Our History
In the year 2000 software developer Chris Cole and entrepreneur John Moores joined forces with former Disney Imagineer Edward Sotto to explore the convergence of the internet with physical places. It was a perfect vision and a compliment of combined expertise.
Many large corporations were clients such as Motorola, Kodak, Disney R&D, San Diego Padres, and others. Innovations that predated the iPhone, Smart TV, LED interactive media and other outstanding projects were well underway. Then 9/11 changed the world and innovation halted indefinitely. Instead of running the business into the ground, they decided to wait till technology advanced and conditions improved. In addition to being a scientist, and founder of many firms, Chris formed a software development company that has created Apps, ticketing systems and multi user experiences powered by causal analytics. Meanwhile, Sotto opened a SottoStudios, working with Ferrari, Aston-Martin, Pepsi, Virgin Galactic, Universal, Disney and more. No one sat still, but the vision of a “converged” experience was still waiting. With the emergence of smart phones, 5G, AI and causal analytics, Chris and Eddie brought their diverse skills back together as a single combined product. This enhanced vision of “convergence design” is more relevant now than ever before and carries more even potential for clients wanting to leverage machine learning in the entertainment and hospitality space.
What does that mean? One stop. It means that we can create experiences, via “smart” architecture and apps that evolve with their audience in real time. This world has architects and software engineers. We are out to close the gap and make what the technology is doing seamless with what the space and you are experiencing.
Join us on a journey where creativity is supported by technology, and every innovation is an opportunity to shape the future. Progress City - where AI and placemaking seamlessly blend as experiences.
At Progress City we were, and still are pushing the boundaries of how to gamify sports and family experiences in a way that does not detract from being there in person. We believe in bring people together through Technology not dividing them.
By creating LED screens synched to attractions, technology and physical experience are liquid as shown in this FEC project for Pepsi.
Our Services
It all starts by hitting the ground listening, not running.
We are not looking to find ways for AI or causal analytics to be used for their own sake, but rather to understand your goals, the pain points of your business, and then develop a holistic solution that technology might support. As a group of designers and software developers, we partner with you to determine the “ultimate right answer” and emotionally deliver it whatever that may be.
Our entertainment experience in special effects projection, robotics, and technology allows us to create worlds that respond to you emotionally and with AI behind it in the right application we think the combination of our teams will make the difference.
We also look at and audit the guest experience, from developing ticketing and reservation apps that interact in new ways with the entertainment. We see gamification as part of this future.
Having said that, the first step is a discussion, free of charge, to see if there is a good fit. Once engaged,, then conceptualize and develop experiential solutions to propose and cost out. We emotionally engineer both the technology and the space to be as one.
If you like what you see, we can take you through the entire process from feasibility and design development right through production and opening day. We are very experienced in designing holistic experiences as well as the software within them. We provide more than more than a touchscreen in a room , our result is seamless. In a word we are here to provide, immersive, turn key solutions.