A featured entrepreneur profile of CEO Patrick Connolly was published last week in the San Francisco Business Times. Check out the publication for the full article and to see what Pat says about says about the “Off the chain” craziness inside the office.

CEO Patrick Connolly spoke at the Institute for the Future at their Future of Persuasion Conference. He participated in a panel focusing on three key areas of our Future of Persuasion research - Health, Advertising, and Learning. His time in the spotlight explored the evolving relationship between consumer, brand and all the middlemen in between. The main questions were used to reveal what technology and agents will be most trustworthy and useful.

The TedxSoma event, held at the Academy of Sciences, provided a unique backdrop to showcase examples of Obscura Digital’s past projects, such as the award winning Hard Rock Café Memorabilia Wall. Members of the Obscura team were on hand to demonstrate a multitouch display screen at the post presentation reception for the conference and chat one-on-one with the motivating panel.

TEDxSF opening video featuring Obscura technology.

The City of San Francisco was asked by ChinaSF, the business development agency responsible for relations between the Country of China and San Francisco to find a technologically advanced venue to host a summit.  They naturally turned to Obscura.  65 people, including the head of San Francisco’s economic development office, China’s Council General and businessman Vincent Lo were in attendance.  Our studio is a virtual playground of emerging technologies and the crowd was wowed.  The Luncheon focused on technology, as well as the benefits of doing business in and with China.

They discussed the new payroll tax exemption, and discussed all the new technology Obscura is cooking up in the shop…

AdAge credits Obscura with being one of the few agencies who “have melded art and science to create new, digitally driven experiences.”  Read the full article.

AdAge credits Obscura with being one of the few agencies who “have melded art and science to create new, digitally driven experiences.”  Read the full article.

“I have seen a lot of cool technology, but this still makes my jaw drop whenever I see it in person.” Said Joe Tenczar, CIO for Hard Rock International, when discussing the 18’ multi-touch wall Obscura created for them.  Read the full article.