SPHER OS Snapshot - v2.2

A new era in operating systems has begun. Designed to run on all devices, we are proud to introduce the world’s most advanced operating system, whose innovative window management allows for simultaneous multi-user multi-application without limitation. It’s also the only operating system especially designed for large-surface touchscreens.

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Imagine an operating system that is easy to use, self-repairs, self-protects, doesn’t freeze, can’t be hacked, allows for encrypted P2P communication bypassing Cloud and servers, runs multi-user multi-applications simultaneously, runs self-diagnostics, doesn’t slow down, seamlessly neutralizes system failures even if in the core, and you go on working as if nothing happened. Did we mention no reboots? This is SPHER OS and its getting better!

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In 2012, it became clear to us that the market was trending towards interactive touch technologies for windows, walls, tables, television or computer screens. In our view, we were on the edge of a social revolution, substantial in nature, due to the multiplication of access points to information offered by these technologies. Whether in cafés, restaurants, waiting rooms, places of mass-transit, we would witness in the near future the systematic introduction of multi-media interactive touch tables, which would gradually find their way into our homes. To substantiate our assumptions, it sufficed to study the wide-audience table creation projects from companies such as Microsoft or Samsung, to mentioned the best known players in this field.

If it were true that these technologies were rapidly developing, as a result there was an opportunity to impose a new operating system that would actually be capable of providing a simultaneous multi-user multi-application experience on a large interactive surface. Such an OS would include an innovative window management and an array of embedded smart features, thus providing multiple users with same, or better, UX on a large interactive surface, when compared to what they experience on tablets.

During the ‘70s the deployment of microcomputers was laborious, due to a lack of suitable operating system. Bill Gates could impose MSDOS and from there on create the Windows monopoly. Similarly, the rapid emergence of smartphones challenging iPhone’s monopoly opened the way for Android, which subsequently has become the world’s No. 1 smartphone operating system, solely due to the fact that no other OS was adapted to the new medias found in smartphones.

Windows and Android cannot efficiently meet the specialized needs that will be required for the oncoming onslaught of tactile devices of all sizes. This gap is where we saw SPHER OSTM and today we realize that this third place is there for us to take.

Determined to seize this opportunity, we began the development of SPHER OSTM in July 2013 with the clear objective of developing the ultimate large tactile surface operating system. Our rapid progress in this field led us in May 2014 to acquire Digitale Interactive whose advanced research into tactile screen technologies enriched our own development program.

The arrival in our team of these Computer Sciences doctors and R&D engineers, all recognized leaders in this area of research, has ensured the development SPHER OSTM as the prime tactile surface operating system.

You don’t wake up one day and say to yourself:

“I am going build an operating system from

scratch just for fun!”

Smain Benali Managing Director

Nicolas Bourbaki Research & Development Center

iSPHER Group CTO

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We started out aiming to design the best OS for large tactile surfaces, but it has developed into so much more. It’s now the fastest and most versatile OS available today.

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A few years ago, three engineers got together to fulfill a common vision:

Design superior technology to bring to the market advanced, yet affordable business and communication solutions.

Now, the dream is becoming reality. With a staff of over thirty scientific personnel that include PhDs, University Professors and Senior R&D Engineers, the Nicolas Bourbaki Center for Research and Development, iSPHER’s Research Division, has successfully developed groundbreaking technologies that include amongst other, an innovative, 100% European operating system, infrastructure solutions to enable the Internet of Things to become an affordable reality and the most advanced large surface touch screen technology in the world.

Everyday, our rapidly expanding R&D and engineering team contribute their talent, unique expertise and passion for technology, to innovate and equip our clients with the advanced technology to provide them with the competitive edge they need now and in the future.

A new era begins with SPHER OSTM SPHER OSTM: the first cross-platform 100% European operating system, whose arrival on the global market of new technologies has already made it as a serious alternative to known giants such as Windows, Android, iOS and MacOS.

SPHER OSTM is designed from its very inception to run on all existing and future devices with a focus on user experience, accessibility and security.

