The Möbius Closing Event in 4YFN: the latest tech innovations in the book industry
Innovative tech is also a hot topic in the creative and cultural industries. Möbius will host a panel discussion at the Mobile World Capital Barcelona’s stage in 4YFN 2024 (stand number 8.1B55) on Tuesday, February 27th, at 12.00.
A 360º VR-headsets demonstration of the Möbius Book Experience
Industry leaders and experts will...
Möbius is showcased at ISE 2024 in Barcelona
One month before the end of the project, and when the results of MÖBIUS are sufficiently mature, from January 30th January to February 2nd, the Eurecat Technology Centre is presenting at ISE 2024 in Barcelona, the leading international trade fair for the audiovisual sector and integrated systems, the new 3D...
Möbius experiences: Immersive art installations and Mobile Book Box
Imagine that your fantasy story would be converted into a digital audiovisual experience. This happened to the authors Giulio Ravizza and Filippo Rubulotta. Their fantasy stories arose as an audiovisual show in Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig, Germany. This show can be presented in the Möbius Immersive Box (MIB) and as a VR...
Unveiling the Copyright Implications of Online Creation and Sharing of Literary Content in the EU
The Möbius Project and the Digital Revolution in the Book Publishing Industry The digital era has transformed the book publishing industry, leading to the emergence of innovative business models that blur the boundaries between consumers and producers, giving rise to the concept of prosumers. Launched in March 2021, the ongoing
Introducing Möbius’ Prosumer Intelligence Toolkit: a dashboard to gather essential knowledge on readers’ habits.
Wouldn’t a tool telling publishers about their readers’ habits and passions be the innovation they always dreamed of? Telling publishers what readers would want to see in their next books, which characters to expand upon… Horizon 2020 project Möbius, Aldus Up partner, will not make publishers...
Crowd publishing
Bookabook is the first Italian crowdfunding publisher: through crowd publishing - bringing together the potential of crowdfunding and the pursuit of quality of traditional publishing - bookabook gives authors the tools to bring their ideas into being, thus connecting them directly with readers. Publishing proposals are first selected by a group...
Engaging users in the development of Möbius: How did users evaluate the Möbius Prosumer Intelligence Toolkit in pilot phase 2?
The Prosumer Intelligence Toolkit (PIT) is a data dashboard for publishers that presents insights by collecting knowledge and data from prosumer online fandom communities (e.g., Archive of Our Own). To test the dashboard, we used a qualitative approach called ‘think aloud sessions’. Concretely, between June 2022 and September 2022, we...
Engaging users in the development of Möbius: How did readers evaluate the Möbius Player in pilot phase 2?
The Möbius Player is a mobile application that opens new possibilities to experience books in an immersive manner, engaging the readers through the combination of text, 3D-audio, and visualisations. Via the Player, readers gain access to digital books that expand upon the traditional ebook and audiobook format, leading to an...
Engaging users in the development of Möbius: How did users evaluate the Möbius Creator in pilot phase 2?
This post will discuss the results of the Creator. The Creator is a web application (browser based) that allows authors to transform their own stories into immersive experiences. We decided to take a full digital approach. Meaning that participants can sign up to test the Creator, receive the invitation to...