From 22 to 24 October Hevolus Innovation is at Smau Milan 2019 with two successful cases. Antonio Squeo participates as a speaker at the round table entitled "Innovative platforms and digital approaches: how to effectively satisfy the desires of customers and companies". Moderated by Simona Regina, a journalist for Radio Rai, Paolo Snidero (TIM), Antonio Filoni (Doxa), Gioele Panella (CrowdFundMe) and Alessandro Punzi (Oracle NetSuite) took part. The event will be broadcast in live streaming on Triwù.it at 13.00. Click here to follow it #HevolusInnovation #smau #openinnovation #digitalcustomerjourney #microsoftpartner

From October 15th to 18th Hevolus Innovation is at the SICAM 2019 International Exhibition at the Fiera di Pordenone, the annual reference event for the international industry of components, semi-finished products and accessories for furniture. The focus of the exhibition will be on the multimedia technological solutions designed to innovate the Customer Journey of the furniture industry, to strategically and effectively support the companies of this sector in the complex digital transformation process that is inevitable nowadays. More specifically, you will be able to experience first-hand the advantages of our Augmented Store, an award-winning virtual and mixed reality solution that allows you to visualize - with any mobile or wearable device - three-dimensional and multimedia digital contents that coexist with the physical reality of the exhibition space. The Augmented Store supports carpenters, furniture manufacturers and designers in changing their approach to sales and innovate their tools meant to create a relationship with the end customer, from the "augmented" presentation of their creations to the immersive visualization of a custom-made furnishing project that can also be shared remotely. In this way, end customers can now discover new collections, change colours and patterns of the furniture, move it, discover the details by looking at it in 360 degrees and design their own kitchen under the guidance of experts. New features have been recently implemented, such as "Room-scale" technology, spatial sound and Azure anchors, which further amplify the user experience and reset the “technological embarrassment”: customers will be able to experience the journey using any device (tablet, smartphone, Hololens2, VR headsets, immersive MR headsets) and they will be able to share the experience remotely. «Our offer is not only technological, but a new story applied to sales - explains Antonio Squeo, CIO of Hevolus Innovation. Despite the great influence of e-commerce, more than 90% of the sales still takes place in-store. We wanted to create something that fully involves the customers, making them fans of a unique experience that will spread through word of mouth». Interested visitors will be able to try the solutions during live demos with Hevolus Innovation specialists, at stand B18 / C19, Hall 9. #HevolusInnovation #Sicam2019 #AugmentedStore #Hololens2 #MR #AR #MicrosoftPartner #MicrosoftAzure

At the London Design Festival 2019 Natuzzi launches the new Ergo collection by designer Ross Lovergrove. Based on the use of renewable and recyclable materials, the project won the #RedDotAward Award - Design Concept 2019. The collection will be on display in the Natuzzi Flagshipstore on Tottenham Court Road, where the first Natuzzi AugmentedStore in the UK was also launched: a new retail space in which Mixed Reality coexists with the physical store to offer personalized services and improve the relationship one -to-one with the consumer. #HevolusInnovation #Microsoft #Natuzzi #MicrosoftInnovationSummit #AugmentedStore #Hololens2 #MR #AR

Hevolus Innovation has been ranked by CIOApplications in the “Top 10 AR/VR Solution Providers - 2019”, the list of the first ten european companies providing AR/VR Solutions to help clients transform their businesses. We are the only italian company in the Top10! Read the interview to Antonio Squeo #HevolusInnovation #CIOApplicationsMagazine #AR #VR #MR