The development of SPHER OSTM is not focused on any single device such as a computer, to then be adapted to other types of devices. We took into account from design stage, all existing and emerging media, such as Computers, Tablets and Touch Tables, connected TVs, Smartphones, Smart Watches, Smart Glasses, etc..

Thanks to an innovative modular architecture, backed by a complete arsenal of now indispensable services, such as applications store, Cloud, content sharing, secure payment system, parental control, etc., SPHER OSTM is quasi-limitless!

Exceptionally stable and virus-proof, SPHER OSTM focuses primarily on the scalability of functionality and interaction with the resource-hungry medias of today. It is also primed for the onboarding of future medias. While aiming for optimal performance, SPHER OSTM provides the user with a rapid and intuitive interface featuring a consistent ergonomy, regardless of applications or device.

SPHER OS’ design is user-centric with a strong focus on a wide availability of content, with the aim of making each and every use of our operating system a unique experience, without constantly having to improve its performance or experience with the help of a content applications store. SPHER OSTM also benefits from the rich contribution of thousands of current and future Linux applications!

The availability of free and easy-to-use development tools facilitates the conception and implementation of applications for a non-specilaized audience. Featuring a low entry barrier for developers, SPHER OSTM can rely on the rapid expansion of its community, both among development specialists and ordinary users. The anticipated growth of our community will make us a key player in the OS sector.

Supports all Devices SPHER OSTM is compatible with any interactive computer-based system (Tablet, Desktop, Laptop, Smart TV,

Touch tables, etc.). SPHER OSTM supports ARM, Intel and AMD

hardware.

Alternative to Android, Windows, iOS and Mac OS

SPHER OSTM offers all the standard functions of traditional operating

systems. In addition, the user can enjoy more exclusive features such as sharing windows between multiple SPHER OSTM

equipped devices.

Made in Europe SPHER OSTM has been entirely developed in

France and all European users’ stored information

is located in European data centers.

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Our innovative bottom up design is efficient, robust and reliable. Easy to use The SPHER OSTM graphical interface is intuitive and can easily be used without any prior knowledge of computers. Its attractive modern design enhances the operating system’s ergonomic qualities.

Window Rotation Enjoy the full freedom to rotate, move, change ratios and resize your windows as you wish using two fingers only.

Simultaneous User Interactions SPHER OSTM is the only OS today that allows simultaneous multi-users interaction on the same interactive tactile touch surface, thus becoming the first genuine multi-user multi-tasking operating system.

Rapid Startup SPHER OSTM is up and running in only a few seconds, which compares favorably to other operating systems currently in use.

Speech Recognition SPHER TALKTM enables users to give vocal commands to the system and allows for voice-activated information searches.

Self-repairing SPHER OSTM automatically detects system or application irregular behavior and will undertake fault reparation in the background without user assistance or loss of system performance.

Resource Consumption Control Users have total control over operating system resource consumption. It is possible to allocate a limited amount of CPU, Memory, Bandwidth and Storage to each specific application. These quotas can be dynamically changed at any time. This ensures that the SPHER OSTM operating system will never hang.

Remote Control Temporary remote access and control to third parties for device maintenance is possible. No need for any additional software besides the user’s web browser.

Automatic Updates SPHER OSTM will update automatically both system and applications. No user intervention required.

Enterprise Device Management

Companies can manage their entire platform of devices using SPHER

Enterprise features. Several dashboards provide an overview of the health and

configuration of your devices and let you update their configuration remotely.

SPHER Enterprise gives you the tools to collect statistics and logs from all your

SPHER machines.


Connectivity Your Applications and Contents Everywhere The user can utilize a SPHER OSTM device owned by a friend or in a public area simply by logging in with his/her worldwide SPHER account coordinates and can use applications or find content as he/she were at home. There will be no trace of system usage as soon as the session on the device has ended.

Communicate with friends and family everywhere on any device SPHER Video Share service allows the user to setup a video call or phone call with ease. Thanks to SPHER OS’s window sharing functionality, the user can share photos with friends and family or interact in real-time. This ideally suited for a wide array of sectors and use cases.

Connected Everywhere A SPHER OSTM equipped device is always connected to the Internet thanks to Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G and LoRa connectivity. As a matter of course, SPHER OSTM regularly updates communication protocols in order to remain a universal system.

