This document summarizes several Scandinavian startup projects. It describes GBerry, an open game platform built on Raspberry Pi hardware that uses common household equipment. It also describes projects like Tactile Maps for creating and sharing maps for the visually impaired, Cybersailing which is a boating simulation game to educate about marine regulations, and BlindSquare LandMarkers which uses beacons to help the blind navigate indoor spaces. Other projects include games for dogs, mapping platforms, tools for measuring accessibility, mixed reality games, B2B marketplaces, augmented reality storytelling apps, interactive toys, children's emotional games, and Snapchat marketing analytics. Contact information is provided for the project manager at Forum Virium Helsinki.
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1. Scandianvian Hub
Gberry (FI)
GBerry is open game platform built on top of Raspberry Pi hardware.
GBerry utilizes equipment found from ordinary homes: TV screens with
audio devices, tablets and mobile phones. Free GBerry application can be
downloaded into mobile devices from mobile application stores.
Tactile maps community site (FI)
The business idea is to build a web site for developing, sharing, shopping
and ordering of tactile maps for the visually impaired people. The
competition in the market is based on old technology while Versoteq’s
service will take into use modern web tools and 3D printing.
Frozen Vision (FI)
Cybersailing Multiplayer 3D boating simulation game aimed at educating
the public on the marine traffic rules and regulations.
2. Vulpine Games Deep Analysis Platform (FI)
Our custom design metric system will be used for logging and processing
user gameplay data for analysis. The analysis results will help our
development team create better gameplay and enhance the user
experience of players.
BlindSquare LandMarkers (FI)
BlindSquare LandMarkers is an indoor navigation system using Bluetooth
beacons, which can send signals to modern smartphones. It will help blind
and partially sighted users to explore buildings virtually and to locate and
navigate to POI inside of buildings.
Invitation 2 Creative Interaction 4 Elderly (ICI-e) (FI)
Our business idea is to provide interactive, innovative and versatile cultural
services to home-dwelling elderly with poor functional capacity. Our
services will be co-created together with the end-users to better meet
their true cultural needs and wishes.
Scandianvian Hub
3. Pet Owner : Dogs (FI)
Paws’ is a simulation game for mobile devices; it’s about getting a puppy,
growing it to adulthood, doing activities with it and socializing with other
players. Ultimately you can start breeding your dogs with other players one
creating a kennel of your own.
UCMap (FI)
It this project, the central idea is to create an online platform for geospatially
tagged 3D LIDAR scans, where the user can access and visualise the scans
using a standard web browser. The service is similar to ‘Google Streetview’,
but the main difference is in allowing the users full access to 3D data.
Creating Accessible Spaces (SE)
The project aims to develop an HTML5 web application to make measuring,
checking and controlling accessibility in the built environment easy to use for
non-specialists.
Scandianvian Hub
4. PetSpot (FI)
We are creating a unique new product, that does not impose any new barriers to
entry. Pet Spot is a simple game of collecting animals from the real world. The
game is a mixed reality game, where players can at any point try to spot and catch
animals from a fantasy world that is overlapping with ours.
Pleathub (SE)
Pleathub is a two sided B2B marketplace connecting textile print designers with
fashion & housewear retail companies buying print designs.
Pastguide (PL)
We want to develop a mobile app where we can witness the story of the visited
place in 3D as geolocated, interactive 3D scene supported by augmented reality
and image identification. Imagine pointing your tablet at the ruin and seeing the
living castle in full glory. User will see reenacted, living environment with bustling
cities, people on streets, famous characters guiding visitors and interactive,
gamified tasks to complete and learn by play.
Scandianvian Hub
5. LeeLuu Nightlights (FI)
LeeLuu is interactive soft-toy and nightlight which are controlled by touch and
can communicate to each other!
Rounders Game (FI)
The Rounders game is an online multiplayer game for children aged 4 to 10. But
instead of fighting wars or battling in dungeons, children will share emotions
and learn how to cope better with negative emotions like anger or jealousy.
Sharing emotions with Rounders characters and other players the child will
learn positive solutions for everyday situations e.g. how to get over temper
tantrums.
Snaplytics.io (DK)
We will provide a Snapchat marketing and analytics platform for corporations,
to enable marketeers to efficiently engage with Snapchat followers on a 1:1
basis with engaging content. On top of the publishing and dialog features, there
will be an analytics dashboard to help the marketeers increase sales, followers
and open rate among a few metrics.
Scandianvian Hub