Glo Press Releases

April 2nd, 2012

Glo Bible looks stunning on iPad Retina Display; introduces “Social Bible” Features

Immersion Digital enhances the Glo Bible app by making 3,800+ media library & interface shine on the new iPad retina display.

ORLANDO, Florida – April 2, 2012 – Just in time for Easter and the launch of the new iPad, Glo Bible, an award-winning, media-rich interactive Bible has released a new update making the vast library of rich media compatible with the innovative retina display on the new iPad. Also new: features to make reading the Bible a social experience.

Users can now explore the 3,800+ high definition media available in Glo using the most advanced iPad retina display with stunning clarity. “Most of our media in Glo has even higher definition than the retina display resulting in amazing visuals in the new iPad” says Nelson Saba, founder and CEO of Immersion Digital.“The immersive experience is greatly amplified by the new retina display”

The latest release also makes the Bible more social, allowing users to post – or see what their friends have posted – using the Glo Bible. People can now post verses, notes or any one of the 3800+ interactive Glo media elements to Facebook, Twitter, YouVersion, the Glo Bible Facebook Page, or Email to a friend. The brand new “Me” lens has a “My Friend” feed that displays anything your friends have posted using Glo. Users can share verses, photos, artwork, maps, virtual tours images and more, and “like” or comment a friend’s post directly from Glo on Mac, iPad and iPhone.

“Our goal is for the average person to experience the Bible in a new way, and make it a part of their everyday life,” says Ananda Netzel, Glo press coordinator. “This Social integration – in addition to the new Bible Reading Plans – makes it easier than ever for people to engage and share.“

This release also includes free new Bible reading plans for users to prepare for Easter, as well as new upgrade options to make Glo Premium content more accessible. New upgrade options include device-only upgrades for iPad and iPhone, in addition to the existing Glo Premium multi-device option. Device-only upgrades allow users to get the full NIV study Bible, premium translations, encyclopedia and 3800+ media elements on Glo Premium iPad-only for $29.99, or only $9.99 for iPhone-only Glo Premium. Also new, the $4.99 iPhone Complete Media pack, which includes the 3800+ Media Elements (Entire library of Glo Virtual Tours, Photos, Maps and Artwork)

Glo can be downloaded for free on Mac, iPad, PC and iPhone worldwide from www.globible.com. New users can register to receive “Glo Lite” with complete access to the bestselling NIV translation, along with the Glo Lite media pack, new social sharing features and more. Existing users can login on any device to access their media and translations. Retina-display screencaptures are available online: http://www.globible.com/press/retina.zip

About Immersion Digital
Immersion Digital is a technology and media company founded in 2008. Its flagship product, Glo, is an interactive Bible that brings God’s Word to life through HD video, images, animations, maps, reading plans, 360-degree virtual tours and more. Chairman Phil Chen and CEO Nelson Saba (founder of Visual Book Productions, the creator of iLumina) share a vision to create immersive experiences that are relevant and engaging to this digital age. For more information please visit

http://www.globible.com/press/
high-res images:
http://www.globible.com/press/retina.zip

Contacts:
Ananda Netzel (602) 456-2429
PR@immersiondigital.com

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Peter : Upcoming Events

December 14th, 2011

Glo Lite now with Four Times More Content

Immersion Digital adds more content into the free Glo Lite App, for a total of 180 media elements; including videos, photos, artwork, maps and virtual tours

ORLANDO, Florida – December 13th, 2011 – Just in time for Christmas, Glo Bible, an award-winning, media-rich interactive Bible, has increased the amount of free content available in Glo Lite for Mac, PC, iPhone and iPad. Winner of 2010 Bible of the Year, Glo Lite now offers 180 media elements – four times more than before – for an enhanced Bible experience.

Even with four times more content, the 180 high-resolution photos, artwork, maps, videos and virtual tours included in Glo Lite still make up only 5% of the total content available in Glo Premium, which has over 3,800 media elements.

