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Incari Studio 2023.2: Streamline your HMI Design with Incari’s new Figma Importer

With the launch of Incari Studio 2023.2, we're excited to unveil a feature that promises to transform design workflows and connect creative worlds: the Figma Importer. This innovative tool unlocks a new horizon of possibilities, enabling you to transfer and elevate your Figma designs seamlessly into Incari.

A game-changer for design workflows

The Figma Importer is more than just a feature; it’s a bridge that allows designers to combine the best of both platforms. By integrating your Figma creations into Incari, you can enhance them with the powerful tools and capabilities that Incari Studio offers. This seamless integration means your designs can transcend traditional boundaries, allowing for a more fluid and dynamic creative process.

Embrace the future of design with Incari Studio 2023.2, where your Figma designs can be transformed and expanded in ways you never thought possible.

Adaptable and dynamic UIs made simple

Designers can now enjoy unparalleled freedom and creativity in crafting their user interfaces. The Figma Importer allows for creating fluid and resizable layouts that effortlessly adapt to different screens. Your design’s details, including gradients, images, shadows, and more, are imported precisely, offering a canvas for endless creativity.

From Figma to Incari

To use the Figma Importer, you must obtain an authentication token from Figma and have your Figma file key at hand – you can find this in your Figma project URL. Insert these into Incari Studio, and watch as your entire Figma project is accurately mapped out as primitive objects in Incari.

Figma variant conversion to Incari Studio prefabs

The Figma Importer in Incari transforms your Figma designs into dynamic elements, known as prefabs, within the Incari environment. These prefabs mirror the reusable aspects of Figma’s variants, allowing for the creation of adaptable and interactive assets. However, it’s important to note that the importer is currently limited to a subset of Figma’s variants, particularly those that align with Incari’s prefab capabilities.

Incari Studio’s Figma Importer: A tool in constant evolution

We are delighted to reveal the initial release of the Figma Importer in Incari Studio 2023.2, a step towards bridging the gap between design and development. This is just the beginning, and we are committed to an ongoing journey of enhancement and expansion.

Our team is dedicated to continuously improving the Figma Importer, supporting a broader range of features, and simplifying the design-to-development workflow. Your input is invaluable in this process. Your feedback and suggestions are fundamental in shaping the direction and evolution of this tool. They help us understand what you need and how we can make the Figma Importer more powerful and user-friendly.

We invite you to be an active part of this exciting development. Join our community discussion and share your experiences, ideas, and insights. Together, we can make Incari Studio’s Figma Importer a tool that meets and exceeds your expectations.

Elevate your HMI projects with the Incari Studio 2023.2 Figma Importer. Visit our documentation page to explore more and take your first step towards an enriched, efficient, creative design process with Incari. Download your 30-day free trial here or learn more about our new release.

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Incari Studio 2023.2: Ushering in a new era of efficiency in HMI development with enhanced Prefabs

Human-machine interface development is advancing into an unprecedented era of efficiency with the introduction of Incari Studio 2023.2. This latest update takes our already robust Prefabs feature to new heights, further streamlining the creation process and opening up vast new territories of creative possibilities.

With these enhanced tools at your fingertips, designers and developers can now explore, create, and innovate more freely and efficiently than ever before. Incari Studio 2023.2 is not just an update; it’s a significant leap forward in how HMI development is approached, offering tools and capabilities that redefine the boundaries of creativity and efficiency in the field.

Exploring the dynamic world of Prefabs in Incari Studio

Prefabs in Incari Studio are akin to essential building blocks. They are pre-made elements you can repeatedly use across various projects, saving valuable time while guaranteeing consistency and high quality in your designs. This functionality is critical to creating durable, reusable assets for innovative and engaging user interfaces. As Incari Studio continues to evolve, let’s revisit the diverse prefab features it offers:

  • Standard Prefabs: Think of these as your master templates. They retain core functionalities while being versatile enough to meet different needs. Standard Prefabs are the cornerstone of efficient design, ensuring that each element you create maintains a uniform style and function.
  • Nested Prefabs: Similar to Russian Matryoshka dolls, Nested Prefabs comprise smaller components that fit into larger ones. This feature enables you to craft intricate designs while keeping your project’s structure organized and manageable.
  • Prefabs for a 2D Workflow: Incari Studio’s capabilities aren’t just limited to 3D; it excels in 2D design as well. The tailored 2D environment in Incari ensures that designers working in two dimensions enjoy a smooth and seamless experience comparable to working with 3D models.

