GUI development for Loewe's first OLED TV - bild 7
To develop its new user interface, again Loewe is partnering with TARA Systems and using their GUI technology Embedded Wizard. The close collaboration resulted in that Loewe was once again able to set standards that to a great extent are unrivalled in elegance, user-friendliness, and in joy of use.
The Challenge
Creating a smart TV user interface with it’s enormous complexity including LiveTV, EPG, Streaming Services, Media Browsing, Media Playback, Apps, Settings, Encryption and many more, and all this in a wide range of languages and country specific derivations, is a challenging task.
At the same time, it should be presented in a uniform way and be adaptable to new design trends in the future. Besides of this, the user interface should be able to run on a wide variety of platforms with covering all features from top high-end to mid range.
The Solution
In response to those technical challenges, Loewe decided for TARA Systems, since we have many years of experience in the TV segment and in the development of high performance frontends for embedded systems.
When selecting the frontend technology, Loewe chose our GUI solution Embedded Wizard, as it is specially designed for effective implementation of high-performance, animation-driven frontends, and allows the same software project to be mapped on various SoCs with minimal effort.
At the beginning we conducted PoCs (Proof of Concept) for performance of critical animations and carried out tests on the SoC. This enabled us to identify non-implementable animations in advance and to share the result with the Loewe’s design department, which developed alternatives in cooperation with us. As a result, it was possible to avoid costs for changes at a later development phase.
Subsequently, we fully analysed the entire UI specification, and developed flexible and clear software architecture. Later changes could easily be incorporated, and it was possible to reduce development expense with reusable code blocks.
We carefully tested all software components prior to each delivery. Thus it was possible for Loewe to smoothly integrate the software.
The Result
Loewe has once again placed its trust in us, this time for realising the user interface for its newest OLED TV generation. Loewe relies on our technical competence, feedback on UX, feasibility studies, and in particular a good and reliable realisation.
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