Ontwikkelaar van de Gamebar software, WunderWorks is erg blij dat het grote publiek nu kennis kan maken met het concept van Multi-user Gaming. "De ervaring is dat deze manier van interactie de mensen enorm enthousiasmeert en betrekt in de groep," aldus oprichter en directeur Mels Nieuwenhoven.

WunderWorks past deze manier van interactie al geruime tijd  in software toepassingen waar men met meerdere mensen kan samenwerken, samen spelen en bouwen, onder andere voor brainstorm toepassingen en in de security en monitoring industrie.

Uniek aan Multi-User gaming is dat de games niet individueel gespeeld worden. Er kunnen twaalf spelers tegelijkertijd op één groot glazen scherm met elk een eigen muis aan de games deelnemen. Voor Holland Casino is het een waardevolle toevoeging aan de leuke avond uit die het gasten wil bieden.

WunderWorks verwacht binnenkort meer locaties in Nederland te voorzien van een dergelijke multiplayer spelsituatie. 

WunderWorks CEO Árpád Gerecsey: "Generic multi-user live presence on standard PC’s will be the next revolution in the ICT industry. Enabling interaction between a great number of users together on one standard Windows machine will open up the worlds biggest platform for multi-user gaming and education. We are very excited about this!“

Where Nintendo’s WII games still needs specific hardware, developers will now be able to create, test and distribute multi-user applications for any PC with multiple generic HID devices. As the first company offering this technology commercially since 2006, WunderWorks has partnered with companies such as IBM and Barco. It is now delivering its technology around the world to educational solution providers, business entertainment and industrial clients. WunderWorks has recently developed a 12-user game bar for the Dutch national casinos, Holland Casino.

Software Development Kit

The core technology enables the creation of multi-user applications in Flash or C and is offered as an API/SDK. It allows developers to utilize multiple inputs to create or extend any Windows based application. It allows for the creation of management and hierarchy functionalities and much more. Currently the core engine is enabled for Windows Operating systems including XP/Vista.

Mr. Gerecsey: “We are thrilled to demonstrate the many and varied uses to developers from the international industry and look forward to receiving you, at our stand, during the conference."The conference takes place from 19-22 August, 2009 at the Cologne Fairground, Germany. You can find us in the Holland Games Pavilion, hall 4.2, F023c/H022c.

For more information or to make an appointment, please call +31 35 711365 or visit www.wunderworks.com

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Arpad Gerecsey CEO: "Multi-Mouse and multi-user software is the newest phenomenon in computer dynamics. Entertainment, education, business and industrial software solutions all profit from the Multi-User Software Development Kit that we have developed. It allows developers and hardware manufacturers to take full advantage of multi-device setups using their own software and hardware! We are very excited to demonstrate the possible uses to the international industry and look forward to receiving our clients, at our stand, during the conference." 

CEO Árpád Gerecsey: "We believe multi-user software is the next big thing. Although PC's have become standard equipment in almost every environment, they have been limited to individual use. Turning the desktop into a public space brings us true digital collaboration.”

BrainStormPlus 2.0 is designed for consultants, project managers, professional trainers, and sales personnel who want to collaborate with others. For the moderator, a number of specific functions are available to keep the group focused, committed and creative. The results are immediately available in the form of reports and screen shots, resulting in greater time efficiency.

Key features of BrainStormPlus 2.0

All participants can:

• easily input ideas
• modify existing ideas
• concurrently move and cluster ideas
• do group votes
• engage in real collaborative thinking
• really impact the creative process

Moderators can:

• create tabbed sessions
• generate reports on the fly
• change backgrounds
• make screenshots
• disable/freeze participants

"Quick, easy and most of all effective!" That’s how our clients describe our fully digitized group brainstorm and scenario building software”, says Mr. Gerecsey.

Collaboration is the heart of any business or creative process. Until recently, this process could only be supported digitally by using a large number of computers. BrainstormPlus 2.0 runs on ONE personal computer with multiple mice, keyboards, and other input devices. This stimulates creative interaction and increases participation and commitment. Sessions are easy to manage and reports are instantly available.

BrainStormPlus received accolades from industry leaders such as Arcadis and IBM.

Willemijn Oosterwijk, Advisor Strategy & Decision Making, Water Division, ARCADIS Netherlands BV says: “In particular the multi-user participation and simultaneous grouping and voting are very useful features of BrainStormPlus.”