Streamlined initialization with ‘On Creation’ node

Initializing a prefab in Incari Studio 2023.2 has become a straightforward experience with the ‘On Creation’ node. This intelligent feature automatically configures your prefabs as you add them to your project, taking care of all the initial settings and technical groundwork. It liberates you from the routine setup tasks, freeing you up to dive into your HMI project’s creative and design-focused aspects without delay.

Clean removal with the ‘On Destruction’ node

Removing a prefab is as smooth as introducing one, thanks to the ‘On Destruction’ node. It meticulously handles the disassembly of prefabs from your project, ensuring there’s no leftover data to clutter your workspace. This node is the behind-the-scenes janitor, cleaning up and keeping your project organized, enabling you to maintain focus on design innovation.

Elevate your Prefab mastery with the upgraded Attribute Editor in Incari Studio 2023.2

The Incari Studio 2023.2 release focuses on enhancing the user-friendliness, flexibility, and mastery of Prefabs. A standout improvement is the streamlined process of editing default values of prefab variables. Now, there’s no need to delve into complex layers of project logic. The enhanced attribute editor presents everything you need in a straightforward and intuitive layout.

This means you can make adjustments more quickly, giving you ample time to refine and perfect your HMI designs. The simplicity and convenience of the updated attribute editor significantly reduce the time spent on repetitive tasks, freeing you up to focus on the creative and innovative aspects of your projects. It’s another step towards making your journey in HMI design smoother, more efficient, and more enjoyable with Incari Studio.

The future of HMI Development with Incari Studio

These Prefabs updates in Incari Studio 2023.2 represent a leap forward in HMI development. This toolset enhances intuition, provides flexibility, and streamlines workflow.

Experience the difference with a free 30-day trial of Incari Studio. For a more profound exploration or partnership opportunities, our sales team is ready to show you how Incari can revolutionize your HMI projects.

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Incari Player for automotive interfaces: Bridging design and real-time drive

The Human-Machine Interface is the backbone of a good user experience. Bridging the gap between humans and machines, systems, or devices through an effective HMI ensures smooth interactions. With Incari Studio, the creation of this seamless experience has been simplified, courtesy of its visual coding capabilities, 3D first approach, and steep learning curve. But post-development, the pivotal step is choosing the right player to bring your HMI designs to life.

What is Incari Player, and what does it do?

An HMI player serves as software that interprets and presents your designs and functionalities in real-time on the designated device or system. It functions as the runtime environment, providing the platform for the HMI to operate seamlessly. While it comprehends and renders the designed layout, its handling of logic diverges from traditional reading practices.

Incari Player processes the design and thanks to the compilation process, the logic is capable of direct execution. By aligning these aspects, the Player bridges the gap between design and real-time execution while capitalizing on streamlined performance.

The benefits of Incari Player

Incari Player presents a robust solution for seamlessly transforming your Incari Studio-crafted HMI from the conceptual stage to real-world application. Tailored to accommodate a spectrum of automotive requirements – encompassing intuitive in-car entertainment systems, digital instrument clusters, and futuristic head-up displays – Incari Player ensures precise translation of your designs into fully functional interfaces.

