Welcome to the new Snowcrash Digital blog; the place where we’ll keep you up-to-date about new releases, special events, the network status and… calls for beta testers. So; let’s immediately jump into action mode – we’ve got an exciting new product, and we’re looking for some innocent souls to try to break it.

Hermes Engage, that’s what our newest product is called – but before you start taking out hammers or reading “being an idiot for dummies”; first let’s have a look at the product we’re sending out to a closed group of beta testers.

Hermes Engage is the latest addition to our smart staging and presentation solutions; on the surface it may seem like a slideshow presenter – but if you think that’s all it is, you don’t know us very well! This new product is an immersive presentation and education tool, not only offering new ways to control slideshow presentations, but it’s the first tool in Second Life that also allows you to publish your presentations.

In this first round of beta testing, we’re curious about what you think and how you feel about the “presentation” part. The package we’ll be sending out contains presentation screens that fully integrate with our existing range of products (it also plays audio books, mp3-music and videos) and controller units and huds. The system allows you to play 5 presentations simultaneously on the same sim, all controlled independently and shown across multiple screens anywhere within the sim. All of the setting up and initializing is done without the hassle of notecards, and just like in the Hermes Orion-product, the screens are equipped with HSSA (Hermes Smart Set-up Assistant), a build-in wizard and active help function that talks the user through the setup procedure.

If you would be interested in having a go at our new product, using it “live” while doing your presentations or just feel like pushing Second Life and a new toy to its limits, please drop a notecard to BadWolf Bracken, or send him a mail at mark@snowcrashdigital.com.

If you’re selected for our limited beta testing group, you will receive the system somewhere in the week of February 8th. We’ll contact you a little later to collect your feedback. As a thank you for helping out with our testing, you’ll also be entitled to all future updates, whether these are updates to the beta, or the fully functional new products as released on the market.

So get in touch with us now, and try our latest tool – we love it, and hope you will too.

About phil

Phil’s our marketing guy – he takes care of the marketing and PR of Snowcrash Digital. Phil has a background in marketing & communication, and over the years specialized in the use of new media. In addition to his work at Snowcrash Digital Phil also runs his own marketing agency, and is a writer on the subjects of marketing and new media for the business advisory notes by publisher Indicator.