Intel Adds More Data, Capabilities To Its Real Sense Depth-Sensing Cameras November 14, 2018 by Super User Stressing that I have only a fleeting command of the technical details of this, it is nonetheless interesting and useful to point out to solutions providers and experiential designers that Intel’s camera for tracking things like gestures just got better. The Intel RealSense Depth Camera D435i has “a new inertial measurement unit that enables developers …
PowerPoint-based Digital Signage Platform Offers All-In $190 Solution November 8, 2018 by Super User Mention PowerPoint as a digital signage tool and a lot of industry people go into teenager eye-rolling mode. But that’s a bit unfair, as I don’t think it’s ever wise to dismiss a presentation tool familiar and used by millions and millions of business people, globally. I got a note the other day from a …
The Value Of Protecting Your Digital Signage Displays November 5, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Daniel Waldron, Armagard Protecting your digital signage is a necessity. The risks and consequences of not protecting your displays include weather damage, vandalism and theft. Knowing what your digital signage is up against underlines the value of protecting your displays. With that in mind, here’s the case for safeguarding your digital signage. 1. …
LG Holding Nov. 1 Tech Tour Digital Signage Event In NYC October 9, 2018 by Super User It looks LG has a big cross-section of companies co-exhibiting with it at its Tech Tour event in New York on Nov. 1. LG’s commercial display partners at the event in Hell’s Kitchen include BrightSign, Chief, Peerless Av and numerous CMS companies like Gauddi (from the Netherlands), Hughes, Omnivex, Ping HD, Skykit, Tripleplay and 22 …
VIA Launches New Android 8.0, AI-Ready Digital Signage Player September 25, 2018 by Super User Taiwan’s VIA Technologies has done a significant upgrade on its line of ruggedized Android digital signage players, releasing what it calls the VIA ALTA DS 3 Edge AI system. The $400 MSRP units are run off the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820E Embedded Platform and Android 8.0. Previous versions, while powerful, were several generations back at Android …
UK’s Ultrahaptics Launches Plug And Play Device For Touch-Free Interactive Screens September 18, 2018 by Super User A UK company has released a plug and play device that allows digital signage and interactive solutions companies to easily develop immersive screen projects that use haptics technology. The new STRATOS Inspire uses arrays of ultrasonic transducers to project haptic feedback directly onto users’ hands, creating the sense of touch in mid-air. Ultrahaptics’ patented technology controls …
iBase Unveils Beefy New PC Digital Signage Player With NVIDIA Graphics Card September 10, 2018 by Super User The digital signage market seems to be shifting pretty significantly to special purpose boxes (like Brightsign’s) and smart displays, but there is still a market out there for PCs as players, and companies pushing out some beefy product. Taiwan’s iBase has announced its SI-614 digital signage player – a PC using a 7th Gen Intel …
Start-Up Grabb-It Turns Rideshare Cars Into Rolling Digital OOH Posters August 22, 2018 by Super User A San Francisco start-up called Grabb-It is trying to make a go of a Digital OOH advertising model that puts pico projectors in the back of ride-share cars that beam ads on to a rear passenger window. The ads show up on windows because of a transparent film overlay added to the window. The …
Menu Board Hack – Using Extending Mounts To Compensate For Bad Design April 9, 2018 by Super User Spotted by a regular reader at a food stand in T2 at SFO airport – QSR menu screens with mounts that pull the screen out from the wall recesses when they need to be serviced … except they just left them out. Doesn’t look good, with cables hanging down, tilted screens and so on. And …
Zotac Marketing Mini PC The Size And Shape Of Smartphone April 3, 2018 by Super User I remember years ago somebody or other talking about how one day PCs were going to be the same form factor as smartphones. We are apparently there (though arguably we’re past that with stick PCs). The Hong Kong manufacturer Zotac is marketing a super thin and light PC that’s somewhere between a portable hard drive …