Key advantages:

  • Seamless integration: Impeccably assimilates into the in-car embedded system environment.
  • Third-party modules: Facilitates the integration and customization of third-party software modules, catering to corporate needs and harnessing the full potential of a complex HMI system, drawing from a range of external hardware and software suppliers.
  • Compatibility: Compatible with various automotive hardware platforms, benefiting from cross-compilation to target and thereby optimizing performance for each specific platform.
  • Real-time engine: Operates autonomously and, when necessary, as a redundant thread within the operating system. It taps into the full performance capacity of its designated platform, allowing seamless integration with required peripherals.
  • Real-time logic: Exposes predefined logic, widgets, and other functions from Incari Studio to the player, all of which are interpreted and rendered in real-time.
  • Robust infrastructure: Offers a comprehensive suite of services ensuring streamlined functionality, consistent updates, regular maintenance, and smooth upgrade processes.

Incorporating these enhancements, Incari Player stands as the ideal conduit for translating your visionary designs into tangible and advanced automotive interfaces. Whether your focus is on entertainment, instrumentation, or visionary displays, Incari Player guarantees the synchronization of creativity and functionality, opening doors to a new dimension of user experiences.

In the dynamic landscape of the automotive industry, innovation waits for no one. Stay ahead of the curve with the best in HMI display and functionality. If redefining automotive interfaces is your goal, it’s time to explore the Incari way. Experience the myriad benefits of Incari Player or connect with our expert sales team for tailored solutions.

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Introducing Incari Labs – Incari expands its innovation footprint to Sophia Antipolis, France

Incari Studio, a leading tool in HMI development, offers a broad array of features designed to streamline the creation process and enhance collaborative efforts among designers, developers, and engineers. One integral feature that significantly improves the Incari user experience is the use of prefabs.

Labs are places where innovation thrives, new business models are crafted, and forward-thinking cultures are nurtured within organizations. With access to a mix of young talents from universities, industry experts from leading global companies, and guidance from experienced mentors and consultants, Incari Labs is well-positioned to stay up-to-date with advancements in AI, IoT, software development, and more.

Located in the South of France, Sophia Antipolis is known as Europe’s primary science and technology hub, recognized for its contributions to digital innovation. The region aligns with President Macron’s France 2030 vision and is a leader in research and development activities.

Our mission is straightforward: create a small, agile team to drive research projects that anticipate future tech opportunities. These projects will, in turn, support Incari’s long-term business growth goals.

In essence, Incari Labs in Sophia Antipolis is more than just an expansion; it’s a testament to our unwavering commitment to fostering innovation, understanding emerging trends, and advancing our vision for a digitally progressive world.

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Incari Labs

230 Rte des Dolines

06560 Valbonne, France

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Unpacking the power of prefabs in Incari Studio 2023.1

Incari Studio, a leading tool in HMI development, offers a broad array of features designed to streamline the creation process and enhance collaborative efforts among designers, developers, and engineers. One integral feature that significantly improves the Incari user experience is the use of prefabs.

Revolutionizing object creation with prefabs

Prefabs stands for prefabricated objects and allow users to build multiple individual instances of a combination of objects and make changes across all instances. The potential benefits are huge: Users can easily create several objects with similar functionality, yet with unique properties, using overrides. Additionally, each Prefab encapsulates its logic, meaning changes to a Prefab’s logic are automatically enacted across all instances.

Harnessing the Power of Prefabs in Incari Studio 2023.1

Harnessing the power of prefabs in Incari Studio

In Incari Studio, prefabs bring a new level of efficiency and consistency to the development process. Users can leverage these objects to avoid redundant logic and ensure uniformity. For example, imagine an object with various elements you want to reuse for various projects. With minor alterations, you could for example reuse a clock and alter minor details to change the look and feel, while keeping the same base structure and functionality. Being able to transfer the base logic and design between these instances with a single click – that’s the power of prefabs in Incari Studio.

Moreover, prefabs can be packed with all the necessary assets and logic into a single exportable asset, making them easy to share and re-import in other projects. This ability enhances the collaborative workflow and allows teams to construct a consistent reusable asset library, dramatically increasing efficiency.

