BLISS Content

Visit Bruges as it was in 1490 AD!

Hearing about history is one thing. Experiencing it, is something

completely different. Historium, the history attraction in Bruges,  wanted their visitors to The Historium tourist attraction was  looking for a unique way to let their visitors immerse themselves in  the Middle Ages.

In 2022 a revamp of the experience was approved, leading far better results with the new technology.

The web can easily become overwhelming to people with Autism. The Etisalat Wider Web extension is the first of its kind accessibility tool which curates the user experience to people who are on the autistic spectrum.

Etisalat Wider Web adopts a wide range of technologies in order to streamline the experience of autistic people on the web. This includes a cleaned up, simplified interface , option to choose a sans serif font, customizable color schemes, advertising removal, blocking of video auto-play, audio volume reduction and more.

The extension is available on almost every website and in every language. It’s specifically optimized for the most visited UAE websites.

The extension is available on Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

Watching a movie and not hearing a thing because someone is nibbling crisps at the same time? Terrible! That's why Lay's, Happiness Saigon and BLISS introduce "Crispy Subtitles". The first plug-in that adds subtitles exactly at the moment you start eating crisps.

While viewing videos on YouTube, the plugin runs a lightweight machine learning model in the background that can recognize the crunchy sound of crisps through the microphone. When the model recognizes the sound of crisps, the subtitles of the video are automatically turned.

We trained a custom Tensorflow model on over 178 hours of crispy crunch sounds gathered worldwide. This trained model is embedded within the browser plugin so audio is never recorded or sent to a server. The plugin is available for free on the Google Chrome store.

Admire the Ghent Altarpiece through special glasses.

In Ghent, the restoration works on St. Bavo's Cathedral have been fully completed. Main feature: a new hypermodern visitor centre for the Ghent Altarpiece. In the cathedral’s crypt, Happiness Brussels and Bliss Content have created an impressive Augmented Reality tour focusing on the cathedral and its most famous work of art, the Ghent Altarpiece. The project was commissioned by Alfavision.

Using AR glasses (the Microsoft Hololens 2.0), visitors go on a journey into the digital past, to relive the rich history of the Ghent Altarpiece and St. Bavo's Cathedral. At the end of the digital tour, visitors can admire the real Ghent Altarpiece in all its glory.

We are very proud of this great AR project at this beautiful location, on one of the world's most iconic works of art. More than 150 AR glasses are used, which is completely unique.

The Hololens 2.0 is Microsoft's take on Augmented Reality. It uses holograms to display information, blend with the real world, or even simulate a virtual world, using multiple sensors, advanced optics and holographic processing melting seamlessly with its environment.

During this project, a number of technical challenges originated in some world firsts.

• Dynamic flow & navigation: a full true-to-life automatic navigation with virtual arrows, feet and direction indicators provides each visitor with the best and easiest experience.
• Interactive 3D AR assistant: this digital assistant will check whether visitors wear the glasses correctly, reassures and guides the visitor through this new experience and will also address visitors walking in the wrong direction.
• Custom Device Management: a tailor-made monitoring tool for staff checks the installation/circuit 7/7, 24/24 for malfunctions, battery status and user flow.
• High quality 3D models: models were optimized for the specific needs of the augmented reality projection. Ensuring high detail and material properties while staying within the performance limits of the headsets.
• Dynamic loading: smart scene loading logic guarantees the scenes are loaded in the background so the user never has to wait.