Helsinki House of Innovation

Kone Voice UI is a research project that studies and tests how voice command user interfaces can be utilized in elevators. This innovative new technology allows users to control elevators using their voice. We are currently piloting it at our main elevator and would love for you to give it a try and share your thoughts with us. One of the main perks of Voice UI is that it makes…

Digital commerce company Vaimo recently expanded its membership from Epicenter Stockholm to Epicenter Helsinki. We had a chat with their Country Manager Marko Rytkönen, who has been working at Vaimo since its first steps in Finland ten years ago. He explained how digital commerce has been embraced by the majority of companies in the past decade. Vaimo was founded in 2008 in Sweden. It has grown from a 3-person start-up…

October 27th Epicenter Oslo co-hosted an event with Sopra Steria about the Metaverse in relation to the retail industry. The topic at hand was: will the Metaverse disrupt the retail value chain? And if so, how? We welcomed Sopra Steria’s very own experts on virtual reality, Erik Eskedal, Jelmer Verhoog and Scott Leaman, Meta Vertical Lead, Nina Hareide, and CEO of Wilfa, Morten Hoff to the stage to share their…

At Epicenter we believe that we reach more impact when we collaborate within and across industries, businesses and even competitors. With our clusters we gather companies and individuals around a common challenge or question that we innovate around together.  One example of this is our PropTech cluster REDI.City - a group of companies and individuals with passion that have launched an initiative with a mission to make real estate better,…

Did you know that only 2% of knowledge workers in Finland feel they are currently working in a perfect workspace? And that 81% of workers would consider turning down a job offer if the workspace didn't fulfill their expectations? We wanted to improve our understanding of what employees and companies think about the physical workspace and what role it plays in their motivation, productivity, and well-being. To untangle these questions, we…

During Oslo Innovation Week this year SMOC.ai and Epicenter co-hosted an event about the power of modern business ecosystems. This event sought to both educate and inspire the 200 people in the audience to get a deeper understanding of what a business ecosystem is, and how we are both responsible for (and reliant on) them to thrive, both in business, and as a species.    Event host, Matt Smith, introduced…