Nextwave Multimedia, declared new ‘Legends’ by Intel for the app Comics Creator.

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Nextwave Multimedia wins a prize at the ‘Nokia Calling All Innovators 2011′ for its’ game Hit21 Deluxe. Based on the number of downloads and game quality Hit 21 Deluxe won the third prize in the ‘Cards and Casino games’ category. The winner was announced on 18th August and the award given away on 25th Aug at Sunnyvale, Silicon Valley, USA. Last year we won the grand prize at this event.

Hit21 Deluxe an unique game with cards was jointly developed by Nextwave Multimedia, India and Ikoncity, UK. The game actually requires you to think and not leave things to chance. You have to be quick in your arithmetic to win this game.

To download the game click http://store.ovi.com/content/185941

To know more about the event check http://www.callingallinnovators.com/10m/winners.aspx#games

Event & Entertainment Management Association (EEMA), an organization that represents the Event and Entertainment industry in India, holds EEMAX Awards every year to recognize and reward the best efforts of its members.

In the EEMAX Awards 2011, our associates, Showspace Event, won the Silver Trophy for the ‘Best use of Technology’. It was given for the launch of the Ashok Leyland’s U-Truck range. At the heart of this event was the audio-visual on U-Truck produced by Nextwave Multimedia.

The AV is a first of its kind in India. To the best of our knowledge, never before has stereoscopic 3D been used in corporate communication. By ’stereoscopic 3D’ we mean the ‘Avatar’ kind, where you need special glasses and elements from the screen come right at you, seeming to leap out. U-Truck is Ashok Leyland’s technologically most advanced range of vehicles, a first in the industry in India.  The AV too uses a technology never before seen in a product launch in our country.

We developed ‘Mr. U-man’, a giant robot-like 3D character to represent the U-Truck range, and interacting with him on the screen was Ashok Leyland’s Executive Director - Marketing. We had 3D animations of parts and features of the truck separating out from the vehicle and coming on to the audience while Mr. U explained its features and benefits in his mechanical, super human voice.

The audience, wearing the special glasses, sat wonderstruck in their seats as they watched the aggregates of the vehicles popping out of the screen and coming right on to their faces. The EEMAX 20011 Silver Trophy for the Best use of Technology’ is truly deserved.

Nextwave Multimedia has won the Intel AppUp Developer Grand Prize Award in the ‘Most Innovative Application Category‘ for their app ‘Comics Creator’. This was a Global competition from Intel with more than 100 entrants. The winner was announced on 14th Feb 2011 at the ‘Mobile World Congress’ at Barcelona, and receives the Grand Prize money of $60,000.

Last year, Nextwave had won the ‘Nokia Calling All Innovators 2010′ - Grand Prize for the same app.

‘Comics Creator’ allows the user to create his or her own comic story, cartoons and photo journals by using a simple and easy to follow application. For artists it gets even better, they can upload sketches, doodles, etc, right away. The app provides the user with a large array of emotive characters, styles of illustration and dialogue box. The user can even save their favourite comic creations in the PC and share them with friends through networking sites, blogs etc.

Download the application from: http://www.appup.com/applications/publisher-Nextwave

For more information about the event check: http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/contest/intel-atom-developer-challenge-winners

We are delighted to announce that Nextwave Multimedia’s ‘Comics Creator’ has won the first prize in ‘Nokia’s 2010 Calling All Innovators’ contest in the Entertainment Category. The winners and runner-ups were declared on 15 September, 2010 at the ‘Nokia Developer Summit 2010′ held in London.

‘Nokia’s Calling All Innovators’ is a global app development contest presenting developers with the task of creating apps that make a difference in people’s everyday lives, and enhance the use of Nokia mobile devices in real-world scenarios.

For its third consecutive year, Nokia challenged developers worldwide to create mobile apps in any of four categories: Life Improvement, Eco/Being Green, Productivity and Entertainment.

More than 1,500 developers from all over the world responded to Nokia’s challenges. In all, Nokia received over 7,700 submissions.

The winners and finalists were adjudged based on the following criteria: Quality/Functionality, Uniqueness, Novelty Value and Innovativeness, Usability/Creativity, and Commercial Viability/Market Potential.

All the shortlisted developers were invited to London for the ‘Nokia Developer Summit 2010.’ The grand event saw some big-name guest speakers, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.

‘Comics Creator’ is an easy-to-use mobile application that allows you to create your own comics, cartoon strips, photo journals, etc — even if you’re not an artist. With this application, you can turn your ideas into a comic format that you like, and share it with your friends.

If you haven’t tried it out yet, download the application from: http://store.ovi.com/content/42786

The links below have more information about the event:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS175361+15-Sep-2010+HUG20100915

http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/nokia-developer-news/2010/09/15/winners-announced-in-calling-all-innovators-competition