New AI Exhibit’s Interactive Screen Creates Synthesized Versions Of Viewers May 24, 2019 by Super User A new interactive digital artwork at the Barbican in London uses camera sensors and a big digital display to generate unique digital forms of people who visit an exhibit called AI: More Than Human. At the entrance to the exhibition, the visitor is greeted by a screen which acts as a mirror, reflecting a unique …
Fitness App Tona’s Leaderboard Digital Signage Gamifies Gyms May 20, 2019 by Super User Here’s a nice example of that whole omnichannel thing actually being put to use – an all-encompassing fitness app called Tona for individuals and gyms that spans everything smartphone screens to leaderboards everyone sees. The background for Tona is a fun story – a visual designer interviewing for a Google job, asked as part of …
The Video Analytics For Digital Signage Sky Is Not Falling May 17, 2019 by Super User There is much fuss out there about the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voting 8-1 to approve outlawing the use of facial recognition software or retention of information obtained through facial recognition software systems. The ordinance still has to clear a second hurdle next week before it would be law. I have read suggestions this …
Walmart Opens AI-Driven Intelligent Retail Lab Outside NYC May 6, 2019 by Super User Walmart has started testing computer vision and AI in a big way at an “Intelligent Retail Lab” lab on Long Island, outside New York City. The Walmart Neighborhood Market in Levittown, N.Y. has 1,000s of overhead cameras tracking the state and movement in the store aisles, as well as standard and interactive digital signage screens explaining …
Now NYC Activists Are Duct-Taping Anti-Smart City Messages On LinkNYC DOOH Screens May 3, 2019 by Super User It’s been a rough few weeks for the media company Intersection and its LinkNYC “smart cities” ad posters. First, dozens were vandalized and damaged. Now an activist group is duct-taping anti-LinkNYC messages to the screens. RethinkLinkNYC is a New York-based community group that opposes the screens, primarily on the basis of privacy concerns. The group’s …
Malware Takes Out Passenger Information Screens At Cleveland’s Airport April 29, 2019 by Super User The flight information (FIDS) and gate information (GIDS) screens went out of service last week at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport after a ransomware attack on the passenger-facing systems. The screens went dark a week ago, and the airport’s CIO said this morning that it was still working to get them all back online. Wow! Cleveland …
The Next Big Thing: Remote Device Management For Digital Signage April 9, 2019 by Jami McGraw Guest Post: John C. Wang, IAdea Digital signage is evolving into a mission-critical IT backbone for smart infrastructures. In the old days, the main purpose of a public display was to “reduce perceived wait time” and make a few advertising dollars. Today’s digital signage networks are responsible for enabling smart cities, making workplace efficient, and …
Indy Airport Using LiDAR To Assess TSA Screening Times And Push Info To Screens April 4, 2019 by Super User The Indianapolis Airport Authority is activating a system that uses LiDAR-driven motion analytics to monitor and assess passenger queuing conditions at security checkpoints, and automatically push real-time updates on wait times to digital signage screens. “It’s all about the customer experience,” says Indianapolis Airport Authority Executive Director Mario Rodriguez. “That’s our primary goal, and the …
White Paper: Connected Kiosks – The Information Hubs Of Smart And Connected Cities. March 21, 2019 by Super User Atlanta-based specialty display manufacturer LG-MRI has developed and released a free white paper on the use of outdoor display technology for smart cities applications: Connected Kiosks | The information hubs of smart and connected cities. The paper, a free download, “explores the role that digital kiosks play as cities begin to leverage connectivity and IoT in …
DSE 2019 Booth Preview: Goverlan Showing Its Device Management Solution March 15, 2019 by Super User Goverlan – DSE Booth Number #1445 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? We uniquely offer an all-in-one solution for managing digital displays & kiosks. From one’s desk, you can deploy digital assets, verify contents of multiple displays in one single screen and perform remediation …