“Glo for us is about sharing our passion for the Bible and for the Biblical world, allowing you to experience the Bible as never before through immersive media. For this reason we decided to increase 4-fold the amount of media in Glo Lite – our free product – to 180 media elements out of over 3800 available in Glo Premium” said Nelson Saba, CEO of Immersion Digital.

This announcement comes on the heels of a review by the well-respected AppAdvice.com, saying of Glo: “The most extraordinary iPad book app of the past year isn’t The Civil War Today, Ultimate Sharks or even The Monster at the End of This Book. No, while each of these titles are great, nothing compares to the Glo Bible + app, released earlier this year by Immersion Digital.”

Glo can be downloaded for free on Mac, iPad, PC and iPhone worldwide from www.globible.com. New users can register to receive “Glo Lite” with complete access to the bestselling NIV translation, along with the newly added media samples, while existing users can login on any device to access their media and translations.

About Immersion Digital

Immersion Digital is a technology and media company founded in 2008. Its flagship product, Glo, is an interactive Bible that brings God’s Word to life through HD video, images, animations, maps, reading plans, 360-degree virtual tours and more. Chairman Phil Chen and CEO Nelson Saba (founder of Visual Book Productions, the creator of iLumina) share a vision to create immersive experiences that are relevant and engaging to this digital age. For more information please visit http://www.globible.com/press/.

Contacts:

Peter Centofante

(602) 456-2429

PR@immersiondigital.com

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Ananda : 2011-12(Dec)

September 27th, 2011

USA Today Names Glo #1 “Coolest book app for Fall”

Glo Bible given top spot by USA Today in “The 10 coolest book apps for Fall”

ORLANDO, Florida – September 27, 2011 – Glo, the first-of its-kind media-rich interactive Bible, has been featured in USA Today as the #1 Coolest iPad Book App for the Fall.

The Glo Bible, which USA Today described as: “one of the most impressive book apps available”, was featured alongside other top book apps, including Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy, David’s Diary by David Sedaris, and Speakeasy Cocktails, an interactive cocktail making guide.

“Our team is honored to receive this endorsement by USA Today and is thrilled to have been selected as the top pick on the list,” said Nelson Saba, CEO of Immersion Digital. “It reaffirms our belief that rich media integrated with text enhances the understanding and engagement of the reader by combining the more analytical reading process with related immersive media experiences.”

The free Glo Bible App was launched earlier this year, featuring zoom technology and an intuitive touch interface to present a rich interactive database of historic as well as contemporary information including photos, video, maps, artwork, 360-degree virtual tours and more.

“Zondervan is privileged to partner with Immersion Digital and serve as its distribution partner for a product as unique and innovative as Glo,” said Chip Brown, executive vice president and publisher of Bibles for Zondervan. “Consumer reaction to both the product and the App has been phenomenal and has helped Zondervan advance our mission to increase Bible engagement in a tangible way.”

The most recent update by Glo Bible brings iPad and iPhone users access to the Glo Atlas lens, which links geographic locations directly to Bible verses, articles and Glo media over a zoomable atlas. Tapping on locations reveals photos, 360-degree virtual tours, artwork and scripture related to the location of choice. The atlas can be explored by zooming and panning, or when reading bible passages, users can send a verse to the Atlas Lens to see locations related to that verse. The Atlas also includes eight samples of maps (from the 140 maps available in Glo Premium) that give context to Bible stories or time periods. This update is free for all iPad, iPhone and iPod touch Glo users, including Free Glo Lite and Glo Premium users. This release marks the first time the Glo Atlas Lens has been available outside the PC and Mac versions of Glo Premium.

The article can be found online: http://www.usatoday.com/life/news/news/story/2011-09-02/The-10-coolest-book-apps-for-fall/50245236/1

The free download of Glo Lite including the full best-selling NIV Bible on Mac, PC, iPad and iPhone is available worldwide from www.globible.com.

Glo was named 2010 Bible of the Year, and featured by such press as Newsweek, Mashable, ABC News Now, the Guardian and more.

