8 Leaf Digital Productions Inc. http://www.8leafdigital.com Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:22:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Continuum http://www.8leafdigital.com/2012/04/18/continuum/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid=&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=continuum http://www.8leafdigital.com/2012/04/18/continuum/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:26:04 +0000 Ryan http://www.8leafdigital.com/?p=256 Working with Zeros 2 Heroes Media and Reunion Pictures, 8 Leaf is producing the digital and social media for the new TV drama Continuum. 

Check out the promo:

Continuum tells the story of Kiera Cameron a cop from 2077 who is swept back in time to 2012 with a group of fanatical terrorists. The show airs on Showcase in May 2012. The project includes an ARG, a social media campaign and an 8 issue comic book.

Follow the action on Twitter.

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Screen shot from the MetaMaus DVD. Page 211 from the Complete Maus. On the left panel media associated with the page is displayed and viewed. The red outlines in the mini-page indicate "live panels" with associated content that can be viewed.

8 Leaf worked with Pantheon, the Centre for Digital Media and award winning comic artist Art Spieglman on producing an interactive exploration of the creative and historical content behind the making of Maus.

The DVD was included with Spiegelman’s new book MetaMaus released on October 4th 2011. The DVD contains a digitized reference copy of The Complete Maus linked to a deep archive of audio interviews with his survivor father, historical documents, and a wealth of Spiegelman’s private notebooks and sketches.

We also produced the French and German versions of the DVD.

Check out the article in the Vancouver Sun about the making of MetaMaus and this interview in the Comics Book Review.

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User testing with group of 8 year olds at a local playground.

Biba is a new way to play and socialize made possible by advanced mobile technology and teeter- totters. Biba provides a new lens through which players see playgrounds and transforms digital games from sedentary activities to physical, outdoor experiences. Biba uses mobile technology to create a play- experience specifically designed for the outdoor playground and evolves digital interactive entertainment into digitally enhanced active entertainment.

This project is supported by the Canada Media Fund Experimental Stream.

Please visit the project website here.

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Screen shot from the mobile application showing route information. The top bar indicates progress towards savings goals.

8 Leaf is working with Eco-Op Energy Savers Cooperative on the design and development of a mobile based rewards tracking system. Eco-op is pioneering new forms of vehicular energy efficiency through the conversion of normal fuel engines to dual propane and fuel engines. 8 Leaf is designing and developing a mobile app which rewards users for efficient driving and helps them source access to propane fuelling stations.

]]> http://www.8leafdigital.com/2011/09/05/eco-op/feed/ 0 Sangari Global Education http://www.8leafdigital.com/2011/01/19/sangari-global-education/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid=&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sangari-global-education http://www.8leafdigital.com/2011/01/19/sangari-global-education/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:12:01 +0000 Ryan http://www.8leafdigital.com/?p=12 8 Leaf is working with Sangari Global Education , a science education publisher, to develop a digital learning platform. This platform is the core of Sangari’s digital content distribution system. Deployed on Android tablets and a parallel website, digital ebooks are dynamically published to users along with supplementary resources such as instructional videos, supplementary links to external websites, and meta data regarding educational standards. As new content is created it is seamlessly distributed to Users. The Android Tablet application is designed to function in offline environments. 8 Leaf worked alongside educators in designing and developing the system.

]]> http://www.8leafdigital.com/2011/01/19/sangari-global-education/feed/ 0 BabySteps http://www.8leafdigital.com/2011/01/04/babysteps/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid=&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=babysteps http://www.8leafdigital.com/2011/01/04/babysteps/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:04:50 +0000 Ryan http://www.8leafdigital.com/?p=138 Together with a client, a new mom who lives in Brooklyn, 8 Leaf designed and developed an iPhone application for new parents. The application tracks basic baby behaviours and provides trend analysis and summary data to help parents keep track of their child. Download the app here.

]]> http://www.8leafdigital.com/2011/01/04/babysteps/feed/ 0 Are You Awake http://www.8leafdigital.com/2010/10/27/are-you-awake/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid=&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-awake http://www.8leafdigital.com/2010/10/27/are-you-awake/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:30:31 +0000 Ryan http://www.8leafdigital.com/?p=120 Working with Zeros 2 Heroes Media Inc, 8 Leaf designed, launched and ran a transmedia campaign that incorporated a graphic novel, augmented reality mobile technology, social media, and live action. The campaign was designed to generate a core audience for the Are You Awake television series. It was launched at New York Comicon in October 2010.

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Screen shot from the application.

8 Leaf is working with Ugifit in designing and developing a mobile application to support their fitness product. The application is used to track workout routines and time interval training sessions.

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Visit the website for more info and to sign up or go directly to the App Store here

]]> http://www.8leafdigital.com/2010/09/16/locemotion/feed/ 0 The Mark http://www.8leafdigital.com/2010/07/07/the-mark/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid=&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mark http://www.8leafdigital.com/2010/07/07/the-mark/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:23:32 +0000 Ryan http://www.8leafdigital.com/?p=76 Ryan regularly writes for The Mark an online magazine. Ryan writes about technology, arts, and society.

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