Yvo Donders – Manager, IBM Forum says: “We achieve time savings of 50% compared to the traditional sessions that we do, and we are very flexible in the way we set up a process. We also save greatly on reporting time.”

To download a free version of BrainStormPlus 2.0 for 30 parallel users, you are invited to visit

Trying out unlimited users was one of the biggest requests we got as feedback from the users. Many of the other suggestions will be available in upcoming versions, so stay tuned. Including, user management and concurrency.

Besides unlimited users in a trial version WunderWorks is also lowering the prices for all TeamPlayer licenses. The 5-user home/educational version will be available for only € 14,95. All updated prices are available in the store.

All users who left their email address before downloading will receive an email in the upcoming week with an extra discount code for an 15% discount on any license bought. The code is valid until 15 July 2009,

The 3-user version will not be available anymore, but will be replaced by a time limited, unlimited user version. So if you want to check out what happens if you connect A LOT of people, download the trial version of TeamPlayer 2.2. It will be valid for 30 days.

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Keywords: WunderWorks, multi-user, single display groupware, interactive collaboration, business, software, education, software, OEM, digital whiteboard, SDG, TeamPlayer, consulting, participation, unified communications

About WunderWorks:

WunderWorks is an interactive solutions startup. The Dutch company, founded in 2005, developed the knowledge and software that allows multiple users to work together on ONE PC. It has developed the MUSLTM principle (multi-user, single location) through which knowledge of group dynamics is translated into viable electronic group interaction. Its products are delivered to OEM's (Original Equipment Manufacturer’s) around the world.WunderWorks has received many nominations and awards for its breakthrough technology.

About TeamPlayer:

TeamPlayer is the first commercial application that allows multiple users to work simultaneously on the same computer: edit and review documents, discuss ideas and get feedback from participants. Simply connect extra mice and keyboards to your computer, install the software and multiple cursors will appear on your screen. The software was featured as a Windows Download on Lifehacker.com and downloads were registered from over 115 different countries. A free download is available at www.wunderworks.com.

This news item describes the different ways of giving us feedback.

We recently received this comment by an enthusiastic visionary educator from Australia, Joseph Stewart:

“An Interactive Whiteboard typically engages one teacher or student at a time. The benefits are great but the TeamPlayer solution has the advantage of engaging every student simultaneously.

TeamPlayer takes this learning to the next level as it engages all students in such a collaborative and supportive environment. The absolute best part of this though, is the fact that they won’t work in isolation on individual screens.

The social interaction and teamwork that will be required among students to complete tasks is something that will only enhance the future for our youth. As they work to solve problems collaboratively, social skills, peer support, building positive relationships and communication skills will also be developed. This is a very different scenario from the way we have typically been using computers in the home and in education.”

Together with Joseph were working on a setup which will allow him to experiment and gather knowledge using the TeamPlayer and the Sandbox. We're planning on sharing his experiences on the WunderWorks website.

Most comments were received directly via email. We’re trying to respond to every comment with an personal reply.

Feedback Forum

More and more people are discovering the Feedback Forum we’ve setup to crowd-source for features. Currently the top five requests look like this:

Famous media friendly geek and internet Entrepeneur Chris Pirillio has discovered the TeamPlayer. After sending a tweet(Twitter message) many, many of his followers have retweeted his message and visited our website and downloaded the free TeamPlayer version.

Feedback Survey

Users who wish to support us with their feedback can also fill in this survey we’ve setup:

• TeamPlayer
• BrainStormPlus

Again we're very happy with all the feedback, we aggregate and process as much as possible to make balanced decisions on future features for the software. 

It is not easy to go where no one has gone before, therefore it is good to receive a great testimonial like this one:

“Gentlemen, I have been in IT for over 25 years. To say that I multi-task is an understatement. I use 2 or 3 computers with 3-4 monitors on each unit on my desk at work and at home.

I am left handed which means that I am fairly ambidextrous. That mixed with the need to multi-task requires each machine to have two mice connected to them. I have been continually slowed down by the fact that 2 mice still meant 1 cursor.

But with your TeamPlayer that I just installed on my laptop I now have independent cursors. WOW! This is just great. If you need any Beta testing please include me. Congratulations on a GREAT product.”

