Projects: Augmented Reality Video Wall Fills French Grocery Carts In Surprising Ways July 7, 2015 by Super User Via PSFK This is a clever use of augmented reality that happily doesn’t require the experience to happen through the lens of a smartphone screen. The French supermarket chain Système U used gesture cameras, software and a large video wall at a store to deliver a fun way of communicating the origins of some of its …
Infographic: How Digital Menu Boards Help Businesses July 7, 2015 by Super User Here’s a nice infographic ROI-modeling digital menu boards that was passed along by Neil Maycock of Allsee Technologies, a UK-Chinese company that makes a broad range of digital signage displays.
Intel Releasing Ubuntu Linux Compute Stick; Specs Not Encouraging July 2, 2015 by Super User If you are a digital signage propellerhead and have been looking at the Intel Compute Stick and thinking about running one with Linux on it, it looks like that won’t work so hot. ZDnet reports that a $110 Ubuntu Linux version of the PC on a stick will go on sale next week, at least in …
Leap Motion Used As Portable Touchscreen Demo July 2, 2015 by Super User When the Leap Motion came out there was quite a bit of curiosity in this sector as to whether it could be used as a low-cost but effective alternative to expensive touchscreen overlays and add-ons. I ordered one, and tried it out, and was fairly underwhelmed by its capabilities. Then it sat on my desk …
Liveposter’s Martin Porter Rounds Out Terrific DSrupted Line-up June 30, 2015 by Super User I’m very pleased to say the line-up is now fully set for DSrupted, which is set for Sept. 16th in Toronto. We’ve got a great line-up and a big highlight, I suspect, will be a talk by Martin Porter, Senior VP and Group Director for Posterscope, one of the biggest digital OOH agencies out there. …
How Digital Menu Boards Can Help You June 30, 2015 by Debbie DeWitt Guest Post: Freddie Laker, Kairos Stand at the counter in any fast food restaurant or cafe. Somewhere up in front of you there will be a menu displayed. In some places, it might be very amateurish, maybe even handwritten. More often, there will be sign-written boards. Usually these are drab, tedious, and functional. They list what …
Videos: BlueBite’s Sizzle Reel On IoT Marketing June 29, 2015 by Super User BlueBite works on the edges of the digital signage and digital OOH spaces enabling interactivity from displays and static posters to mobile devices. This is a sizzle reel the NYC-based interactive company has just put out that nicely shows some of the real world, pragmatic possibilities for stuff like NFC tags. I like it because …
TransitScreen Lights Up Live Data-Driven Mass Transport Displays For Toronto Trial June 29, 2015 by Super User The City of Toronto has started a pilot with TransitScreen to try out a couple of real-time transportation displays in city-owned buildings. The TransitScreen displays tap into live, real-time transportation data – from TTC subways and buses to Zipcar and Bike Share Toronto – to hopefully give citizens a better shot at getting where they are going …
Panasonic Buys NYC-Based Digital Signage Solutions Firm MagicInk June 29, 2015 by Super User Panasonic has acquired a small, privately-owned NYC-based digital signage solutions provider called MagicInk Interactive LLC, picking up retail planning and deployment expertise. “After reviewing the potential acquisitions in this area, we believe that MagicInk is well positioned to help us significantly expand our digital signage business. This is just one in a series of planned …
Android Digital Signage: Current State Of Progress June 27, 2015 by Super User Guest Post: John C. Wang, IAdea Editor’s note: Sixteen:Nine is preparing a large report on the state of the Android signage market, and talking to industry leaders about what they’re up to and where they see things going. Instead of just notes, IAdea’s John Wang kindly wrote a full post on his POV. A full …