About Immersion Digital

Contact:

Ananda Saba-Netzel

(602) 456-2429

PR@immersiondigital.com

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Ananda : 2011-09 (Sep)

August 17th, 2011

Glo Bible Launches the Atlas Lens on iOS with New Features

Immersion Digital releases a new update of Glo that gives iPad and iPhone users access to a new lens – the Atlas.

ORLANDO, Florida – August 15, 2011 – Glo, the media-rich interactive Bible and Winner of the 2010 Bible of the Year, has released a new update to bring the world of the Bible directly to the iPad and iPhone – for free.

IOS users now have access to the Glo Atlas lens, which links geographic locations directly to Bible verses, articles and Glo media over a zoomable atlas. Tapping on locations reveals photos, 360-degree virtual tours, artwork and scripture related to the location of choice. The atlas can be explored by zooming and panning, or when reading bible passages, users can send a verse to the Atlas Lens to see locations related to the verse of choice. The Atlas also includes 8 samples of maps, from the 140 maps available in Glo Premium, that give context to Bible stories or time periods. This update is free for all iOS Glo users, including Glo Lite and Glo Premium users. This release marks the first time the Glo Atlas Lens has been available outside the PC and Mac versions of Glo Premium.

“Our Glo team values the feedback we get from our community of users, and one of the most requested features on the iPad and iPhone was the Atlas,” says Nelson Saba, CEO of Immersion Digital. “We are very excited to release an interactive Atlas Lens for both our iPad and iPhone apps.”

In addition to the Atlas, this recent release has a new, streamlined Media Lens to give users easier and faster accessibility to the media available in Glo. This updated Media Lens is available on all Glo platforms – iPad, iPhone, Mac and PC. Download Glo for free on Mac, PC, iPad and iPhone worldwide from www.globible.com.

About Immersion Digital

Contact:

Ananda Saba-Netzel

(602) 456-2429

Ananda@immersiondigital.com

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Ananda : 2011-08 (Aug)

May 19th, 2011

Glo Bible & Zondervan team up to launch Glo Bible for iPhone

Glo, 2010 Bible of the Year, with NIV free on multiple platforms

ORLANDO, Florida – May 18, 2011 This week the award-winning Glo Bible added the iPhone to the roster of free app downloads that includes Mac, PC and iPad. The free download includes the zoomable interface and interactive media that has garnered Glo so much attention in its desktop application. Also included is the New International Version (NIV), the world’s most popular Bible translation, revised in late 2010 for the first time in 25 years. In digital form, the NIV has reached as high as #5 out of all e-books available in Apple’s iBook store, and consistently maintaining top three status in the religion and spirituality category, most weeks at #1. The King James Version (KJV) Bible, the world’s second most popular translation and currently celebrating its 400^th anniversary celebration, is included as well.

Glo features zoom technology and an intuitive touch interface to present a rich interactive database of historic as well as contemporary information including photos, video, maps, artwork, 360-degree virtual tours and more. This much anticipated iPhone app launch gives Glo users a new way to explore the Bible anytime and anywhere. “As content moves from paper to digital it is not enough to mimic paper in an electronic form,” says Nelson Saba, CEO of Immersion Digital. ” We need to exploit the full potential of interactive digital media to enhance how such content is experienced. That is the idea behind Glo; a digital publishing platform that offers an enhanced user experience of the content through media.”

“By adding the iPhone to Glo, people can now take their Glo Bible with them anywhere – and more people than ever will be able to experience Glo. We’re ecstatic to include the NIV Bible translation because it’s the translation people engage the most, and the inclusion of the King James Bible translation is a wonderful opportunity to help celebrate the Bible’s 400^th year in the English language,” says Peter Centofante, director of marketing for Glo.

