Lee sent out an email with this link - http://www.lm3labs.com/ on October 1st.
I really like their products and they have an interesting interface for their website. I wish the website was more helpful. I have some thoughts.
It is all flash and it is nicely done. You should all know by now how I feel about flash, but just in case you don’t - flash is super cool and I love it, but I don’t think it is a good idea to build a site entirely in flash. You would think that a company that is making some really cool and pioneering interfaces would have spent a little more time trying to understand the Internet.
There is a lot of visual noise and it would have been nice to have been able to turn off the styles and just see the links and the information - thanks flash. one of my favorite things about the site was the drop down that didn’t drop down.
it is just there. I click on the top link and that sub-nav is just there. It only goes away when I navigate away. It is annoying that I have to constantly see a loading bar while navigating the site. At least I don’t have to worry about my hand being too shaky to keep it hovered over the drop down.
After several minuets of clicking around I still had no idea what lm3labs did. I clicked on all the links and I saw pretty pictures and some white text. I didn’t read any of it. I don’t usually take the time to read when looking at a web site. I just scan for pictures and headings. I clicked on all the links on the top horizontal navigation bar but I still had no idea why Lee had sent the link. I was about to close the site and just happened to look in the lower left (one of the worst places to put links to important information) and noticed two additional links - the showreel link launched a video that finally showed me what I wanted to know. The video is very cool, but there was no volume control. I don’t think there is narration. I turned it off cause I didn’t want to listen to their midi loop.
After watching part of the video, I was interested in learning more. Clicking the news brings up an box - looks like they are still working on their news feed.
In the end I was fascinated and frustrated.
If you are interested in the exciting world of interactive projected images you should look at http://www.eyeclick.com
it’s a company that is innovative, creative with products that are highly effective in conveying the message that you desire.with a line of products such as interactive windows,walls,floors and tables, EyeClick is the best in its niche
http://www.eyeclick.com creates wonderful products that suite the retail industry as well as any advertising or marketing need (not to mention the museum exhibitions like the one in the cobra museum in the Netherlands)
they have interactive walls, windows, floors and tables as well as a multitouch screen that brings sci-fi to the real world
thank you jeff and andres. eyeclick is indeed pretty cool. The way you both rave on about eyeclick products you would think you worked for them. Again I had to look beyond the design of the website to appreciate the products.