DigiGage first commercial line of products is an innovative virtual-window product for elevators. By using the winGage SW and a standard digital display, the system imitates the looks and behavior of a real window if there was a window in the elevator. winGage is first and foremost  a digital-décor product. The “virtual-window” is based on a  large (22”-60” size) screen, that in some installation types is embedded into a glass wall, in which we run one of a variety of scenic oriented, realistically looking virtual “living” worlds. With no integration or connectivity to the elevator’s internal system apart from a standard electricity outlet and an existing building internet connection, our “virtual-window” detects the movement of the elevator’s cab- so it “knows” whether it is stationary or moving, its direction, speed, location and degree of acceleration or deceleration. This is translated to the movement of the content- when the elevator goes up, the viewer’s point of view goes up as well, so the view changes (e.g. floor-level objects stay down at floor level) as would occur if there was a real window. This synchronizes the sensation we feel with the one that we see- just like in a transparent elevator, and creates a better physical feeling.

 It doesn’t stop here, though - certain content objects behave differently than others by escorting the “window” as it moves. For example- in an ocean world that simulates an underwater elevator, a dolphin will follow the cab while the reef and other “regular” fish stay at their initial height. The system is controlled by the DigiGage portal that includes a content library full of different content worlds with which the building’s manager, the residing company or the tenants can swap the content of its elevators’ winGage system in a click, such that a building in Rome can see in the virtual view of the Amazonas waterfalls in one week and jump in a click to the living vivid Times Square in NYC the week after. In addition, the system offers a user area that enables an in-building messaging system, floor numbering display, floor based textual data and real-time RSS feed based information strip.