This announcement comes on the heels of the recent partnership announcement between YouVersion and Glo. The collaboration includes the ability from within Glo to access YouVersion notes, add public & private notes, view community notes, and synchronize bookmarks on Glo for Mac, PC, iPhone and iPad

Glo can be downloaded for free on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac and PC worldwide from www.globible.com. New users can register to receive “Glo Lite” with complete access to the KJV as well as the bestselling NIV translation, along with select media samples, while existing users can login on any device to access their media and translations.

About Immersion Digital

Contacts:

Peter Centofante

(602) 456-2429

peter@immersiondigital.com

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Ananda : 2011-05 (May)

May 11th, 2011

Glo Digital Bible Launches Worldwide on Mac and PC

Immersion Digital launches Glo with British text for download internationally, giving users outside the US access on Mac and PC; offers Free “Glo Lite”

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

ORLANDO, Florida – May 10th, 2011 – The Glo Bible, an award-winning, media-rich interactive Bible, has just launched its Mac and PC versions internationally, giving users access to Glo on multiple devices. Winner of 2010 Bible of the Year, Glo can now be used on up to five devices while syncing notes, translations and media.

This much anticipated international launch gives Glo users worldwide a new way to explore the Bible anytime and anywhere. Immersion Digital’s multi-platform approach presents the Bible to the mainstream user in a whole new way. Featuring zoom technology and a touch interface, Glo presents a rich interactive database of historic as well as contemporary information, photos, video, maps, artwork, 360-degree virtual tours, British Text NIV, YouVersion community tools and more.

“Glo is designed to give you a Bible experience – allowing the everyday person to see the Bible in a new way.” says Peter Centofante, Director of Product Design and Marketing at Immersion Digital.

“As content moves from paper to digital it is not enough to mimic paper in an electronic form,” says Nelson Saba, CEO of Immersion Digital. ” We need to exploit the full potential of interactive digital media to enhance how such content is experienced. That is the idea behind Glo; a digital publishing platform that offers an enhanced user experience of the content through media.”

Glo can be downloaded for free on Mac and PC worldwide from www.globible.com. New users can register to receive “Glo Lite” with complete access to the bestselling British text NIV translation, along with select media samples, while existing users can login on any device to access their media and translations.

The iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch versions are currently in production and scheduled for a spring release.

About Immersion Digital

Contacts:

Peter Centofante

(602) 456-2429

peter@immersiondigital.com

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Ananda : 2011-05 (May)

April 29th, 2011

YouVersion Now Available Inside Glo

Glo Bible and YouVersion team up in an unprecedented partnership to encourage Bible use through technology.

ORLANDO, Florida – April 29th, 2011 – With millions of online and mobile users, YouVersion is teaming up with Glo the 2010 Bible of the Year to inspire and encourage people to read the Bible in a whole new way. Launched at the Q Gathering in Portland, Oregon earlier this week, this partnership will bring two innovative like–minded technology organizations together to promote Bible engagement.

“By merging the timeless wisdom of God’s Word with devices people use every day, we’ve seen firsthand how technology can boost Scripture engagement,” said Bobby Gruenewald, Pastor, Innovation Leader at LifeChurch.tv (creators of YouVersion). “Bringing YouVersion into the Glo environment offers individuals powerful tools to interact with the Bible, and we’re excited to see how they help people learn and grow.”

While their mission is the same, their platform focus is different. The Bible App by YouVersion is the most downloaded Bible app on mobile devices, while Glo focuses on desktops and tablet devices that best showcase experiential zoom capabilities and high-resolution media.

Because of this partnership, for the first time YouVersion features will be made available inside a desktop application on Mac and PC. The collaboration includes the ability from within Glo to access YouVersion notes, add public & private notes, view community notes, and synchronize bookmarks on Glo for Mac, PC and iPad with iPhone available in the next update.

“Since Bobby and I started discussing the potential of the Glo and YouVersion collaboration, we were excited about the possibilities of sharing technologies because we both want to increase Bible engagement in modern ways.” says Nelson Saba, CEO of Immersion Digital, makers of the Glo Bible. “It’s great to see these two technologies integrated under a shared vision. I hope the synergy between the two platforms will help many more people engage with the Bible.”