Harnessing the Power of Prefabs in Incari Studio 2023.1

Nested prefabs: the game changer

The flexibility of Incari Studio extends to the concept of Nested prefabs. A Nested Prefab is an instance of a Prefab stored within another Prefab. Developers can create individual prefabs and then combine them to form more complex structures while maintaining the flexibility and the advantages of Prefabs. Nested prefabs offer a powerful and efficient way to design, develop, and manage assets. They promote modularity, ensure consistency, and streamline the development process, making them an indispensable tool in HMI development.

Enhanced 2D workflow with prefab support

With the release of Incari Studio 2023.1, we have introduced support for 2D prefabs. Users can now build, adapt, and reuse 2D prefabs across projects, further streamlining the design and development process.

By enabling a higher degree of consistency, efficiency, and flexibility in design and logic, prefabs make it possible for users to create more complex and immersive HMIs. As we continue to innovate and expand the functionalities of prefabs, we’re committed to providing an intuitive, collaborative, and powerful platform for HMI development, allowing teams to reduce development time and build next-generation user experiences.

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Meet Jérémy: The new face at Incari’s AI department

At Incari, we pride ourselves on embracing innovators, thinkers, and those with a zest for challenging the status quo. Today, we're thrilled to spotlight a new team member: Jérémy. From his French and Ivorian roots to his global educational pursuits, and his dive into the intricate world of AI, his journey is as captivating as his vision for the future. Join us and get a sneak peek into what drives him, both professionally and personally.

Can you introduce yourself to us? Share a bit about your background, education, and your journey to Berlin.

I’m Jérémy, originally from France and the Ivory Coast. My educational pursuits took me to several corners of the world. I studied Econometrics in France near the German border and then European Businesses in Derry, Northern Ireland. My Master’s in Big Data was from Istanbul, Turkey. After my time in Istanbul, I shifted towards marketing, but with an emphasis on analytics. Though AI was at the time still largely perceived as science fiction, my experience with big data and machine learning made me passionate about its real-life applications. I worked in Paris for some time before relocating to Berlin seven years ago. Now, I’ve embraced a new challenge with Incari.

Great, now that we know who you are, let’s chat about what your role will entail at Incari!

I’m in the process of building the Artificial Intelligence department at Incari. As a Senior AI developer, I have two main objectives. Firstly, we aim to integrate the latest generative AI technologies to enhance Incari Studio’s features and automation. Secondly, we’re keen on refining internal operations. By integrating AI into Incari, we aim to revolutionize our workflow, starting with basic building blocks.

What do you perceive as your most significant challenge in this role?

The developing nature of generative AI means a lack of established best practices. It’s an arena of experimentation, demanding flexibility and staying current. I’ll be thrilled when we effectively implement a robust language model. Additionally, I’m keen to orient myself to Incari Studio and learn C++ programming, which will be a valuable addition to my skills.

What aspects of your role at Incari excite you the most?

Several things, but the topmost is the uncharted territory I’m venturing into. Setting up processes from scratch and being at the heart of it all is exciting. My love for data science, coupled with the opportunity to stay updated with AI research, is the cherry on top. I also can’t forget about the enjoyment at Incari. The vibes are awesome and it is great to collaborate and innovate together with this team.

Before we conclude, how about sharing something light-hearted – perhaps a personal project or an interesting tidbit?

Yes, so there is a very special passion project that I have been working on for a while now – Sahara Sands. This is an immersive collectible card game that is inspired by the captivating world of African cultures and mythologies. I have spent countless hours researching, designing, and experimenting and I am proud to say that the game I created with so much passion will soon be available. The first season titled “The Akan” will transport you to West Africa to discover the mystical realm of the ancient Akan group. If you are interested you can get more information on Sahara Sands’ website.

At Incari, we value diversity, passion, and a drive to innovate. Jérémy’s induction amplifies our relentless dedication to these ideals. Stay connected for more introductions and insights into the ingenious minds shaping our brand.

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Optimizing Human Machine Interactions through senses

How humans and machines interact is changing. The user experience is growing more complex and interactive. We no longer rely only on our mouse and keyboard. Incari Studio supports a variety of HMI input types to provide you with more ways to maximize the user interaction experience.

