| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.06.2021 |
Oblong Gets $12.4M In PIPE
| Los Angeles-based Oblong, which develops futuristic collaboration systems, said on Monday that it has raised $12.4M in a registered direct offering, from both pre-existing and new institutional investors. The publicly traded company--which ... |
| 30.05.2019 | Rumpus, the collaborative toolkit from Oblong Industries, is now available on Webex | In a previous life, John Underkoffler spent his days in Los Angeles as a science adviser on films like Minority Report, dreaming up all of the possible ways men and machines would interact.
Now, he designs those systems for the real world t... |
| 18.03.2019 | Oblong introduces Rumpus visual collaboration tool for virtual teams | Oblong Industries is giving us a little taste of the future with Rumpus, a visual collaboration tool for virtual teams on the Mac. It lets everyone share their screens at once or point at something at the same time, even if they aren’t in t... |
| 18.03.2019 | Oblong introduces Rumpus visual collaboration tool for virtual teams | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Oblong Industries is giving us a little taste of ... |
| 16.11.2018 | How Oblong helped IBM build its ‘immersion rooms’ with giant displays | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
John Underkoffler is best known as the science ad... |
| 16.11.2018 | How Oblong helped IBM build its ‘immersion rooms’ with giant displays | John Underkoffler is best known as the science adviser for the landmark sci-fi film Minority Report, where actor Tom Cruise uses “data gloves” and gesture controls to manipulate a transparent computer. As the CEO of Oblong Industries, he ha... |
| 21.04.2018 | ‘Minority Report’ adviser John Underkoffler ponders the user interfaces of the future | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
John Underkoffler is the CEO of Oblong Industries, and he is perhaps best known as the science advisor for the landmark sci-fi film Min... |
| 21.04.2018 | ‘Minority Report’ adviser John Underkoffler ponders the user interfaces of the future | John Underkoffler is the CEO of Oblong Industries, and he is perhaps best known as the science advisor for the landmark sci-fi film Minority Report.
Long before the body suit of Ready Player One, Underkoffler helped envision Minority Report... |
| 04.04.2018 | ‘Minority Report’ adviser John Underkoffler to ponder user interfaces at GamesBeat Summit 2018 | We are delighted to report that our latest speaker for GamesBeat 2018 is John Underkoffler the CEO of Oblong Industries and science advisor for the landmark sci-fi film Minority Report. He did such a great job in both a presentation and a v... |
| 04.04.2018 | ‘Minority Report’ adviser John Underkoffler to ponder user interfaces at GamesBeat Summit 2018 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We are delighted to report that our latest speaker for GamesBeat 2018 is John Underkoffler the CEO of Oblong Industries and science adv... |
| 02.11.2017 | Speeding up product development with Infopresence | True product innovation has long heralded not just greater growth for companies, but for nations and individual careers as well. (Apple is a great example of this.) Now take it a step further: the ability to repeat a successful product inno... |
| 01.09.2017 | GamesBeat 2017’s newest speakers: Minority Report adviser, Neverdie, and Accel | GamesBeat 2017 is at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5 and October 6, and we’re delighted to announce our next three speakers: John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries and science adviser for the influential sci-fi film M... |
| 01.09.2017 | GamesBeat 2017’s newest speakers: Minority Report adviser, Neverdie, and Accel | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
GamesBeat 2017 is at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5 and October 6, and we’re delighted to announce our next three sp... |
| 31.05.2017 | Oblong Industries introduces a series of Mezzanine enterprise visual collaboration tools | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Oblong Industries believes it has come up with a ... |
| 31.05.2017 | Oblong Industries introduces a series of Mezzanine enterprise visual collaboration tools | Oblong Industries believes it has come up with a way to improve visual collaboration, and now it’s launching a series of products under its Mezzanine brand to increase adoption by enterprises.
