SPHER OS Snapshot - v2.2

A new era in
operating systems
has begun.
Designed to run on all devices, we are proud to
introduce the world’s most advanced operating
system, whose innovative window management
allows for simultaneous multi-user multi-
application without limitation. It’s also the only
operating system especially designed for large-
surface touchscreens.
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Imagine an operating system that is easy
to use, self-repairs, self-protects, doesn’t
freeze, can’t be hacked, allows for
encrypted P2P communication bypassing
Cloud and servers, runs multi-user
multi-applications simultaneously, runs
self-diagnostics, doesn’t slow down,
seamlessly neutralizes system failures
even if in the core, and you go on
working as if nothing happened.
Did we mention no reboots?
This is SPHER OS and its getting better!
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In 2012, it became clear to us that the market was trending towards interactive
touch technologies for windows, walls, tables, television or computer screens. In our
view, we were on the edge of a social revolution, substantial in nature, due to the
multiplication of access points to information offered by these technologies.
Whether in cafés, restaurants, waiting rooms, places of mass-transit, we would
witness in the near future the systematic introduction of multi-media interactive
touch tables, which would gradually find their way into our homes. To substantiate
our assumptions, it sufficed to study the wide-audience table creation projects from
companies such as Microsoft or Samsung, to mentioned the best known players in
this field.
If it were true that these technologies were rapidly developing, as a result there was
an opportunity to impose a new operating system that would actually be capable of
providing a simultaneous multi-user multi-application experience on a large
interactive surface. Such an OS would include an innovative window management
and an array of embedded smart features, thus providing multiple users with same,
or better, UX on a large interactive surface, when compared to what they
experience on tablets.
During the ‘70s the deployment of microcomputers was laborious, due to a lack of
suitable operating system. Bill Gates could impose MSDOS and from there on create
the Windows monopoly. Similarly, the rapid emergence of smartphones challenging
iPhone’s monopoly opened the way for Android, which subsequently has become
the world’s No. 1 smartphone operating system, solely due to the fact that no other
OS was adapted to the new medias found in smartphones.
Windows and Android cannot efficiently meet the specialized needs that will be
required for the oncoming onslaught of tactile devices of all sizes. This gap is where
we saw SPHER OSTM and today we realize that this third place is there for us to take.
Determined to seize this opportunity, we began the development of SPHER OSTM in
July 2013 with the clear objective of developing the ultimate large tactile surface
operating system. Our rapid progress in this field led us in May 2014 to acquire
Digitale Interactive whose advanced research into tactile screen technologies
enriched our own development program.
The arrival in our team of these Computer Sciences doctors and R&D engineers, all
recognized leaders in this area of research, has ensured the development SPHER
OSTM as the prime tactile surface operating system.
You don’t wake up one
day and say to yourself:
“I am going build an
operating system from
scratch just for fun!”
Smain Benali
Managing Director
Nicolas Bourbaki Research &
Development Center
iSPHER Group CTO
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We started out aiming to design the
best OS for large tactile surfaces, but
it has developed into so much more.
It’s now the fastest and most
versatile OS available today.
i S P H E R | T H E F U T U R E A T Y O U R F I N G E R T I P S

A few years ago, three engineers got together
to fulfill a common vision:
Design superior technology to bring to the
market advanced, yet affordable business
and communication solutions.
Now, the dream is becoming reality.
With a staff of over thirty scientific personnel that include PhDs, University Professors
and Senior R&D Engineers, the Nicolas Bourbaki Center for Research and Development,
iSPHER’s Research Division, has successfully developed groundbreaking technologies
that include amongst other, an innovative, 100% European operating system,
infrastructure solutions to enable the Internet of Things to become an affordable reality
and the most advanced large surface touch screen technology in the world.
Everyday, our rapidly expanding R&D and engineering team contribute their talent,
unique expertise and passion for technology, to innovate and equip our clients with the
advanced technology to provide them with the competitive edge they need now and in
the future.

