Does your project require your audience to experience your brand and messaging above and beyond traditional web publishing, a solution where the user can interact and explore your site through integrated media in multiple formats?
Lightmaker have unprecedented experience in delivering immersive design solutions, from recreating the magic of Harry Potter within the world of JK Rowling to engaging users on the benefits of Sony’s high definition products by letting them experience the fidelity firsthand. Perhaps you have a product that you want users to leave the digital experience feeling they have already used it, or generate a brand message that users feel emotionally connected to when they leave.
At Lightmaker we blend the arts of 3D and vector animation, sound design, motion video, interactivity and gaming as well as typography and photography into an award-winning integrated immersive design. Our designers have years of experience of pushing the boundaries of what’s possible from industry standard tools such as Adobe Flash and the Adobe CS3 and CS4 suites, 3D Studio Max, Microsoft Expression Suite for Silverlight and WPF.
For more information on how we can help you with your project or to find out more on our immersive design solutions you can get in touch.
Content Portals
Content portals allow businesses with large amounts of content to easily manage publish and market their content in a highly usable and accessible format. Due to the complexity of material requiring publishing a key facet to any successful content portal is its Information Architecture.
At Lightmaker we have specialist usability experts who can organize your portfolio into a user-centric navigation. Lightmaker’s technical teams can advise on the best possible technology to underpin your content and our design and development studios can develop a design framework that is scalable and functional across all content types.
We have built full Flash media portals for companies such as Disney, AAA accessible portals for the FSA and hybrid HTML and Flash portals for Manchester United. We have great experience building content portals for a wide variety of vertical markets including financial, sports, media and entertainment and the public sector.
For more information on how we can help you with your project or to find out more on our content portal solutions you can get in touch.
Social Networks
Lightmaker have been building vibrant online communities for years. Using a variety of technologies and approaches to social networking, Lightmaker have created a diverse assortment of lively, engaging and innovative communities.
We designed and built the first social network for car enthusiasts online – check out the Drivers Republic Community. Other engaging and interactive communities include, gathering spots for athletes and musicians, learning environments, and an online community for kids that features multi-lingual canned chat for safe communication.
For more information on how we can help you with your project or to find out more about our social network design and development services you can get in touch.
Rich Internet Applications
Rich Internet Applications allow businesses to deliver engaging interactive experiences on the web which would have been traditionally associated with desktop applications or have been in the past delivered as tiresome HTML forms on top of server based application development.
Lightmaker believe that in order to build effective web applications that you must deliver an interface which is strategically aligned to the user‘s expectations whilst at the same timed engineered to produce effective ROI for the businesses’ objectives. Our in-house usability and UI experts will work with you to produce a user-centred design for your project.
Utilizing user interface technologies such as Flex, HTML AJAX and Silverlight coupled with our technical back-end expertise in Service Oriented Architectures in .Net and ColdFusion, Lightmaker is an end-to-end partner for your Rich Internet application needs.
Lightmaker has produced Rich Internet applications for many leading brands and successful business including the World Olympian Association and the Orlando Magic.
For more information on how we can help you with your project or to find out more on Rich Internet Application development you can get in touch.
Desktop Applications
Creating a desktop presence for your web initiatives has traditionally been an expensive undertaking, due to the lack of a consistent platform across Apple, Windows and Linux operating systems. It was also difficult to leverage web branding and rich media assets to the desktop because of the low level programming required. The emergence of rich media runtimes for the desktop such as AIR from Adobe and WPF from Microsoft creates a platform which can utilize the skills of design agencies within the world of desktop development.
You can use desktop applications to extend the reach of your online solution or to leverage the extra power of the user’s machine. You can also improve performance of online applications by offering an offline solution or improving speed of execution by caching data locally.
At Lightmaker we combine the technical application developments teams with our web design teams to create engaging desktop applications for your business. We have built robust data visualization applications for companies such as LMG and the Nectar program to fun entertainment applications for the Hanna Montana brand with Deagostini.
For more information on how we can help you with your project or to find out more on our desktop application solutions you can get in touch.
Device Development
Lightmaker are an award-winning producer of user experience solutions for mobile devices. Our technical teams have produced innovative SMS gaming platforms and we have great experience in utilizing premium rate SMS as an internet subscription payment platform.
We have been at the bleeding edge of mobile and device UI development producing the first “Living” idle screen for Samsung (Winner of best GSM handset) and optimizing content delivery to the idle screen for AT&T. Both projects utilized our knowledge of Adobe’s Flashlite runtime.
We are well versed in developing iPhone and iPad applications downloadable from iTunes. These cover reference and live sport event applications with a mixture of on-device content and variable bit-rate streamed live or cached content for use over WiFi/3GS. Web content now needs to be delivered much further than just to the desktop, content is consumed more frequently via device and smart phones at WiFi hotspots, at home and on the move. Our site is optimised for viewing via a browser on all devices, take a look at our device version for yourself…..how does your site look on smart phones and other devices?
For more information on how we can help you with your project or to find out more on our mobile device solutions you can get in touch.
E-Learning
Lightmaker have been deeply involved in the development of e-learning products and solutions for many years. We have built courses, simulations, training aids, and learning games for several world-class companies, including PwC Consulting and IBM.
Lightmaker bring to bear expertise in all facets of e-learning design and development. We draw upon a worldwide team of instructional designers, multimedia developers, technicians, SCORM experts, and content management specialists to deliver cutting-edge learning solutions. Lightmaker also applies their expertise in accessibility to deliver fully 508-compliant e-learning solutions.
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