Los Angeles-based Oblong raised $65 million in ... |
| 20.05.2017 | Why I love the Detroit startup scene | People often ask me, “Why did you move from San Francisco to, uh, Detroit?” The answer is easy. In 10 years, San Francisco will be as good as it is today, but Detroit will be a roaring city once again, defining a new technology hub at the i... |
| 20.05.2017 | Why I love the Detroit startup scene | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
People often ask me, “Why did you move from San F... |
| 11.04.2017 | Study shows visual collaboration can help generate return on investment | John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries, has been selling his company’s room collaboration and communications system, Mezzanine, for a few years. But now he finally has some hard data on how much of a return on investment the visualizat... |
| 11.04.2017 | Study shows visual collaboration can help generate return on investment | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries, has been selling his company’s room collaboration and communications system, Mezzanine, fo... |
| 27.03.2017 | Mezzanine Teamwork enables collaboration in small work spaces | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
John Underkoffler was the science advisor behind ... |
| 27.03.2017 | Mezzanine Teamwork enables collaboration in small work spaces | John Underkoffler was the science advisor behind the gesture-controlled computer in the film Minority Report, and he spent a lot of time trying to realize the user interface in the real world so that enterprises can collaborate more easily.... |
| 17.03.2017 | Workplace collaboration survey finds employees want a more interactive approach to solving business problems | Advanced technology and flexible work environments have changed the face of the workplace in recent years. Businesses that seek to empower teams with collaborative tools and environments are not only proving to be more productive, but are b... |
| 26.02.2017 | ‘Minority Report’ science advisor John Underkoffler to speak at GamesBeat Summit 2017 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Our next speaker for our upcoming GamesBeat event is John Underkoffler, the CEO of Oblong Industries and science advisor for the landma... |
| 29.12.2016 | Interview: Minority Report science advisor shares his vision for the future of computing | John Underkoffler is known for his imaginative vision for the future of computing, thanks in part to his work as a science advisor on the film “Minority Report.”
More than just special effects eye candy, though, the trippy, gesture-based us... |
| 27.11.2016 | Minority Report science advisor builds the most awesome conference room | John Underkoffler was the science advisor for the landmark 2004 film Minority Report, and he designed the gesture-controlled user interface that Tom Cruise used in the film to solve crimes in the sci-fi story.
In 2006, Underkoffler started ... |
| 27.11.2016 | Minority Report science advisor builds the most awesome conference room | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
John Underkoffler was the science advisor for the landmark 2004 film Minority Report, and he designed the gesture-controlled user inter... |
| 19.10.2016 | Oblong Industries Raises $65M in Funding | Oblong Industries, a Los Angeles-based visual collaboration solutions provider, raised $65m in funding.
Backers included Greenspring Associates, Industry Ventures, UTIMCO, Morgan Stanley and Foundry Group.
The company, which has raised $65m... |
| 19.10.2016 |
Oblong Industries Finds $65M
| Los Angeles-based Oblong Industries, the developer of gesture-enabled user interface technology, has raised $65M in an expansion stage investment, according to the company. The funding came from Greenspring Associates, Industry Ventures, an... |
| 05.08.2016 |
Oblong Industries Bumps Funding Round To $50M
| Los Angeles-based Oblong Industries, the developer of gesture recognition and immersive collaboration platforms, has bumped its latest funding round to over $50M, saying in a regulatory filing yesterday that it has now raised nearly $45M in... |
| 21.05.2016 | Virtual reality will continue to disappoint, even when it’s awesome | Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies may get a lot of love from venture capitalists and the tech community, but most people still don’t know what they are. All they have to go on is what they see in the movies: the T... |
| 21.05.2016 | Virtual reality will continue to disappoint, even when it’s awesome | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) t... |
| 30.09.2015 | In the good news department: Two experts say don’t fear evil AI | As such growing disasters as global climate change and President Donald Trump loom closer, I thought it would be a good idea to see if I needed to add “dangerous artificial intelligence” to my bulging list of Things to Fear.
So, I recently ... |
| 30.09.2015 | In the good news department: Two experts say don’t fear evil AI | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
As such growing disasters as global climate chang... |
| 10.06.2015 | Techstars Mobility Launches with Office at Ford Field, New Partners | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
At long last, the inaugural session of the Techstars Mobility program officially launched Tuesday from its 10,000-square-foot office at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions. ... |
| 29.04.2015 |
Oblong Finds $15M More
| Los Angeles-based Oblong, which is developing user interface technology aimed at business collaboration -- and whose technology was the inspiration for the UI in Minority Report-- has raised $15.0M more in funding. Details on that funding h... |
| 26.12.2014 | Better Know A Barcelona Startup: Imersivo | This post was written in collaboration with German Leon, co-founder of Imersivo, Exipple and former European Director of Oblong Industries.
From the creators of Minority Report comes Imersivo, a Barcelona startup that has its sights set on... |
| 13.03.2014 | What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Sci-Fi: Previewing CU Law’s Event | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
On Friday, the University of Colorado Law School’s Silicon Flatirons Center will host its annual conference on entrepreneurship. This year the event comes with a twist: instea... |
| 26.09.2013 | How to get your demo right | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
I get demos every day. Multiple times a day.
I do... |
| 18.02.2013 | Why developers should start choosing conscience over profit | This is a guest post by Jason Cavnar, the co-founder and CEO of Singly.