On May 30th at the Bocconi University of Milan the Microsoft Innovation Summit 2019 took place, the most important event of the year, which saw the participation of Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. Hevolus Innovation also attended the Summit, bringing home a great deal of emotion, satisfaction and success. In the very crowded plenary session of the morning, Satya Nadella spoke of us as a company capable of imagining what can be done with digital transformation and enthusiastically exposed the Augmented Store and our phygital customer experience project in Hololens 2 we designed and developed for Natuzzi. The only apulian company, Hevolus Innovation was selected by Ambizione Italia, a Microsoft project to develop digital transformation initiatives in our country, to set up our exhibition corner in the Bocconi foyer. Great attendance by visitors and journalists at our live demos and at the afternoon session "How mixed reality is changing in-store customer experience" with Pierangelo Colacicco, CIO of Natuzzi, and Antonio Squeo, CIO of Hevolus Innovation, interviewed by Giovanni Iozzia. #HevolusInnovation #Microsoft #Natuzzi #MicrosoftInnovationSummit #AugmentedStore #Hololens2 #MR #AR

Hevolus Innovation and Bouvet announce the start of their partnership for disruptive customer journey projects aimed at the Retail and Maintenance sectors February 2019. Hevolus Innovation, a leading company in the field of disruptive technologies, and Bouvet Norge AS, a Norwegian company that designs, develops and advises on IT solutions and digital communication, are pleased to announce the start of their partnership. A partnership that will see the two strategic consulting & IT companies collaborate internationally for the design and development of new customer journeys based on the use of disruptive technologies, aimed at the maintenance and 360° retail sectors. Hevolus Innovation and Bouvet Norge AS are both Microsoft world-wide partners for Mixed Reality; the two companies have a collaboration agreement with the aim of exploring the potential that would result from the synergy of the two teams. Their new projects will combine the creativity and expertise of the Italian company Hevolus Innovation, with the solidity and experience of Bouvet, the Norwegian listed company. The focus will be on the search for innovative business models and customer journeys that, thanks to the use of disruptive and Azure-based technologies (e.g. Mixed Reality devices, AppServices, CosmosDB, Cognitive and AI Services, Microsoft Dynamics 365), will be capable of offering an extraordinary buying experience in the retail sector and increasing the service levels of remote maintenance rendering it futuristic and maximising its performance. The Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona (25 – 28 February 2019), the world's most important exhibition on mobile devices, is a great opportunity for Hevolus Innovation to present not only their Mixed Reality solutions, but also the potential of their partnership with Bouvet. During this period, Bouvet's management team will be Hevolus' guests at their stand (Hall 8.0 Stand 8.0J1). “We are proud of this partnership,” says Antonella La Notte, CEO of Hevolus Innovation. “The collaboration with Bouvet will certainly offer our team the opportunity for important professional growth and human enrichment, something that happens when different cultures interact in a synergistic and understanding way". “We are very excited to be working with Hevolus Innovation. The partnership between our two companies will offer a unique combination of creativity, experience and delivery power that will enable us to produce leading-edge solutions for the future” says Sverre Hurum CEO of Bouvet Norge AS. Download the press release #MixedReality #MicrosoftHololens #Hevolus #BouvetNorge #customerjourney #innovation #disruptivetechnology

Hevolus Innovation at the Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona. From 25 to 28 February 2019 we will be at MWC2019 in Barcelona, the most important fair in the world on mobile devices. On this occasion we will present with live demo our Mixed Reality solutions for Hololens and immersive headset, completely based on Microsoft Azure services: Holomaintenance, the remote maintenance platform, and Augmented Store, the immersive visualization platform of virtual stores suitable for any retail sector. During the fair, we will present also the potential of our partnership with Bouvet Norge. Infact Bouvet's management team will be Hevolus' guests at our stand. We are waiting for you! You can find us here: Hall 8.0 Stand 8.0J1. #MixedReality #MicrosoftHololens #Hevolus #MWC2019 #customerjourney #augmentedstore #holomaintenance

