Zoom In, And Again, And Again, And Again, And … February 8, 2012 by Dave Haynes [youtube id=”4S1ER6Ya53A” width=”600″ height=”350″] This is pretty darn cool – an infinitely zooming interactive touch application developed by Toronto-based Content Interface. You pinch an image and zoom in to realize the pixels that define that image are actually images themselves, and when you zoom in more, the effect repeats. Endlessly. Every straight teenaged boy on …
Sightings: Citibank Time-Lapsed Video Wall At JFK February 7, 2012 by Dave Haynes [vimeo id=”32455924″ width=”600″ height=”350″] I can’t find a whole bunch of detail about the timing or status of this project, but it’s another example of effectively using the long runs of digital screens in a concourse at JFK’s American Airlines International Terminal in New York. This is the same run of screens, I think, that …
Corning Posts Day Of Glass Sequel Video February 6, 2012 by Dave Haynes [youtube id=”jZkHpNnXLB0″ width=”600″ height=”350″] There are a whole bunch of things in this video I would like to order today, please and thank you, staring with the solar panel roof, the digital privacy glass and the TV the size of my living room wall. However, I don’t personally control an old Soviet republic oil supply, …
Sightings: Retail Fixtures That Put Product In Context February 2, 2012 by Dave Haynes Me and Hellberg are on the road, and were out last night walking off too much dinner, when we wandered into a Sports Authority store. Pat pointed out the simple logic of attaching a screen to a fixture in an aisle that immediately showed why someone would want to buy the thing right below the …
rAVe at ISE: Top Five Pre-ISE Picks January 30, 2012 by Dave Haynes by Michael Moore (rAVe) In the RAI, stray nails and empty cardboard boxes crowd the aisle ways. If I were cliché I would say there’s “anticipation in the air,” but I like to consider myself more original. But really, I can’t wait. I’ve been posting press releases for the last three weeks so our readers …
Brazilian Mickey D’s Use Digital Signage For Staff Training January 23, 2012 by Dave Haynes The industry chatter around digital signage in the QSR sector is heavily focused on putting screens in place of printed menu boards, but there’s some interesting stuff happening in the so-called back of house. One of the Food and Beverage category finalists for the upcoming DSE 2012 Apex Awards is a partnership of Arcos Dourados Brazil (McDonald’s) …
MGM Grand Lights Up Huge Lobby Video Wall January 18, 2012 by Dave Haynes It’s really not that long ago when people in this sector were pretty giddy to even see a digital signage screen or two integrated into the back wall of a hotel reception desk. Now, with dropping prices and better technology, digital signage can BE the back wall. David Levin, the president of Four Winds Interactive, …
Latest AR Virtual Dressing Room Takes The Cake January 12, 2012 by Dave Haynes [youtube id=”WwUa14mNNhY” width=”600″ height=”350″] The virtual dressing room-augmented reality thing has been around for a few years, and the first iterations by companies like Zugara were pretty interesting but well off from truly ready for the marketplace. As you might expect, the applications keep getting better (including Zugara’s), but a new one by a company …
Interactive retailing, circa 2001, still being applied today January 9, 2012 by Dave Haynes Google Alerts flagged a story for me the other day about an interactive retailing thing in a Prada store in New York, and my first reaction to it was surprise that the technology looked so clunky. Then I realized the story was from 2001, not 2011. Digital Wellbeing Labs has a case study up about …
DSF’s New Industry Glossary Strangely Familiar January 6, 2012 by Dave Haynes I’ve got waaaay better things to do than forensic investigations, but I was mildly curious when the Digital Signage Federation issued word this morning that it now has an industry glossary up on its website. Didn’t the evil arch-enemy Digital Screenmedia Association already have a glossary, I recalled. It does. So I looked at the …