Social Networks SPHER Share makes it easy to share any

content on leading social network such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and

other popular networks. We plan the development of our own social

networking application in addition to onboarding novel and promising

platforms from exciting new companies.

SPHER OS allows its users to securely flip content and share windows between devices, wherever they are in the world. Its great for real-time collaborative interaction.


Forward-looking Adapted for Large-surface Touch Screen Technology SPHER OS’ innovative window management system allows users to open and display with ease as many applications as they want while all are simultaneously active. It goes way beyond the current single-window-focus paradigm of competing operating systems.

Primed for Future Devices SPHER OSTM is primed for new visualization systems such as 4K, transparent screens, etc. as well as new types of interactions such as 3D sensors.

SPHER OS gave birth to SPHER TOUCH, the most advanced large-surface touch screen technology in the world today.


SPHER OS’ superior performance opens the way to a radically enhanced user experience on large surface touch screens.

The impact on sectors such as F&B or Education will be huge.

Featured in this image is our SPHER TOUCH touch screen technology as configured in a leading food chain.

Restaurants, Coffee Shops & Bars Streamline internal processes while providing a better customer experience and generate new revenue though advertising.

What are the benefits of SPHER TOUCH? Hotels Better engage with your guests with an interactive lobby. Great for touristic promotions, advertising, entertainment for all age groups, promoting your own brand, local events, etc.

Retail Dual advantage of providing a superior interactive catalog for the shop, great for in-store promotions and best of all, its entertaining for the kids.

Education Numerous applications for interactive learning, group studying, while increasing student attention. Suitable for all age groups.

Healthcare Great waiting room entertainment for all ages and a great platform for promoting key health messages. Ideal support for the analysis of patient cases between doctors.


Customize your Experience The user can customize his/her environment with preferred applications, background, and photos, along with a choice of language. This configuration will appear each time the user logs into a SPHER OSTM device.

SPHER Store The user can find and install the applications he/she wants thanks to SPHER Store. An internal review of all applications available from the SPHER Store catalog ensures the highest quality of SPHER Apps. In addition, the user can download content such as video, books and magazines from the SPHER Store. SPHER OSTM provides the APIs that allows to build his/her own store featuring the user’s own unique characteristics and publishing policies, as well as configure the SPHER OSTM installation to use it.

Application Development Publish your own Applications SPHER OS SDKs provide the tools to publish applications automatically to the SPHER Store.

Web SDK Web developers can benefit from the Web SDK to make their own application. It is as easy as coding a standard web application. SPHER OS provides high performance native interactive components that can be used in the SPHER WEB application as new HTML elements and interact with them using JavaScript. These components cannot be implemented with current web technologies.

Native SDK C++ developers can benefit from the SPHER OSTM Native SDK to implement real-time applications needing high performance such as simulations or multiplayer games.

Game SDK The Game SDK provides tools based on game programming languages such as LUA. Game developers do not need to learn a new language to develop their games on SPHER OSTM.


Content Download (Applications, video, etc.)

User Identification

Uploads User Preferences

Sends Alerts and Indicators

Remote Equipment Control

Updates

Remote System Management

Secure Connection

Touch Screen Table Desktop Laptop Connected TV Tablet Smartphone

Create a Secure Connection Between Devices

SPHERE OS is a rich cross-platform environment for users and developers alike. SPHER OS is designed to provide a rich and versatile environment for users and developers alike. However, its openness and interactive qualities are never at the expense of security or data integrity.


SPHER OS’ impact on education will be substantial because it will allow students of all ages to easily interact with teachers and among themselves whether they are in the same room or halfway across the world. Several core SPHER OSTM features will make it the favored OS for the Education sector since these include the ability to flip content and share windows directly between devices bypassing the Cloud or servers, whether in the same room or with someone the other side of the world. In addition, students and academia will enjoy the most advanced large surface tactile technology, multi-user multi-application simultaneous interaction, and a host of embedded parental and security features that make SPHER OS safe for students of all ages. Teachers and academic establishments can now structure learning with a degree of interactivity unknown until now, all in real-time, thus bringing people closer together.