Rubner Haus presents the new Mixed Reality solution to display wooden house projects immersively The innovative "Rubner Haus in Mixed Reality" solution, developed in collaboration with Würth Italia and Hevolus Innovation, will be presented for the first time at KLIMAHOUSE Rubner Haus Spa, a Rubner Group company specialized for over 50 years in the construction of wooden houses, presents for the first time the innovative solution "Rubner Haus in Mixed Reality" created in partnership with Würth Italia, belonging to the Würth Group, world leader in distribution of products and systems for fastening and assembly, and its technological partner Hevolus Innovation, a leading company in the field of disruptive technologies, winner of the SMAU Innovation Award several times and Microsoft's worldwide partner for Mixed Reality. The project was conceived to innovate the relationship between the Rubner company, architects and technical operators of the sector, with the final aim of improving the final customer's shopping experience by offering an engaging, super-entertaining and emotional journey with the help of Mixed Reality. "Rubner Haus in Mixed Reality" is an immersive three-dimensional platform designed to view Rubner's home projects, which can be used both in holographic mode with Microsoft Hololens and in immersive mode. By wearing the Microsoft Hololens headset, the user (designer, seller and final customer) can see the hologram of the house on a small scale, placed on a horizontal plane, and walk around it to appreciate every detail. On the other hand, when wearing an immersive headset, the user can immerse himself in the project of the house, visualising it in 1: 1 scale as if the house had already been built, thus fully understanding the real spatial shapes and proportions of each part of the project. Klimahouse 2019 (23 - 26 January 2019) represents for Rubner Haus the ideal setting to present a preview of this new solution designed to improve the customer experience (CD sector, Stand D26 / 42). "We are proud to take part in Klimahouse, bringing technological innovation to the wooden houses sector," said Andreas Webhofer, Marketing Manager at Rubner Haus. The collaboration with international players such as Würth Italia and its technological partner Hevolus Innovation, which is Microsoft's worldwide partner, allows us to take advantage of the potential of modern technologies. It also lets us make the most of all the immense opportunities powered by Mixed Reality, created to offer designers and clients unforgettable experiences". #MixedReality #MicrosoftHololens #Hevolus #RubnerHaus #wurth #customerjourney #Woodenhouse

PRESS RELEASE MONDO CAMERETTE HAS CHOSEN HEVOLUS INNOVATION'S OMNICHANNEL CUSTOMER JOURNEY TO REVOLUTIONISE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IN THEIR STORES Omnichannel, virtual and augmented reality, immersive headsets and smartphones: Hevolus' new customer journey strategy that will bring innovative 4.0 customer experience to Mondo Camerette stores 20/12/2018 – Hevolus Innovation, a leading international company in the world of disruptive technologies and international partner of Microsoft for mixed reality, has announced that the Italian company Mondo Camerette, specialists in creating children's bedrooms, has launched an important digital transformation project based on Hevolus' new omnichannel customer journey. An innovative experience that aims to make its network of showrooms the perfect setting for parents and children to create their dreams. The project is called “Mondo Camerette in Mixed Reality”. Mondo Camerette will take on the challenge of implementing innovative technologies and services that will give new added value to their network of retail outlets, which is currently a must for many large furniture manufacturers to become part of the Retail 4.0 industry. The aim of the project is to redefine their role as furniture manufacturers, able to intercept the needs and expectations of increasingly digital consumers, or rather “digital natives” that children today are becoming. From a location dedicated to providing spectacular quality goods, Mondo Camerette's physical stores can now become a destination that offers a fluid and fulfilling experience to their customers. A destination where shopping is no longer a chore, but rather a place where customers love to go and enjoy being. Through conducting the analysis of consumer needs, critical points, strategies and opportunities related to the use of new devices in the purchasing process and studying the new social attitudes and technological habits of the consumer, Hevolus and Mondo Camerette have reinvented the Customer Journey. They have focused on implementing an omnichannel strategy, where every touchpoint can develop a succession of wow moments encased within the framework of a unifying, high added value and seamless experience, built around the customer. This approach, which is made possible by the integrated use of IoT technologies, Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge (immersive headsets, Microsoft Hololens, smartphones, tablets), makes the in-store service extremely accessible. The consumer is fully involved at every stage of their journey within the showroom, right from the entrance of the store to the discovery of the immersive mixed reality collection, to the 3D furniture design solution visualised in either a virtual or mixed reality setting, right up to seeing how the products and design project would look in their own homes in VR 360 mode. The new customer journey adopted by Mondo Camerette, who were recently awarded the SMAU Innovation Prize 2018, includes a range of IT and mobile APP platforms, all developed by Hevolus Innovation and their technological ecosystem, ensuring that it is operational and working well. Amongst these IT and mobile APP platforms is the Immersive Augmented Store. The customer, however young or old they may be, wears a mixed reality headset and is immersed in the company’s virtual store. The virtual store is an infinite "augmented" exhibition space, where the customer can see all the possible bedroom designs from the catalogue as if they were physically real and interact with them by changing colours and finishes. But not only this. The Augmented Store allows the consumer to see their own custom project in Mixed or Virtual Reality true to size. In this way, they are able to assess the layout, colours, dimensions and overall size as necessary or desired. "The customers need to live the exciting purchasing experience of our children's bedrooms," says Giuseppe Caruso, president of Mondo Camerette. "Thanks to the technologies designed and developed by Hevolus, the customer can enter into their virtual bedroom design, giving them a real-life perception of the space. In this way, decision times are reduced, and, in future, we will be able to reduce the size of the exhibition space, as customers can change their bedroom layouts and colours with mixed reality." Antonella La Notte, CEO of Hevolus, concludes: “For us it is an honour to contribute to the innovation of such important brands in the furniture sector such as Mondo Camerette. We have a shared vision of a Retail 4.0 that can win over people’s hearts and minds by providing them with magical moments and unforgettable relationships!” Open Press Release>> #MixedReality #MicrosoftHololens #Hevolus #mondocamerette #Retail #furniture #customerjourney #augmentedstore #omnichannel