Both YouVersion and Glo are available as free downloads. Glo can be downloaded for the iPad from the app store, and for Mac and PC users from www.globible.com. YouVersion is available online at http://www.youversion.com, as well as in iTunes, Android and Blackberry app stores: http://youversion.com/download. For existing Glo Lite or Glo Premium users, a simple update is needed to access YouVersion in Glo.

About the Glo Digital Bible

Immersion Digital’s multi-platform approach, from desktop to mobile devices, presents the Bible to the mainstream user in a whole new way. With zoom technology and a touch interface, Glo presents a rich interactive database of historic as well as contemporary articles, images, animations, video, maps, 360-degree virtual tours, and more. The PC version won the 2010 Bible of the Year award, and the company believes that by seizing these new mobile touchscreen platforms with a fresh interface and compelling timely content, they add an entirely new dimension to the dynamic Bible market. Glo has now added a Mac and iPad version to accompany the existing Windows version. This means that one can now use Glo on up to five devices while syncing notes, translations and media.

The iPhone and iPod touch version of Go is currently in production and scheduled for a spring release. Glo “Premium” can also be found in bookstores nationwide, and include discs that can install the entire media library on both Mac and PC. Glo with the British Text NIV is scheduled to be released internationally on May 10th.

About Immersion Digital

Contacts:

Peter Centofante

(602) 456-2429

peter@immersiondigital.com

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Ananda : 2011-04 (Apr)

April 8th, 2011

Glo Digital Bible Launches on iPad, Mac and PC

Immersion Digital launches a new version of Glo giving users access to media and translations on up to five different devices including iPad, Mac and PC; offers Free “Glo Lite”

ORLANDO, Florida – April 2nd, 2011 – The Glo Bible, an award-winning, media-rich interactive Bible, has just launched Mac and iPad versions, giving users access to Glo on multiple devices. Winner of 2010 Bible of the Year, Glo can now be used on up to five devices while syncing notes, translations and media.

This much anticipated launch gives Glo users a new way to explore the Bible anytime and anywhere. Immersion Digital’s multi-platform approach, from desktop to mobile devices, presents the Bible to the mainstream user in a whole new way. Featuring zoom technology and a touch interface, Glo presents a rich interactive database of historic as well as contemporary information, photos, video, maps, artwork, 360-degree virtual tours, and more.

“The vision of Glo as a personal Bible that can be with you everywhere is being realized with the release of the Mac and mobile devices such as the iPad and Windows 7 slate devices,” says Shawn Carroll, COO of Immersion Digital

Upon its launch on Saturday March 26th, 2011, Glo’s free iPad App hit number 6 in the free reference category of the App Store. “Glo is designed to give you a Bible experience – allowing the everyday person to see the Bible in a new way. The zoomable user interface of Glo is a natural fit with touch devices,” says Peter Centofante, Director of Product Design and Marketing at Immersion Digital.

Glo can be downloaded for free on iPad, Mac and PC in the US and Canada from www.globible.com. New users can register to receive “Glo Lite” with complete access to the bestselling NIV translation, along with select media samples, while existing users can login on any device to access their media and translations.

The iPhone and iPod touch version of Is currently in production and scheduled for a spring release. Glo “Premium” can also be found in bookstores nationwide, and include DVDs that can install the entire media library on both Mac and PC. Glo with the British Text NIV is scheduled to be relased Internationally on May 10^th.