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We designed SPHER OSTM to become a universal operating system suitable for any device, sector, culture, region or age group. Devices: SPHER OS’ development program started by providing a superior user experience on large tactile surfaces, but is now being implemented to run on all devices, such as smartphones, tablets, PCs, connected TVs, etc.

Sector: SPHER OSTM is suitable for private as well as commercial and public usage.

Cultural/Region: SPHER OSTM embeds security and content controls, thus making our operating system appropriate all cultures and regions.

Age Group: Protecting loved ones from inappropriate content is now central to the digital age. The need for efficient content control is also required by institutions, employers, and many private or public establishments.

We are implementing an ambitious development program to ensure that SPHER OSTM will remain the benchmark for all operating systems.

Embedding NFC in order to add payment functionality to our tactile tables

Embedding vocal recognition in order to enhance UX

Large Surface Tablets and Touch Tables

PC Tablets Connected TV Smartphone

SPHER OS historically was developed to remedy the lack of adequate operating system

for large tactile surfaces. As such, it stands today in a class of its own outperforming all

other operating systems.

The development of SPHER OS for PCs will

allow us to offer SPHER OS to a wide home and

business audience.

We will ensure a rich environment of

downloadable apps and content that will allow users

to enjoy the full power of SPHER OS with all their favorite applications.

SPHER OS 3.0 will be released to

coincide with the growing. market

for connected TVs.


The Nicolas Bourbaki R&D Center

All our R&D team members have been handpicked from a pool of hundreds of top-level research and engineering candidates from leading French universites and laboratories.

Our 30+ full-time R&D staff include:

•  1 PhD applied Mathematics •  1 PhD Radio Frequency and Electronics •  5 PhD in Computer Sciences •  World’s No. 1 University Professor specialized in Distributed System. •  1 University Professor specialized in Computer Services •  1 University Professor specialized in Software Development •  17 Senior R&D Engineers •  2 Technicians •  2 Administrative support staff

Unique scientific knowledge needed to create today the solutions of tomorrow

Our investment into Innovative R&D drives iSPHER's commercial approach and strategy. The key to our success is our in-house capability to generate genuine innovation and develop solutions that do not draw on any fully developed or existing technology.

We are committed to obtaining market leadership in hardware and components design, software development and content management systems, allowing us to durably serve commerce and industry by delivering superior communication.


About iSPHER

iSPHER excels at creating, developing and implementing sophisticated technology solutions that enhance Man’s ability to interact and connect with the surrounding environment.

We are dedicated to the development, promotion and sale of enhanced user-friendly communication solutions characterized by innovation, as well as by a deep understanding of the markets we serve. Our experienced team along with the outstanding researchers and scientists of the Nicolas Bourbaki Research and Development Center apply their unique talents to foresee today the market needs of tomorrow.

Our areas of expertise are communication and connectivity solutions where our state-of-the art technology developments provide our clients with a competitive edge in their respective markets. Our technology and solutions integrate seamlessly into a wide variety of leading sectors such as Media & Entertainment, Social Media, Medical, Education, as well as in a host of industrial areas. Our user-friendly applications include tactile technologies for large-scale surfaces, SPHER NET, an end-to-end communication gateway to power IoT (Internet of Things) networks, novel graphic interfaces, etc.

What differentiates us is our ability to integrate market needs and reality into our development programs. This capacity to understand future trends have led us to undertaking important long-term developments that have yielded groundbreaking technologies that include SPHER OS, a proprietary operating system enabling simultaneous multi-user/multi-application use of large-scale tactile surfaces, state-of-the-art hardware and software developments, SPHER MARKET, a sophisticated content distribution systems, the first operational end-to-end LoRa network solution, and more.

iSPHER SA Headquarters Avenue de Tivoli 3, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland T. +41 (0)800 99 88 33 iSPHER SA Representative Office Chemin des Aulx 21 1228 Plan-les-Ouates Geneva, Switzerland T. +41 (0)22 741 00 40 Nicolas Bourbaki R&D Center 294 route des Grands Bois 74370 Villaz France T. +33 (0) 450 60 60 90 E. [email protected] www.ispher.com | www.spher-os.com


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