Triggering the senses

HMI is the way a human being interacts with every kind of machine. These interactions can trigger multiple cognitive senses such as sight, hearing, touch, and speech. These senses allow us to observe, interact, command, and control the actions of machines.

Using Incari Studio Input types

When it comes to input types there is a wide variety. Here is an overview of the, currently, supported input types in Incari Studio and how you and your team can use them:

  • Mouse
  • Keyboard
  • Touchscreen
  • Spacial gestures

Utilizing spacial gestures for commands

In early 2022 Ultraleap and Incari came together to create a more intense, all-around human-machine interaction. With the UltraLeap 3Di, you can control your computer using gestures such as grabbing, pinching, swiping, and holding objects. By integrating UltraLeap in Incari Studio users can control machines in the air. Canceling out the need for touch-based input types.

Haptics: Making hand tracking feel real

A sense that is vital for many is touch. A lack of said sense can decrease the user experience significantly. Haptics is a technology that combines the senses of touch and motion to create air-based physical stimulation. Ultraleap’s Haptics technology triggers individual speakers that send ultrasound waves through the air. Once these ultrasound waves interact with the skin, it creates the physical sensation of pressure. Pressing a button mid-air can feel as real as when using a touchscreen.

Redefining how you interact with machines

Incari Studio allows you to investigate new ways of interacting and experiencing HMIs. Utilize all senses, and create user interfaces for any device and industry with ease and without the need for extensive coding knowledge. Easy to use, Incari Studio enables you to create for the future.

Download your 30-day free trial of Incari Studio here. Looking to work together with Incari on your latest HMI project? Reach out to our sales team for more information on our enterprise plan.

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Nested Prefabs: Working smarter with increased flexibility

Chances are you will use component variants in your HMI projects. Creating these variants can be time intensive if done manually. Luckily, Prefabs can simplify this process and leaves less room for error. We are now introducing Nested Prefabs with the Incari Studio 2022.2 preview release.

Create, edit and override

A Prefab is a component that consists of various assets. For example, a Prefab can be a button menu. The buttons and the background are the assets. A Prefab essentially is the collection of selected elements. A Prefab is created in the Incari Studio Asset Manager and encompasses its own logic, design, and behavior. A copy of a Prefab is called an Instance and stays connected to the original Prefab. A benefit of Prefabs is that you can use, copy and transfer them between projects.

Nesting for more freedom

A Nested Prefab is simply a Prefab instance stored within another Prefab. Nested Prefabs allow you to create larger and more complex structures. This way, you maintain references to Prefabs inside other Prefabs. With Nested Prefabs, you no longer have to place a Prefab into a scene to trigger it. You can activate them from within your Nested Prefab.

The benefits of Nested Prefabs in Incari Studio 2022.2

Prefabs are not new to Incari Studio, but with our 2022.2 preview release, we extended the nesting functionalities and advanced their benefits. With the latest update you get:

  • Quick and seamless importing
  • Faster saving and loading times
  • Higher performance
  • Smaller sized projects
  • A clean, clutter-free workspace
  • Increased editing flexibility
  • Trigger a Prefab from another Nested Prefab

Easily and seamlessly work on UI components

Looking to create a Nested Prefab to optimize your UI project workflow? Here are two ways to generate them in Incari Studio 2022.2:

  • Working in an existing project?
    You can use an already existing Prefab. Go to the asset manager and select the “parent” Prefab. Open the parent Prefab and drag the child Prefab from the Asset Manager into the Viewport of the Scene Outliner. Don’t forget to save this change.

  • Creating Nested Prefabs from scratch
    If you are creating a new element and want to make this a Prefab you can easily create the new object within the Prefab. Right-click and select “make Prefabs” and continue working as usual.

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Video Tutorials online

We have created video tutorials how to build a simple instrument cluster with INCARI Studio. Simply follow the 7 parts of the tutorials and learn how to work with INCARI Studio UI, adding assets and using INCARI Logic.

Here you can download the assets for the tutorial: Tutorial Assets
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