A new era begins with SPHER OSTM
SPHER OSTM: the first cross-platform 100% European operating system, whose
arrival on the global market of new technologies has already made it as a serious
alternative to known giants such as Windows, Android, iOS and MacOS.
SPHER OSTM is designed from its very inception to run on all existing and future
devices with a focus on user experience, accessibility and security.
The development of SPHER OSTM is not focused on any single device such as a
computer, to then be adapted to other types of devices. We took into account from
design stage, all existing and emerging media, such as Computers, Tablets and
Touch Tables, connected TVs, Smartphones, Smart Watches, Smart Glasses, etc..
Thanks to an innovative modular architecture, backed by a complete arsenal of now
indispensable services, such as applications store, Cloud, content sharing, secure
payment system, parental control, etc., SPHER OSTM is quasi-limitless!
Exceptionally stable and virus-proof, SPHER OSTM focuses primarily on the
scalability of functionality and interaction with the resource-hungry medias of
today. It is also primed for the onboarding of future medias. While aiming for
optimal performance, SPHER OSTM provides the user with a rapid and intuitive
interface featuring a consistent ergonomy, regardless of applications or device.
SPHER OS’ design is user-centric with a strong focus on a wide availability of
content, with the aim of making each and every use of our operating system a
unique experience, without constantly having to improve its performance or
experience with the help of a content applications store. SPHER OSTM also benefits
from the rich contribution of thousands of current and future Linux applications!
The availability of free and easy-to-use development tools facilitates the conception
and implementation of applications for a non-specilaized audience. Featuring a low
entry barrier for developers, SPHER OSTM can rely on the rapid expansion of its
community, both among development specialists and ordinary users. The
anticipated growth of our community will make us a key player in the OS sector.
Supports all Devices
SPHER OSTM is compatible with any
interactive computer-based system
(Tablet, Desktop, Laptop, Smart TV,
Touch tables, etc.). SPHER OSTM
supports ARM, Intel and AMD
hardware.
Alternative to Android,
Windows, iOS and Mac OS
SPHER OSTM offers all the standard
functions of traditional operating
systems. In addition, the user can enjoy
more exclusive features such as sharing
windows between multiple SPHER OSTM
equipped devices.
Made in Europe
SPHER OSTM has been
entirely developed in
France and all European
users’ stored information
is located in European
data centers.
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Our innovative bottom up design is
efficient, robust and reliable.
Easy to use
The SPHER OSTM graphical interface is intuitive and can easily be used without any
prior knowledge of computers. Its attractive modern design enhances the
operating system’s ergonomic qualities.
Window Rotation
Enjoy the full freedom to rotate, move, change ratios and resize your windows as
you wish using two fingers only.
Simultaneous User Interactions
SPHER OSTM is the only OS today that allows simultaneous multi-users interaction
on the same interactive tactile touch surface, thus becoming the first genuine multi-
user multi-tasking operating system.
Rapid Startup
SPHER OSTM is up and running in only a few seconds, which compares favorably to
other operating systems currently in use.
Speech Recognition
SPHER TALKTM enables users to give vocal commands to the system and allows for
voice-activated information searches.
Self-repairing
SPHER OSTM automatically detects system or application irregular
behavior and will undertake fault reparation in the background
without user assistance or loss of system performance.
Resource Consumption Control
Users have total control over operating system resource
consumption. It is possible to allocate a limited amount of CPU,
Memory, Bandwidth and Storage to each specific application. These
quotas can be dynamically changed at any time. This ensures that
the SPHER OSTM operating system will never hang.
Remote Control
Temporary remote access and control to third parties for device
maintenance is possible. No need for any additional software
besides the user’s web browser.
Automatic Updates
SPHER OSTM will update automatically both system and
applications. No user intervention required.
Enterprise Device
Management
Companies can manage their entire
platform of devices using SPHER
Enterprise features. Several dashboards
provide an overview of the health and
configuration of your devices and let you
update their configuration remotely.
SPHER Enterprise gives you the tools to
collect statistics and logs from all your
SPHER machines.

Connectivity
Your Applications and Contents Everywhere
The user can utilize a SPHER OSTM device owned by a friend or in a public area simply by
logging in with his/her worldwide SPHER account coordinates and can use applications or
ﬁnd content as he/she were at home. There will be no trace of system usage as soon as the
session on the device has ended.
Communicate with friends and family everywhere on any device
SPHER Video Share service allows the user to setup a video call or phone call with ease.
Thanks to SPHER OS’s window sharing functionality, the user can share photos with friends
and family or interact in real-time. This ideally suited for a wide array of sectors and use
cases.
Connected Everywhere
A SPHER OSTM equipped device is always connected to the Internet thanks to Ethernet, Wi-
Fi, Bluetooth, 4G and LoRa connectivity. As a matter of course, SPHER OSTM regularly
updates communication protocols in order to remain a universal system.
Social Networks
SPHER Share makes it easy to share any
content on leading social network such
as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and
other popular networks. We plan the
development of our own social
networking application in addition to
onboarding novel and promising
platforms from exciting new companies.
SPHER OS allows its users to
securely ﬂip content and share
windows between devices,
wherever they are in the
world. Its great for real-time
collaborative interaction.

