New Rise Vision Feature Turns Classroom Interactive Panels Into Emergency Alert Screens January 11, 2023 by Super User Digital signage platforms used in schools have long offered tie-ins to safety alert systems to push emergency messaging to screens in common areas like fining halls and lobbies, but a new feature from the CMS software firm Rise Vision pushes messaging to interactive screens in classrooms that are in place for teaching. The alerts and …
Raydiant Partners With AI-Driven Photo Edit Firm On Virtual Try-on Solution For Fashion Retail January 6, 2023 by Super User The San Francisco-based “digital display experience platform” provider Raydiant has done an interesting tie-up with a London, UK company that offers a virtual clothing try-on solution, extending the capability from online into physical fashion retail stores. The core capability of Zyler is allowing shoppers to see themselves in any outfit, without having to physically try …
Cloud based & On-Premises Digital Signage Platforms: What’s The difference? December 20, 2022 by Super User GUEST POST: MARTIN HAGEN, SOCIALSCREEN Anyone weighing digital signage CMS software options will quickly find themselves at a fork in the planning road: use a cloud-based SaaS platform, or install software on the premises and behind the end-user’s firewall. It’s a big decision, and the first thing to sort out is the differences between them. …
Tightrope Media Systems Hits 25 Years In Digital Signage December 15, 2022 by Super User Happy 25th birthday to the folks at Minneapolis-based Tightrope Media Systems, which first started marketing what it called video billboard software back in 1997. The software is now marketed as Carousel Digital Signage, but the company is still run by founder JJ Parker. Digital signage is still a young industry, but it’s fun and intriguing …
22Miles Adds Space Booking Capabilities To Video Call Giant Zoom’s Workplace App Marketplace December 14, 2022 by Super User There are a lot of displays in workplace settings that are only used here and there for their primary task – usually presentations and video conference in meeting spaces. So there’s a movement towards multi-purposing these capital investments by doing more with them, including turning the screens into workplace messaging and guidance tools. Software companies …
Signagelive Partners With EyeQuant On AI-Driven Creative Optimization Toolset December 12, 2022 by Super User I always thought artificial intelligence and machine learning-based computer vision platforms were more interesting for analyzing how people really view digital signage messaging than the endless pitching of this technology as a way to serve ads in real-time based on the estimate of the profile, and even the emotions, of the viewer. AI-driven, camera-based audience …
Scala’s New V13 Platform Includes Much-Requested Windows 64-Bit Support December 9, 2022 by Super User The CMS software firm Scala, one of the oldest companies in the industry, has announced a major version release of its flagship platform: Scala Enterprise version 13. The new code rolls in a series of features that resellers and customers were after, notably Windows 64-bit player support. “The motivation behind the content chosen for Scala …
Tizen Smart Displays Now “More Than Capable” Of Doing Most Digital Signage Work: Lab Tests December 6, 2022 by Super User Independent testing done by the software firm signageOS suggests Samsung’s current line-up of “smart” LCD pro displays are “more than capable” of meeting the playback quality demands of typical digital signage deployments, getting a 91/100 rating in the US-Czech company’s new report. The goal of this report, says signageOS, was to analyze the performance of …
Pickcel Develops On-Screen Promotions, Booking Capability For Emerging “Salon Suite” Industry December 1, 2022 by Super User The Indian CMS software company Pickcel has developed an interesting application aimed at what it says is a new spin on wellness and beauty salons – suites in the U.S. and Canada that are licensed to a single specialist. The company has developed a custom solution for My Salon Suite, a franchise operator that has …
Partnership With SignageOS Almost Doubles Sony’s CMS Platform Ecosystem November 23, 2022 by Super User Sony has become a very different player in the digital signage since it brought on some people very familiar, experienced and connected in the sector – Rich Ventura first, then Jay Leedy and probably some others I am forgetting (SORRY!) Before they got involved, I could not name a mainstream CMS partner working with Sony, …
