HTML 5 ain't ready just yet October 6, 2010 by Super UserA lot of people who’d like to shift away from Flash as a playback engine for digital signage – worried about vague licensing issues and playback stability – have been getting excited about the prospects for HTML 5 to mature and take the place of Flash. You can already find HTML 5 video players ion …
Interactive projection/kiosk promos new Nissan Leaf September 28, 2010 by Super UserThe guys at Spyeglass in Minneapolis sent along a release with pix and video of a project that uses their projection film and interactive touch foil. Through the reseller, RTT, USA Inc., and a pile of other companies doing different but related stuff, the projection film was part of a roving promo program for Nissan’s …
Samsung shows off its smart TV widgets (from rAVe) September 27, 2010 by Super UserFrom Sixteen:Nine’s content partner rAVe [Publications], a shaky (but stick with it as it settles out) video demo-ing Samsung’s Smart TV gadgets and general capabilities at last week’s CEDIA show. The webinar I did last week discussed widgets and gadgets and how they can start to make an IPTV loook more and more like a …
The screen-smartphone connection, sans QR codes? September 27, 2010 by Super UserThis is a French company, Wizup, that has developed technology that operates a little like apps that listen for, recognize and identify music, but more broadly based. The video shows how a smartphone could recognize video or something on a poster and deliver extended information down to the phone. In theory, this would work well …
EnVu lighting up malls floors, bankrolled by Stratacache September 20, 2010 by Super UserTwo distinct impressions. 1 – I’ve never seen anyone but little kids pay more more than fleeting attention to interactive floor projections when I have seen them in malls and mega-casinos. 2 – Chris Riegel is no dummy. So when I read this morning DailyDOOH that EnVu (which I did know about) was bankrolled by …
New video streaming startup takes aim at digital signage sector September 13, 2010 by Super UserA suburban Boston video startup called BurstPoint Networks Inc. came out of stealth mode today and announced some interesting technology it says has a role to play in, among other things, enterprise-level digital signage networks. Reports Mass High Tech: BurstPoint, based in Westborough, is making a series of products that convert all video that an …
New player joins DOOH audience-counting space September 13, 2010 by Super UserAnother company has joined the small gaggle of firms going after the anonymous audience counting market – this one from Taiwan. From 2010 September, says a release this morning, EcafTech will provide a new audience measurement solution – the Digital Signage Viewer Counter. By utilizing our unique face recognition and tracking technology, the DSVC offers …
CE Labs joins the digital signage contest September 7, 2010 by Super UserFrom Digital Signage Universe comes word that Garland, Texas-based CE Labs has jumped into the digital signage waters with its own solution. Don’t know it. Haven’t see it (though I am a theoretical fan of solid state solutions). It comes with software (with templates) and there are two different networked players, by the looks of …
No 180-inch LG plasma after all, but … September 3, 2010 by Super UserLG managed to whip up a fair amount of hoohah this week when it announced it would be showing (quoting LG UK) a “staggering 180-inch plasma 3D TV prototype” at this week’s IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin. Wow. That would be one big piece of TV. I don’t think the floor joists in …
Digital mall directories just make sense September 2, 2010 by Super UserMall directories going digital just makes sense, as the store listings are always changing and each time that happens stuff needs to get printed and people need to crack the cases open and change them and on and on. Never mind digital gives shoppers the ability to search by keywords or name instead of scanning …
