings, and save them back on the server via FTP. The data format is defined in an XML syntax and utilizes IBM's International Classes for Unicode to ensure correct handling of text in any language. more...

The Theatre Directory application allows theatre owners to publish movie advertisements and schedules with Terry Hines' online theatre directory. The user can download last week's listings, add new movies, make modifications, print the listings, and save them back on the server via FTP. The data format is defined in an XML syntax and utilizes IBM's International Classes for Unicode to ensure correct handling of text in any language. The application dynamically builds or modifies the XML document from a form that is customized for fast data input.

TAGS:  XML  Entertainment

TurboGears Web application for delivering entertaining messages by phone

Art & Logic was hired to realize the client's vision of a fun web app for sending prerecorded messages by phone. This included professionally produced messages on a variety of themes, such as "you're a terrible boss", "my team beat your team", and "I'm sorry". The system allowed the administrator to customize the content, and the user to manage their orders in detail.

TAGS:  Web  MySQL  AJAX  Python  jQuery  SQL  Linux  TurboGears  LAMP  Apache  SQLAlchemy  Genshi  Entertainment

Content Protection for Professional Studio Environments

Cinea Inc., a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, hired Art & Logic to port their SView™ video forensic watermarking technology from Windows to Mac OS X. The Mac implementation of driver and user-level software targeted PowerPC and Intel-based Macs.

TAGS:  Cocoa  Mac OS X  Driver  PowerPC  Intel  Entertainment  Broadcasting  Film