Over the holidays, I looked around the living room and saw eight adults over 55 sending text messages, having video conversations with loved ones in other cities, and s... |
| 16.10.2012 | The New Internet Explorer For Xbox May Be Clumsy, But Wait Til It Gets Kinected | Internet Explorer suddenly became one of the most widely available Internet TV browsers today as it starts rolling out to Xboxes. And early reports say its joystick-based interface is awful. Whatever. It’s v1. What matters is that Microsoft... |
| 12.09.2012 | Oblong Industries: Myopia Is A Real Problem With Startups | The founders of Oblong Industries said myopia is a real problem in the world of startups today at Disrupt San Francisco 2012.
TechCrunch writer and moderator Josh Constine set up the discussion when he asked Oblong founders Kwindla Kramer a... |
| 27.07.2012 | Face to face meetings keep getting better, despite long-distance communications tech | Even though communication and information technologies have made constant communication
between clients, coworkers, and supervisors even easier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics last month said remote work and telecommuting has actually remai... |
| 06.07.2012 | Sony’s $380 Million Gaikai Acquisition Shows LA’s Technical Talent | Editor’s note: Nate Redmond is the Managing Partner of Rustic Canyon Partners. The firm was an early investor in cloud-based gaming platform Gaikai, leading its second round and participating alongside NEA and Benchmark in a subsequent one.... |
| 28.06.2012 | Q&A: TechStars CEO David Cohen sees Microsoft Kinect as a startup engine | TechStars CEO David Cohen on the Microsoft campus today for the Kinect Accelerator Demo Day.
After three months of work, putting in long hours to hone their technologies and business plans, eleven startups will be making a pitch more than 1... |
| 27.05.2012 | Hey Kids, Get Off My Lawn: The Once And Future Visual Programming Environment | Editor’s Note: This guest post is written by Kwindla Hultman Kramer, who is the CEO of Oblong Industries — the company known for developing the gestural interfaces in the film Minority Report. The company’s current customers and partners in... |
| 18.03.2012 | The Next, Next Thing | Editor’s Note: This guest post is written by Kwindla Hultman Kramer, who is the CEO of Oblong Industries — the company known for developing the gestural interfaces in the film Minority Report. The company’s current customers and partners in... |
| 08.03.2012 | Foundry Group Leads New Round In Oblong Industries To Push Computing Into “The Minority Report” Age | Oblong Industries just announced a Series B funding round led by The Foundry Group. Together with Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners and Energy Technology Ventures (a GE-NRG Energy-ConocoPhillips venture) Oblong Industries is lo... |
| 08.03.2012 | Oblong Industries Raises Series B Funding | Oblong Industries, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of innovative technologies and known for being the basis for the computers depicted in the film Minority Report®, has raised a Series B funding of undisclosed amount.
The round was led by ... |
| 23.06.2011 | Oblong Has Built The Future Of Computing. I've Seen It. Used It. It's Beautiful. | “This is the next Macintosh-level of disruption.”
Over the past several years, I’ve followed pretty much every new thing in the technology space, and written about many of them. But it’s hard not to get cynical when so much of what’s out th... |
| 05.06.2010 | The Next OS Revolution Countdown Begins
Categories
Search | The Power of the User Interface
In December 2009, Patently Apple posted a report titled "Apple Mages Working on Augmented Reality Magic." Our report covered a number of key developments that are in various stages of development. O... |
| 16.02.2010 | Minority Report computer interface designer demos the real thing (video) | At the big-think, big-demo TED conference in Long Beach last week, MIT Media Lab alumnus John Underkoffler demonstrated a real working version of the memorable grab-it-and-throw-it computer interface he designed for Tom Cruise in the hit sc... |
| 16.02.2010 | The iPad Is Step 1 In The Future Of Computing. This Is Step 2 (Or 3). | In 2008, I attended a meeting in Madrid, Spain that featured the coolest demonstration I had ever seen. The problem was that I wasn’t allowed to talk about what I had seen because the company was still in stealth-mode. More importantly, sev... |
| 16.02.2010 | Minority Report computer interface designer demos the real thing (video) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
At the big-think, big-demo TED conference in Long Beach last week, MIT Media Lab alumnus John Underkoffler demonstrated a real working ... |
| 17.11.2008 | Oblong's g-speak spatial operating interface brings Minority Report UI to life | http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2229299&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.
After having seen the above ... |
| - | Interview: Minority Report science advisor shares his vision for the future of computing | John Underkoffler is known for his imaginative vision for the future of computing, thanks in part to his work as a science advisor on the film “Minority Report.”
More than just special effects eye candy, though, the trippy, gesture-based us... |
| - | Interface (Il)literacy: Learning How to Read & Write in the 21st Century | Back in 1991, Mark Weiser, a researcher at Xerox PARC, wrote an article for Scientific American called “The Computer for the 21st Century.” Weiser envisioned a future in which people interact in natural ways (e.g., gesture, speech) with a c... |