At the end of SMAU Napoli 2018 Hevolus Innovation received the Smau 2018 Exhibitor Award for being "the reality that, among all the exhibitors of the 2018 edition of Smau, has distinguished itself for taking an active part in the initiatives and networking activities of Smau ". Padua, Berlin, Milan, Naples have been exciting stages, full of confirmations and awards for us and our customers. Thank you all! #smau #hevolus #news #thankyou #innovation #wurth #maronese #natuzzi #mondocamerette #mixedreality #virtualreality #artificialintelligence #microsofthololens #azure #microsoftpartner #retail #furniture #holomaintenance #holowarehouse #mydigitalcustomer #omnichannel #customerjourney

At Smau Napoli 2018 Hevolus and Mondo Camerette won the Innovation Award with the project "Mondo Camerette in Mixed Reality, the new omnichannel customer journey that Hevolus Innovation has designed and developed to make exciting the customer experience of parents and children, exploiting the potential of the mixed and virtual reality. #SMAUNaples #MixedReality #MicrosoftHololens #Hevolus #mondocamerette #Retail #furniture #customerjourney #augmentedstore #omnichannel

At Smau Napoli 2018, on December 12th and 13th, Hevolus presents its mixed and virtual reality solutions for the furniture retail sector with live demos and training workshops. Among the solutions Hevolus will present Augmented Store, a complete concept, designed for Mondo Camerette, which makes the display capacity of a store infinite through the use of extended realities. By redesigning every critical phase of the purchase process, the Hevolus project perfectly blends the world of furnishing with the digital one. The applications of virtual reality and mixed reality, with Hololens and with immersive viewers, allow the visitor to see in 3D, as if they were real, all the models and all the settings in the catalog, to configure his own furnishing project and visualize it perfectly inserted in his own home, so more easily assessing the composition, colors, materials, dimensions and real dimensions. We are waiting for you at Hall 6, stand 03. https://www.bitmat.it/blog/news/81010/tutte-le-startup-e-le-imprese-innovative-a-smau-napoli #SMAUNapoli #MixedReality #MicrosoftHololens #Hevolus #MondoCamerette #Retail #Furniture #customerjourney #augmentedstore