Press release GUIDE Project

Darmstadt-based start-up company to be partner in EU-funded research project

Date: 10. September 2010

vsonix, a company from Darmstadt founded in 2007, is next to the known University of Cambridge, the Fraunhofer IGD and one of the market leaders for video technology, Technicolor, partner within the research project GUIDE, which is being supported by the commission of the European Union. The European project GUIDE ("Gentle user interfaces for elderly people") is developing a software framework which allows developers to efficiently integrate accessibility features into their applications. GUIDE puts a dedicated focus on the emerging Hybrid TV platforms and services (Connected TVs, Set-Top Boxes, etc.), including application platforms as HBBTV as well as proprietary middleware solutions of TV manufacturers. These platforms have the potential to become the main media terminals in the users' homes, due to their convenience and wide acceptance. Especially for users of the elderly society applications such as home automation, audio-visual communication or continuing education can help to simplify their daily life, stay connected in their social network and enhance their understanding of the world.

As a developer of video-based telelearning solutions and as a webcast service provider for congress documentation and targeted corporate communications, vsonix is in touch with the latest trends and enables its clients a high quality alternative to cost and time expensive travels. Meanwhile the company keeps an eye on the elderly generation, which approaches the new media possibilities only slowly. Participating in this European project, positions vsonix further in the direction of a strong company with a focus on the central topics of our times.