Quividi Tweaks Audience Measurement Software To Address A Very 2020 Problem – Face Masks June 10, 2020 by Dave Haynes The French computer vision company Quividi says it has upgraded its patter detection software platform to deal with a very 2020 problem – counting and categorizing audiences for screens when the viewers are wearing face masks. Quividi says it is about to release an upgraded version of its audience measurement platform that can count Digital …
Navori Releases AI-Driven Access Control Solution For Retail, Public Spaces June 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes I could do almost nothing else but re-post PR about digital signage and pro AV companies releasing their take on a solution for problems brought on by COVID-19, but they’re all quite similar. So I’m not doing that – focusing on ones that have a different spin or come from a “major” player in the …
Philips Smart Android Displays Touted As PeopleCount Solutions For “New Norms” May 7, 2020 by Dave Haynes Philips has started marketing its Android-equipped smart displays as the hub for access controls at retail and other types of venues that need to “gate” foot traffic because of COVID-19. Philips Professional Display Solutions, the company says in new PR, has worked with partners globally to create a solution that helps retailers follow government guidelines …
Computer Vision In The Time Of Covid-19 May 6, 2020 by Sean James Guest Post: Sanjay Manandhar, ISM Connect Even before Covid-19, limiting touch on public displays was a good hygiene practice. In digital signage, whenever “interactivity” is mentioned most think of touch interactivity, but few think of social media interactivity or other forms of interaction with the viewing public. While one-to-one touch interactivity, such as downloading a boarding …
New Digital Signage Power Hour Set For May 19th; Focus On Access Controls For New Consumer Norms May 4, 2020 by Dave Haynes The lineup is now set for the second Digital Signage Power Hour webinar, slated for May 19th. Following up on a well-received, fun event that explored the arguments around touchscreens in the age of COVID-19, this one will also be timely – discussing the seeming explosion in display products designed to manage access into retail. …
Palmer Digital Group Develops Larger, Custom Temperature-Reading Display Stations May 4, 2020 by Dave Haynes Numerous vendors have in recent weeks been sending me news of their company’s addition of COVID-19 access control products, and almost all of them have looked like subtle variations on a standard design – a tablet-sized display/camera combo from China that sits on a pole, attaches to a wall or sits on a counter. The …
Beabloo Launches Interaction Care Solution Designed To Address New Retail Norms April 30, 2020 by Dave Haynes Numerous companies have been announcing new products – like access control and thermal sensing displays – to help run businesses in the midst of COVID-19, but Barcelona-based retail tech firm Beabloo has gone several steps further by launching a full solution designed to address a variety of needs for what may be a new norm …
More Digital Signage Solutions Companies Coming Up With Tech For Pandemic Measures April 29, 2020 by Dave Haynes More digital signage companies are betting technology investments in the next few months will be built around pandemic measures, and marketing products that see are solutions to mostly new problems. The Connecticut-based solutions provider Reality Interactive – more known for interactive in retail – has started touting a thermal scanner/screen product aimed at providing access …
Digital Signage Solution Tweaked To Enforce Social Distancing At Retail April 20, 2020 by Dave Haynes When I load up with my sanitizer and wipes, and grab my mask, to go out on a grocery or hardware run, I almost invariably end up in a line-up outside the store – with social distancing markers on the sidewalk and a cashier turned bouncer controlling access at the door. One person leaves, and …
Smart Shelf Start-up Opens Autonomous C-Store At LA Apartment Complex March 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes A kinda sorta digital signage tech startup focused on smart retailing has opened an autonomous micro c-store in Orange County, California that uses a combination of LED ribbon “smart” shelves, payments systems and AI-based computer vision. Adroit Worldwide Media, the guys behind the AWM Smart Shelf you may have seen at shows like NRF, has …
