Augmented Reality meets Kinect, makes Magic … Mirror March 7, 2011 by Super UserTech blogger Robert Scoble has a fascinating guest post up on TechCrunch about a recent visit to the Silicon Valley R&D lab of SRI International, which has some 1,700 researchers doing work on tremendously important things like medical imaging, and not so important things like the future of shopping. I was, of course, most interested …
ScreenReach's first mobile-to-screen test with Newcastle Utd gets near 10% take-up March 6, 2011 by Super UserThe UK mobile/digital screen start-up ScreenReach had its first industrial-strength test Saturday at a Newcastle United football (soccer) match at the home grounds. Fans were sked to use their smartphones to select the Man Of The Match. This was the first stab at getting the crowd to get involved, and ScreenReach was hoping for an …
"Ads per broadcasting hour" as a Digital OOH measure? March 4, 2011 by Super UserVisionChina Media is one of China’s largest Digital OOH players, with an ad network that covers 23 cities and includes 137,395 digital displays on buses, subway trains and platforms, as well as on other platforms. The company has reported its 2010 financials, which reflect what looks like a pretty ugly turn down in fortunes (more on …
Screenfeed continues to change up automated content for digital signage March 4, 2011 by Super UserJeremy Gavin of Screenfeed tweeted last night about a new weather feed his company does that dumps the well-worn approach of animated weather icons in favor of big visuals that instantly tell a story. Instead of little animated rain drops that turn to ice pellets, the Screenfeed image for freezing rain is a big, full-screen …
Are iPads suitable for digital signage? March 3, 2011 by Super UserAre iPads suitable for digital signage? This is more an open question than something I can really answer here, but the all the discussion and attention stirred up by the iPad 2’s release got me thinking. I’d love to hear from people who have taken a crack at using the tablets – or iPad’s increasing …
24-hour rotisserie chicken channel (honest) March 1, 2011 by Super UserSwiss Chalet is a bit like Tim Horton’s in Canada, except switch roasted chicken in for coffee and donuts. The restaurants are all over the country and have a very loyal following. In a move that would have made some people go cross-eyed in a marketing meeting, the company has started a new TV channel devoted …
Video: Lumimo video building blocks February 28, 2011 by Super UserWay, way, way at the very back of the DSE hall last week was a company called Lumimo, showing off technology from Japan that embeds an LED module in a cube that’s maybe twice the size of a toy building block. The cubs are all wired and interconnect, controlled in clusters by controller boxes. The …
Sharp uses mirrored bezels to "hide" video wall seams February 28, 2011 by Super UserOne of the things that caught my eye when running around at DSE was the big three-by-three video wall Sharp had at the front of its booth, and particularly some interesting trickery the manufacturer came up with to somewhat hide the seams between the display panels. This may be an old trick for all I …
Missed DSE? Take tour via video product demo archive … February 27, 2011 by Super UserI was actually AT DSE last week, and I had time to get demos at maybe a half-dozen booths. It would have been great to have the time to actually walk the floor and look around, but I pretty much jogged it between meetings. Lots of other people no doubt found themselves in the same …
Video: Cosmo casino video columns in lobby February 27, 2011 by Super UserQuick video of the Cosmo lobby in Las Vegas. During my visits last week at DSE (I was staying next door at Vdara) I saw these stcacked columns of monitors running bubbles, giant faces peering out from behind the virtual glass, and a digital library of rare volumes of books, with different ones lighting up …
