2022 has been a HUGE year for interactive, immersive experiences. Our users across all industries have been creating the most inspirational – and endlessly replayable – projects. From learning teams through to film production companies, from marketing videos to immersive experiences. And we couldn’t let the year end without looking back at the big moments – from creative productions through to award wins.
Join us as we rewind the 12 months of 2022 in Stornaway!
DECEMBER 2022
Customer Project: Illuminated Text
Dive into Shakespeare’s words in four dimensions! Created by Rob Myles for North Americaâs largest classical repertory theatre company Stratford Festivalâs outreach programme – Stratfest@home. This interactive video studies Shakespeare from four different angles. Using a verse from Hamlet, the video puts the exploration in your hands. Choose an angle to approach the text, choose a line and find out more!
Available to watch – and play – on Statfest@Home.
NOVEMBER 2022
Customer Story: Hybrid Events
Interactive event Agency Plesh was set a challenge by a global consumer electronics brand in Italy, who asked them to produce a major product launch event.
The challenge: With many of the stakeholders attending online â how could they create an immersive hybrid event that made the online audience feel as much part of the event as the ones who attended in person?
OCTOBER 2022
InnovateUK Grant Win!
We won an InnovateUK SMART grant to transform the future of video editing.
âA game-changing innovation that will simplify the production of immersive content â offering more accessible options than Unity and Unreal.â
This project comes from listening to YOU â people totally new to video and games, but also experts who want better workflows – while of course keeping it a simple no code platform for everyone. We’ll let you know more here as it happens – here’s to this next exciting chapter!
SEPTEMBER 2022
Customer Project: The Gallery
The Gallery – Interactive Feature Film | Live-Action Video Game – made in Stornaway.io and published on all gaming platforms.
With 2 narratives – one set in 1981 and the other in 2021.
Starring George Blagden (‘Vikings’ & ‘Versailles’), Anna Popplewell (‘The Chronicles of Narnia’), Rebecca Root (The Queenâs Gambit), Richard Fleeshman (The Sandman), Shannon Tarbet (Killing Eve), Fehinti Balogun (I May Destroy You) and Kara Tointon (Eastenders).
Created by Paul Raschid in Stornaway.io. Completely gripping, and completely replayable.
Available now on: Steam (PC & Mac), Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch & Mobile (iOS & Android).
Kate Dimbleby joins the Creative UK Female Founders!
Our Stornaway.io Co-CEO and Creative Director, Kate Dimbleby, has joined 13 other entrepreneurs, working across film, TV and video production.
“So happy to be selected to join this group of brilliant women as part of the Creative Industries Council Female Founders Scale-up programme!
The past few years have been exciting. From being a creative producer myself to enabling creators all over the world to use Stornaway.io to make and deliver extraordinary interactive and immersive video experiences simply.
I can’t wait to see what the future holds and who I’ll meet along the way.”
Student Project: Life is ...
Filmmakers Chloe Skalenko & Max Caulfield: The Wonder Twins, have produced an interactive documentary about the classic story game Life is Strange. Engaging, fun and very re-playable.
Check out – and support – their next project: Hope Circle >>
AUGUST 2022
Stornaway Project: Interactive 360 Tour
We created a Stornaway VR app while visiting the Isle of Tiree. We’ve created a video that is a mix of 360 videos and still images. We then took this project and turned it into a Meta Quest VR app – in minutes!
Find out more about how to create your own apps.
JULY 2022
Feature Release: Unity Plugin
With our newly released plugin (in beta), you can open your interactive Stornaway project inside the Unity game engine (without having to know Unity) and then follow a few simple steps to package it up as an App. Contact us for more details.
JUNE 2022
Customer Project: A Personalised Demo
The Craft worked with Pitney Bowes to explain their new Smart Access Management (SAM). An interactive video showing the new system through the eyes of an employee, a contractor or a visitor. So you can get only the information that’s relevant to you.
MAY 2022
Learn more: Create personalised customer experiences
Generating customer loyalty today is more challenging than ever before. If you canât compete on price, how do you keep your customers coming back for more?
By creating genuine, personalised customer relationships at scale. And the best way to do this is through interactive brand experiences.
APRIL 2022
Customer Project: Want to change the world?
Created by students of Seton Hall Stillman School of Business, this interactive project asks its viewers to save the planet and tackle climate change.
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Viewers can take on the role of a citizen or the President of the United States and tackle the disastrous effects of climate change.
MARCH 2022
Video Tutorial: Get to grips with game logic
FEBRUARY 2022
Dive in: Interactive audiobooks - the future of storytelling?
There are close to 100,000 titles being published as audiobooks every year. Itâs the fastest growing area in publishing.
And amid this growth, something new and innovative is emerging which hasnât been written about much yet:Â Interactive Audiobooks.
Come with us and discover more about audiobooks and interactive audiobooks in this article >>Â
In 2020, Polish filmmaker Wojtek JeĹźowski created Pandemioza â an interactive audiobook. The filmmakers built the story from their real-life experiences during the pandemic lockdowns. Read the full customer story.
JANUARY 2022
Customer Project: Interactive Virtual Tour... with a twist
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Engagement levels soared for the interactive living history museum Fort Edmonton Park in Canada, who won an Innovative Use of Technology award for this immersive experience – a virtual tour with a twist. Created with creative agency Sticks and Stones.