Forward-looking
Adapted for Large-surface Touch Screen Technology
SPHER OS’ innovative window management system allows users to open and
display with ease as many applications as they want while all are simultaneously
active. It goes way beyond the current single-window-focus paradigm of competing
operating systems.
Primed for Future Devices
SPHER OSTM is primed for new visualization systems such as 4K, transparent
screens, etc. as well as new types of interactions such as 3D sensors.
SPHER OS gave birth to SPHER
TOUCH, the most advanced
large-surface touch screen
technology in the world today.

SPHER OS’ superior performance
opens the way to a radically
enhanced user experience on large
surface touch screens.
The impact on sectors such as F&B
or Education will be huge.
Featured in this image is our SPHER TOUCH touch screen technology
as configured in a leading food chain.
Restaurants, Coffee
Shops & Bars
Streamline internal
processes while
providing a better
customer experience
and generate new
revenue though
advertising.
What are the benefits of SPHER TOUCH?
Hotels
Better engage with your
guests with an
interactive lobby. Great
for touristic promotions,
advertising,
entertainment for all
age groups, promoting
your own brand, local
events, etc.
Retail
Dual advantage of
providing a superior
interactive catalog for
the shop, great for in-
store promotions and
best of all, its
entertaining for the
kids.
Education
Numerous applications
for interactive learning,
group studying, while
increasing student
attention. Suitable for all
age groups.
Healthcare
Great waiting room
entertainment for all ages
and a great platform for
promoting key health
messages. Ideal support for
the analysis of patient
cases between doctors.

Customize your Experience
The user can customize his/her
environment with preferred applications,
background, and photos, along with a
choice of language. This configuration will
appear each time the user logs into a
SPHER OSTM device.
SPHER Store
The user can find and install the
applications he/she wants thanks to
SPHER Store. An internal review of all
applications available from the SPHER
Store catalog ensures the highest
quality of SPHER Apps. In addition, the
user can download content such as video,
books and magazines from the SPHER
Store. SPHER OSTM provides the APIs
that allows to build his/her own store
featuring the user’s own unique
characteristics and publishing policies, as
well as configure the SPHER OSTM
installation to use it.
Application
Development
Publish your own Applications
SPHER OS SDKs provide the tools to
publish applications automatically to the
SPHER Store.
Web SDK
Web developers can benefit from the Web
SDK to make their own application. It is as
easy as coding a standard web
application. SPHER OS provides high
performance native interactive
components that can be used in the
SPHER WEB application as new HTML
elements and interact with them using
JavaScript. These components cannot be
implemented with current web
technologies.
Native SDK
C++ developers can benefit from the
SPHER OSTM Native SDK to implement
real-time applications needing high
performance such as simulations or
multiplayer games.
Game SDK
The Game SDK provides tools based on
game programming languages such as
LUA. Game developers do not need to
learn a new language to develop their
games on SPHER OSTM.

Content Download
(Applications, video, etc.)
User
Identiﬁcation
Uploads User
Preferences
Sends Alerts and
Indicators
Remote Equipment
Control
Updates
Remote System
Management
Secure Connection
Touch Screen Table Desktop Laptop Connected TV Tablet Smartphone
Create a Secure Connection
Between Devices
SPHERE OS is a rich cross-platform
environment for users and
developers alike.
SPHER OS is designed to provide a rich and versatile environment for users and
developers alike. However, its openness and interactive qualities are never at the
expense of security or data integrity.

