C4DI corporate members Eon Visual Media recently hosted an intriguing conference to shed some light on augmented reality (AR), a sector that is set to be worth almost £8 billion by 2023.

Specialising in web design and app development, the step into the fascinating world of AR was a natural one for Eon. The growing team of digital experts and creatives frequently utilise the emerging technology to help their customers grow and expand.

We spoke with Managing Director Matt Dass and Head of App, Design and Web James Cherry to discover more about how organisations can use AR to improve multiple facets of their business.

The Hull Digital Awards is an annual celebration of the best digital-tech businesses in the region. Find out how it impacted some of last years winners and what they have to say about this prestigious event…

Ideal Boilers has over a century of experience in British manufacturing and the company continuously strives to meet the ever-changing demands of the heating industry.

Now, the international firm takes its next steps into the Smart Heating arena by partnering with C4DI members Sauce, to create an application that seamlessly fuses with their iconic models.

Ideal commissioned the creative software development team to design a digital solution that gives customers full control of the heating in their home, from anywhere in the world.

Software company APD Communications has created a striking work of art reflecting the incredible work of its customers in the emergency services. 

The pioneering Hull-based business chose the city’s Centre for Digital Innovation (C4DI) tech hub as the launch venue for its colourful illustration of the company’s work supporting emergency services organisations…

Or what you can learn from your own neurology about how you respond to the world around you?

TEDx Hull is returning for its fifth year in 2018, bringing together 12 unique speakers each with their own remarkable stories to tell and ideas to share…

Co-working members Ian Yeo, Scott Pilgrim and Stephen Dam are combining their expertise in property, digital innovation and construction to facilitate a new tech-driven approach to property development and management…

C4DI Corporate Members Arco organised a day of fundraising activities at their Digital Department offices, which raised almost £500 for local organisation Child Dynamix.

“We put on a day of Nintendo Wii tournaments and a bake-off,” Jon Baker, Systems Analyst at the safety wear and equipment company, tells us.

“It was a fantastic day and with sponsorship from Nibble and other Hull-based companies,  we were able to offer some brilliant prizes to the winners, raising the stakes when it came to people digging in their pockets for donation money.”

On the day, the team raised an incredible £243.50, which Arco then match-funded to double the figure and provide even more support to Child Dynamix.

Entries for the Hull Digital Awards close on Sunday 5 August, with the ceremony taking place on Thursday 20 September.

If you haven’t already nominated your business, or another project close to your heart, here’s why you should complete that entry form today.

“The Hull Digital Awards allows the digital community to celebrate the cutting-edge work taking place in the region,” explains Matt Gibson, Co-Founder of Sauce.

Photograph courtesy of Mark Kensett

C4DI Corporate Members, global pre-media specialist company, Trident, is extremely proud to announce the acquisition of DGC (Digital Graphic Communications) Sydney Australia. The two
companies have been working together as Strategic Partners for over 4 years within the
Fast Moving Consumer Good (FMCG) industry, locally and globally.

Trident is a global supplier of graphics production and pre-media services to over 2,000
of the world’s leading consumer brands…

In the next decade, we could see computers uncovering some of life’s most prominent puzzles, from world hunger to global warming.

Quantum computing is a mind-boggling topic. However, we have software developer and quantum enthusiast, Steve Bowman, on hand to explain some of the basic principles and how these machines are set to transform the world…