Cortana and REACHit

The Clients - Lenovo and Microsoft

Lenovo contacted us while canvassing for proposals on this product launch video set to coincide with TechWorld, a Lenovo tech-convention set in beijing just 4 weeks away. Lenovo was releasing REACHit, which augments Cortana capabilities in dramatic ways. Microsoft was about to release the long-awaited Cortana, the personal digital assistant, which, at the time, put Siri to shame for not thinking of it herself.

The Challenges

We received approval to move ahead a mere three weeks before go live and we were responsible for all aspects of it's content, design, production, planning, and execution. Within the next week we'd worked with the project manager to script and storyboard the shoot, all while RockerDown also handled:

  • Talent acquisition
  • Model acquisition
  • Set and location planning
    • A photography studio (yep, we used our own)
    • A home setting (our President had recently purchased a new home the kids and dogs hadn't demolished yet)
    • A bar (this was tougher, but with a company filled with photographers always looking for places to shoot, it became much simpler)
  • Resource management
    • Videographers
    • Lighting
    • Sound
    • Director
    • Assistant Director
    • and Mrs. RockerDown who kept us all fed and laughing

Transcript

Hey Cortana, where are the photos I showed Tim last week?

Lenovo and  Microsoft have partnered exclusively to combine REACHit and Cortana for Windows 10 to help Cortana understand what you're looking for on a much deeper level. So you can say things like, "Hey Cortana, where are the photos I showed Tim last week? 

RACHit breaks it down into very simple concepts. What type of file it is. When it was. Who you were with.

This makes it possible for Cortana to search using just what you remember about your content even if you remember the file name

Thanks everyone! I will see you all at the after party.

Hey Cortana, find the cover layout I worked on at Starbucks.

Using just those few details Cortana and REACHit can search through hundreds... thousands of files all at once. Across cloud storage accounts, files attached to emails, And any Lenovo device running Windows 10.

REACHit lets Cortana search across all these locations and then Cortana brings you back the best results all in one place!

I can't thank you guys enough for all the incredible work you did. It was awesome.

Well, do we get to see the final product or not?

Hey Cortana! Show me the final cover from earlier today.

REACHit makes Cortana EVEN smarter and more personal on your Lenovo device. Cortana understands you. REACHit knows how you use your content. So you can search for things like you are talking to a co-worker. Even if you don't remember the file name, or where you saved your file.

You can find what you're looking for much much faster been ever before so you can spend less time searching amd more time doing what you're trying to do.

Hey Cortana!

 

Rusty Worden