TeamPlayer has been proven to enhance group commitment, increase meeting efficiency, and engage participants in real-time collaboration. Work through your spreadsheets together, involve your students or just have fun with your kids. TeamPlayer turns any Personal Computer into a Group Computer. It's generic, so just click on an application and take control. Share your ideas, knowledge or expertise with the others in the group.

The TeamPlayer is being used in situations that WunderWorks hadn´t even thought of which proves its versatility. For example, it's being used in banks to enhance interactivity between the customer and service employee and by lawyer firms who use the TeamPlayer to review and edit documents. A lot of interest is also being generated in the educational environment  ranging from primary to University education around the world.

Preparing for a bright future

Most digital environments are built for use by one single person at a time whereas information is being used by groups of people that get together, online or off-line, to achieve results. WunderWorks´ vision is to provide the next generation of collaboration solutions.  A future where communications and data will blend into a live environment where all participants are visually present and active and can see each other’s actions instantly. The current Unified Communications market is defining itself and broadening rapidly. Over 16 million beamer meeting rooms are being built annually creating a huge opportunity for real-time collaboration solutions.

The recent expansion of the management team with Rob ten Kroode, a product manager with extensive international experience, allows WunderWorks to channel its growth,  focus on its long-term vision while continuing to deliver its growing number of multi user solutions.  Rob will be responsible for the WunderWorks product portfolio and will handle the growing demand for business solutions from WunderWorks’ MIP (multi user interaction) platform.

It is great to see that the world sees the importance of real time collaboration. It has been the core focus of WunderWorks.

However, the prize winning solution works as a proprietary solution, one that is custom built. If you would like to see a generic solution that allows unlimited users to work on one PC running XP, Vista or Windows7, please download our TeamPlayer. After installation you hook up your mice, whiteboard or tablets and work together in any application. Multiple cursors work over the whole desktop allowing anyone to access any application.

Even better, the SandBox functionality allows you to create a simple multi-user environment, without having to program anything ( Read How-to). Check it out and create your own multi-user apps.

But again, it's great to see that real-time multi-user collaboration is being recognized on a worldwide scale.

If you would like to see a glimpse of what else we have in store have a look on our site, or on YouTube.

If you would also like to use a multi-user brainstorm software, make sure you download the beta of BrainStormPlus.

WunderWorks started a blog on the site of the Dutch Financial Times. The Dutch language blog will center around the experiences of WunderWorks’ CEO Árpád Gerecsey during his quest to secure a financing round for the company.

If you’re in a start-up and wondered what happens to you, your team and your company when preparing and handling an investment round you might want to read this.

Árpád: “FD.nl has over 40 000 high quality visitors each day. We’re proud to be part of the network and bring an upbeat story to its readers during these challenging times”

Direct link to the latest posts:

If you are not Dutch but still interested it’s suggested to use Google translate.

With more than 15 years experience in web, network and collaboration services Rob has held several (international) principle management positions. Most of his experience is in the area of networked collaboration services and setting up project management environment. Besides that Rob is the founder of Acriter software company that pioneered Web service delivery. As (international) product manager for several companies and various services, he brings a wealth of technical and marketing knowledge, as well as extensive management experience. He is a pragmatic team builder who’s proven he “gets the job done”.

TeamPlayer 2.1 allows multiple people to work together on the same computer: Edit and review documents, discuss ideas and get feedback from your audience! The 2.1 version also includes support for dual Monitor setups

The SandBox is a playground for the use of multi-user projects. Each project enables different objects to be dragged around on a background thereby stimulating group interaction. The SandBox is the First release in a series of true multi-user applications. This feature gives you a glimpse of what multi-user computing is all about!

The TeamPlayer can be used for free in a home or educational environment.

WunderWorks, the company that supplies IBM, Barco and other global brands with specialized multi user software, releases a free downloadable version of its TeamPlayer software. It enables multiple users to work together on a single standard Windows computer. The software works with multiple mice and keyboards or other input devices in all existing software.

WunderWorks BV, a software company delivering multi-user and interaction solutions, announced today it will launch its cooperation with Barco’s Monitoring & Security Division during Infocomm 2008 in Las Vegas on 18 June 2008.

WunderWorks BV, a software and solutions company, focusing on improved multi-user interaction and collaboration, announced today that it has raised substantial seed round funding from two Dutch investment funds; Flevoland Technofund and REOF Fund.