Moving to a new office space presents its own set of challenges – among them how to make the reception area unique, functional and a testiment to the culture and creativity of the people working within. Following the old adage of first impressions, we found a way to make a lasting impression from the moment visitors walk through our glass doors. Our eCeption is the perfect blend of our creativity and technological expertise. Join our CEO Adam Froman for a one-on-one demonstration of this Delvinian touch and how it answers our reception challenge.
Intrigued? We aren’t stopping there. eCeption is currently undergoing the following enhancements:
- Time Specific Messaging – Touch the meeting icon on the eCeption to see a listing of scheduled meetings (time and location) and to notify Delvinia of their arrival.
- Call a Delvinian – Allows a visitor to call and talk directly to the Delvinian of their choice from eCeption.
- Send an Instant Message to a Delvinian – Visitors can log into their Instant Messenger chat tool and “Send and IM” to a Delvinian.
- Send an SMS to a Delvinian – Visitors can send a text message to a Delvinian who is away from their desk.
- Presentation Mode – Presentations are added to the eCeption allowing the presenter to touch the screen and cycle through the presentation slides.
- Interactive Map – Touch the icon and a map displays with key locations around the Delvinia offices such as TTC stops, coffee shops, restaurants, washrooms and most importantly – the Delvinia seating plan!
That’s a great setup, really creative! May I ask what you are backending that with?
Thanks,
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The eCeption is an AIR 2.0 application, built using Flex 3. Most of the backend involves loading data directly off of the computer’s hard drive; XML layout content, employee information, etc. along with various images and video. There are additional calls made via the Internet for some of the other functionality: Sending an email calls a PHP script on our web server. Sending a phone message calls a PHP script on our SIP telephone server. For maps we’re using Microsoft’s Bing maps. For the News section we use AIR’s built-in web browser to load a couple of web pages from our web server.
If you have any other questions please let us know.