UK’s Lightvert Launches Crowdfunding Effort; Touts ECHO Tech As New Kind Of AR February 14, 2017 by Super User The UK start-up Lightvert has started calling its unique tech a new type of augmented reality – probably to help people wrap their heads around it – as part of a just-launched equity crowdfunding campaign. The technology, dubbed ECHO, is now out of the proof of concept and ready for commercial application – with development …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: ISE 2017 Bonus Edition February 13, 2017 by Super User This is a bonus edition. I did a pile of sit-down interviews last week in Amsterdam with different execs for full-length podcasts, and you will hear those over the next several weeks. I also did some stand-ups that are already live, with four already up. These are the other four. I normally get these things properly …
DSE Booth Previews: Free 16:9 Love For 2017 Exhibitors February 13, 2017 by Super User For the last couple of years, 16:9 has provided free editorial space for exhibitors at Digital Signage Expo to tell readers why they should plan to stop by their booth at the show. That’s the deal again in 2017, and to streamline things at this end, I’ve set up an online form that will allow …
My ISE Interview With DailyDOOH February 13, 2017 by Super User Here’s my interview with Mr. DailyDOOH on the NEC stand at ISE last week, in which he refers to me as a “general dogsbody.” Had to look that up. Already researching Canadianisms to throw back at him next year. Hoser may do nicely.
ISE 2017: Final Thoughts And Observations On The Biggest Pro AV Show Going February 13, 2017 by Super User The final numbers suggest the 2017 edition of Integrated Systems Europe was a big success, with record crowds and exhibitors. Now back at World HQ (aka spare bedroom), and mostly sorted on my sleep cycles, here are some final thoughts about the biggest pro AV show on the planet. First, I love, love, love Amsterdam, …
16:9 Projects Podcast: Gavin Winter On The Cube February 10, 2017 by Super User The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) hosts an amazing digital interactive learning space featuring 9 metre-high (27 feet) projections, 48 screen multi-touch interactive panels, and motion tracking technology. Called The Cube, its purpose is to engage and inspire the next generation of thinkers and doers, and provide an immersive and participatory experience for everyone to …
ISE 2017: STRATACACHE CEO Riegel Forecasting $1B Annual Sales By End Of 2018 February 9, 2017 by Super User Chris Riegel, CEO of STRATACACHE and aspiring conquerer of all before him, is at ISE this week and did a sit-down talk Wednesday at the Digital Signage Summit put on by the German firm invidis. Riegel and I have been trying, and failing, at syncing up a time to talk and do a podcast, so …
ISE 2017: Intel Announces Smart Display Module As Answer To Embedded Smart Signage Panels February 9, 2017 by Super User Tech giant Intel has announced a plug-in module spec and reference design – called the Intel Smart Display Module or Intel SDM – that is intended, at least in part, as an answer and alternative for all those display manufacturers shipping all in one displays using ARM-based system on chip processors. The implications for the digital …
ISE 2017: Embedded Displays Turning Rapidly Into Digital Signage Standard February 8, 2017 by Super User When Samsung came out with its Smart Signage series in early 2013 there were lots of people casting serious doubts about the notion of all-in-one pro displays going anywhere. And the combination of underpowered processors and hard to work with software didn’t help boost much confidence. Four years on, system on chip “smart” displays have rapidly …
16:9 Podcasts Special Episode: Chats From ISE 2017’s Exhibit Halls February 7, 2017 by Super User This is a special edition of Sixteen:Nine, the digital signage podcast, with interviews from the crowded aisles and noisy hallways of Integrated Systems Europe in Amsterdam. I’m here at ISE to take in the biggest pro AV show on this planet, and possibly any planet. I’m in Amsterdam all week and have already done a pile of …
