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Case study Device modernization
Sony Dash modernization
Relaunching a legacy Sony dashboard device with a modern software stack.
Prototype
Challenge
Legacy appliance-class hardware is often discarded when its vendor software disappears, even when the screen, enclosure and electronics still work.
Approach
The Sony Dash relaunch builds new software and branded interfaces for the device, working within the constraints of its original firmware environment, which limit bitmap formats and graphics capability. Every asset has to be designed for the device as it is, not as we would like it to be.
Status and outcome
Branding assets were adapted into constrained indexed bitmaps. The work is at prototype stage and has not been validated on the production device.
Status labels on this site: completed work is in use; experimental work informs services but carries no production load; prototypes are unproven; planned work is not started.
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