Sept. 23 Online Roundtable Plans Deep Dive On Real-Time Data In Digital Signage September 2, 2021 by Super User If a CMS software company or solutions provider is serious about chasing business beyond the SMB market, the chosen platform better support real-time data integration or they’re really not in the game. When the content engine is driven by what the data is saying, at that moment, what’s on the screen is relevant. At the …
LinkNYC’s Woes Continue; NY State Auditor Says MediaCo $69M Behind On Revenue Shares September 1, 2021 by Super User The consortium behind all those “smart city” LinkNYC kiosks on the streets of New York is continuing to find their big idea to be a big problem. New York state’s comptroller put out a report at the end of July that says the media company – CityBridge – was way behind on a build-out that …
NYC Artist Brings Above-Ground View Into MTA Subway Cars In Guerilla Projection Mapping Effort August 26, 2021 by Super User Via DesignBoom, Hat Tip David Title Suppose you could sit in a subway car, look up at the ceiling, and view the passing scenes at street level. That’s the core idea behind a very clever art project done on a subway car’s ceiling on the New York system, using projection mapping to blast motion images …
Samsung Remotely Disabling Connected Smart TVs Stolen By South African Looters August 24, 2021 by Super User Samsung has announced an interesting way to deal with looting and theft of smart TVs and, I assume, smart commercial displays – remotely disabling them and rendering the screens useless. The electronics giant announced recently that it would use a designed-in “block function” on smart screens to neuter stolen TVs in South Africa when they …
Intel Winding Down Its RealSense Computer Vision Business: Report August 19, 2021 by Super User Via CRN The long-running IT publication CRN is reporting that Intel is “winding down” its RealSense computer vision business, meaning its depth sensor cameras are going away just as Microsoft ended production and support for its Kinect sensor cameras. Reports CRN: We are winding down our RealSense business and transitioning our computer vision talent, technology and products …
Philips Pro Displays Can Now Be Managed, Monitored From Crestron Controller Screens August 19, 2021 by Super User PPDS, the company that markets Philips commercial display solutions, has done an interesting tie-up with AV automation and integration giant Crestron that makes networked screens easily monitored and managed from Crestron’s XiO Cloud solution. The XiO Cloud platform makes it possible to remotely control a screen’s functions from a touchscreen Crestron AV systems controller – …
Will Vaccine Passport Kiosks Catch On As A Common Tool For Safe Access To Venues? August 13, 2021 by Super User In the early months of the pandemic, there was a flurry of activity in the area of kiosks and tablets that were adapted for use as automated temperature screening kiosks for everything from airports to workplaces and even retail. I’ve seen little evidence, in terms of announcements or case studies, to suggest they ever really …
New Nike Rise Store In Seoul Uses Run Club Data To Drive Visuals On Giant Feature LED Wall August 12, 2021 by Super User Nike seems to endlessly roll out new tech-driven concept and flagship stores, but one that just opened in Seoul is interesting for the way it blends a BIG LED feature wall with real-time data. The 24,000-square-foot Nike Rise store, which opened yesterday, has a three-story fine-pitch LED display that shows real-time running stats from the …
LG Using AI-driven Voice Assistants In Mobile Service Provider Stores In Korea August 6, 2021 by Super User Hat Tip Craig Keefner at kioskindustry.org for flagging this … LG’s mobile retail wing is starting to use voice recognition technology from an Israeli startup to act as digital assistant at its mobile phone service provider stores in South Korea. Kardome announced it will install its voice activation technology in 2,000 LG Uplus store kiosks …
Telelogos Integrates CMS With Business Systems Giant SAP July 27, 2021 by Super User There are numerous digital signage CMS software companies heavily focused now on workplaces as their key vertical, and increasingly you are seeing direct partnerships or joint ventures between companies that have different angles for getting at new business. One particularly interesting way is to partner and integrate with one of the big tech companies that …