SPHER OS’ impact on education will
be substantial because it will allow
students of all ages to easily interact
with teachers and among themselves
whether they are in the same room
or halfway across the world.
Several core SPHER OSTM features will make it the favored OS for the Education
sector since these include the ability to ﬂip content and share windows directly
between devices bypassing the Cloud or servers, whether in the same room or with
someone the other side of the world. In addition, students and academia will enjoy
the most advanced large surface tactile technology, multi-user multi-application
simultaneous interaction, and a host of embedded parental and security features
that make SPHER OS safe for students of all ages. Teachers and academic
establishments can now structure learning with a degree of interactivity unknown
until now, all in real-time, thus bringing people closer together.
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We designed SPHER OSTM
to become
a universal operating system suitable
for any device, sector, culture, region
or age group.
Devices: SPHER OS’ development program started by providing a superior user
experience on large tactile surfaces, but is now being implemented to run on all
devices, such as smartphones, tablets, PCs, connected TVs, etc.
Sector: SPHER OSTM is suitable for private as well as commercial and public usage.
Cultural/Region: SPHER OSTM embeds security and content controls, thus making our
operating system appropriate all cultures and regions.
Age Group: Protecting loved ones from inappropriate content is now central to the digital
age. The need for eﬃcient content control is also required by institutions, employers, and
many private or public establishments.

We are implementing an ambitious
development program to ensure that
SPHER OSTM will remain the benchmark
for all operating systems.
Embedding NFC in order to add payment
functionality to our tactile tables
Embedding vocal recognition in
order to enhance UX
Large Surface Tablets
and Touch Tables
PC Tablets Connected TV Smartphone
SPHER OS historically was
developed to remedy the lack
of adequate operating system
for large tactile surfaces. As
such, it stands today in a class
of its own outperforming all
other operating systems.
The development of
SPHER OS for PCs will
allow us to oﬀer SPHER
OS to a wide home and
business audience.
We will ensure a rich
environment of
downloadable apps and
content that will allow users
to enjoy the full power of
SPHER OS with all their
favorite applications.
SPHER OS 3.0 will
be released to
coincide with the
growing. market
for connected TVs.

The Nicolas Bourbaki R&D Center

All our R&D team members have been handpicked from a pool of hundreds of top-level
research and engineering candidates from leading French universites and laboratories.
Our 30+ full-time R&D staff include:
•  1 PhD applied Mathematics
•  1 PhD Radio Frequency and Electronics
•  5 PhD in Computer Sciences
•  World’s No. 1 University Professor specialized in Distributed System.
•  1 University Professor specialized in Computer Services
•  1 University Professor specialized in Software Development
•  17 Senior R&D Engineers
•  2 Technicians
•  2 Administrative support staff
Unique scientific knowledge needed to create today the solutions of tomorrow
Our investment into Innovative R&D drives iSPHER's commercial approach and strategy.
The key to our success is our in-house capability to generate genuine innovation and
develop solutions that do not draw on any fully developed or existing technology.
We are committed to obtaining market leadership in hardware and components design,
software development and content management systems, allowing us to durably serve
commerce and industry by delivering superior communication.

About iSPHER
iSPHER excels at creating, developing and implementing sophisticated technology
solutions that enhance Man’s ability to interact and connect with the surrounding
environment.
We are dedicated to the development, promotion and sale of enhanced user-
friendly communication solutions characterized by innovation, as well as by a deep
understanding of the markets we serve. Our experienced team along with the
outstanding researchers and scientists of the Nicolas Bourbaki Research and
Development Center apply their unique talents to foresee today the market needs
of tomorrow.
Our areas of expertise are communication and connectivity solutions where our
state-of-the art technology developments provide our clients with a competitive
edge in their respective markets. Our technology and solutions integrate seamlessly
into a wide variety of leading sectors such as Media & Entertainment, Social Media,
Medical, Education, as well as in a host of industrial areas. Our user-friendly
applications include tactile technologies for large-scale surfaces, SPHER NET, an
end-to-end communication gateway to power IoT (Internet of Things) networks,
novel graphic interfaces, etc.
What differentiates us is our ability to integrate market needs and reality into our
development programs. This capacity to understand future trends have led us to
undertaking important long-term developments that have yielded groundbreaking
technologies that include SPHER OS, a proprietary operating system enabling
simultaneous multi-user/multi-application use of large-scale tactile surfaces, state-
of-the-art hardware and software developments, SPHER MARKET, a sophisticated
content distribution systems, the first operational end-to-end LoRa network
solution, and more.
iSPHER SA Headquarters
Avenue de Tivoli 3, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
T. +41 (0)800 99 88 33

iSPHER SA Representative Office
Chemin des Aulx 21
1228 Plan-les-Ouates
Geneva, Switzerland
T. +41 (0)22 741 00 40

Nicolas Bourbaki R&D Center
294 route des Grands Bois
74370 Villaz
France
T. +33 (0) 450 60 60 90
E. info@ispher.com
www.ispher.com | www.spher-os.com

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