Android Set-Top Box Maker Minix Now Has Player Based On Intel NUC Design June 1, 2021 by Super User If you spend your days sourcing gear for media players, maybe this is not news to you. But I did not know that the Hong Kong manufacturer that seems to make the most trusted Android set-top box for digital signage applications also has a box based on Intel’s NUC design. Minix has a Next Unit …
VSBLTY Does Retail Analytics Partnership With Sensormatic, Johnson Controls May 21, 2021 by Super User Smaller tech companies with very specific capabilities to offer will likely get more traction in the market if they are partnered and integrated with more established technologies, so I like this partnership just announced between Sensormatic Solutions and Philly-based computer vision start-up VSBLTY. Swiss-based Sensormatic is part of Johnson Controls, a global player in smart …
Wicket Software Gets Patent For AI-driven Access Controls To Venues May 20, 2021 by Super User I assume or at least hope that software companies who develop access control systems that mash up computer vision, sensors and screens – for retail and other kinds of venues – will have had a look over the patents out there before getting too deep into product development. Here’s one reason: The Philly-area software firm …
Burger King Using AI For Dynamic Recommendations On Ordering Touchscreens May 20, 2021 by Super User The tech blog VentureBeat has an interesting post up about how major QSR chains are following the lead of McDonald’s by applying artificial intelligence for driving sales and customer experience. It notes that Burger King worked with Intel and an AI company to come up with a recommendation engine for touchscreen ordering. “It can predict,” …
Ford Patents Method To Scan DOOH Billboards, Push Versions Of Ads To Dashboard Screens May 12, 2021 by Super User Auto manufacturer Ford has patented a method and apparatus for using AI-driven pattern detection to read digital billboards on highways, using the on-board sensors in new vehicles that are there for safety purposes. The concept has vehicles that are scanning the roadway for things like speed limit and other traffic control signs, as well as …
Taiwan’s Neousys Debuts Rugged Box That’s AI-Ready And Does 4 4K 60fps Outs April 27, 2021 by Super User The digital signage world may have shifted quite a bit from PCs to smart displays and specialty devices like BrightSign boxes for digital signage jobs, but there is still demand for PCs for more specialized and computing-intensive jobs. There are numerous companies making ruggedized and industrialized boxes that handle jobs like video walls and computer …
The Interactive Display Ecosystem Sorted And Laid Out In A Single Poster April 13, 2021 by Super User Every so often there are graphics that come out from technology sectors that try to identify and sort a particular ecosystem, grouping sets of company logos by capability or focus. I can’t recall seeing one focused on digital signage, and that may be in part because of the 100s of CMS software companies out there …
Ladorian, inReality Partner On Data-Driven Personalized Messaging For In-Store Screens April 8, 2021 by Super User That feeling you sometimes get online – with served ads that seem to know your recent, personalized shopping interests – is now finding its way into physical stores through tie-ups like a new one between a pair of digital signage-focused tech firms. Madrid-based Ladorian, which has a software solution specializing in personalized data-driven messaging in …
KC Office Block Uses Generative Data For A Dynamic Digital Clock Tower April 7, 2021 by Super User This is a digital clock tower feature on an office building in central Kansas City, using generative art to suggest the time and weather. The LA creative technology shop StandardVision was commissioned by Block Real Estate to develop the new digital display at a top corner of 46 Penn Centre. The Dynamic Weather Clock was …
Poland’s Screen Network Using Playful Deep Fake Tweaks of Masterpieces To Showcase Medium April 1, 2021 by Super User The Polish digital OOH media company Screen Network have developed a fun campaign that draws attention to their screens by using “deep fake” technology to manipulate famous paintings. The campign uses artificial intelligence and deep learning to create life-like but entirely artificial animations of famous paintings from the likes of Van Gogh, Vermeer and Da …