About Immersion Digital

Contacts:

Peter Centofante

(602) 456-2429

peter@immersiondigital.com

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Peter : Upcoming Events

January 20th, 2011

[Gallery] Glo sneak peek of iPad and Windows 7 Slate devices during CES

Glo sneak peek of iPad and Windows 7 Slate devices at Lunch at Pieros Innovator and Media Event during CES

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January 18th, 2011

Glo Digital Bible from Immersion Digital Takes Center Stage During CES on Microsoft Windows 7-Powered Slates

Microsoft features Glo Interactive Digital Bible on new Windows 7 -powered slates during CES; Glo to be featured in the online Windows Product Scout

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

ORLANDO, Florida — January 18, 2011 –The Glo Bible, an award-winning, media-rich interactive Bible, was featured on just-announced Microsoft Windows 7-powered slates at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. Winner of the 2010 Bible of the Year award, Glo was selected by Microsoft Corp. as a prime example of applications touch-tuned to maximize the interactivity and features of the new slate devices that were shown at the Microsoft booth at CES in Las Vegas.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduced several Windows 7-powered slates during his CES keynote presentation, and the CES trade show floor was punctuated with Microsoft and OEMs showing Windows 7-powered slates at their booths including apps such as Immersion Digital’s Glo Bible.

“Glo on Windows 7-powered slate allows users to naturally explore the places they read about, zoom into maps and timelines, and explore the rich multimedia content of the Glo Bible. Glo is a great example of the kind of immersive experiences that can be created when an application takes full advantage of the power available on these PCs,” said Mark Relph, senior director for Windows Ecosystem at Microsoft.
“We are honored by Microsoft’s acknowledgement of the potential of Glo on Windows 7-powered slates, and that our multi-device strategy is working to deliver this rich multimedia Bible wherever you go,” said Nelson Saba, CEO of Immersion Digital.

Immersion Digital also offered a sneak preview of Glo on the iPad at the Lunch at Piero’s innovator and press event during CES. “Our Windows 7-powered slate debut and sneak peek at the iPad go a long way toward demonstrating Glo as a versatile digital publishing platform that exploits the power of today’s rich media-capable mobile devices,” said Saba.

Glo to be Featured in the Windows Product Scout

Microsoft will showcase Glo in the new slate PC section of the Windows Product Scout site (www.windowsproductscout.com), a destination pre-loaded on slate PCs that presents products identified by the Windows 7 team for compatibility, reliability and getting the very most out of touch-enabled Windows 7-powered slates. The new slate PC section will be available on Feb. 1, 2011, and will include a free downloadable version of Glo featuring the #1 best-selling New International Version (NIV) translation of the Bible used by more pastors and consumers than any other version. It will also include multiple upgrade options. “We are honored to be included in Product Scout,” says Immersion Digital Director of Product Design and Marketing, Peter Centofante. “Product Scout will introduce Glo to many users who are already familiar with the value of mobile slate devices and are looking for meaningful content to enrich their lives wherever they go.”

About the Glo Digital Bible

Immersion Digital’s multi-platform approach, from desktop to mobile devices, presents the Bible to the mainstream user in a whole new way with zoom technology and a touch interface, presenting a rich interactive database of historic as well as contemporary articles, images, animations, video, maps, 360-degree virtual tours, and more. The PC version won the 2010 Bible of the Year award, and the company believes that by seizing these new mobile touchscreen platforms with a fresh interface and compelling timely content, they add an entirely new dimension to the dynamic Bible market.

About Immersion Digital

Contacts:

Peter Centofante

(602) 456-2429

peter@immersiondigital.com

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[Gallery] Glo in the Microsoft Booth at CES 2011

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Peter : 2011-01 (Jan)

Experience the Bible Like Never Before.

Glo Bible looks stunning on iPad Retina Display; introduces “Social Bible” Features

Glo Lite now with Four Times More Content

USA Today Names Glo #1 “Coolest book app for Fall”

USA Today Names Glo #1 “Coolest book app for Fall”

Glo Bible Launches the Atlas Lens on iOS with New Features

Glo Bible & Zondervan team up to launch Glo Bible for iPhone

Glo Digital Bible Launches Worldwide on Mac and PC

YouVersion Now Available Inside Glo

Glo Digital Bible Launches on iPad, Mac and PC

[Gallery] Glo sneak peek of iPad and Windows 7 Slate devices during CES

Glo Digital Bible from Immersion Digital Takes Center Stage During CES on Microsoft Windows 7-Powered Slates

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