Very cool: 3D Projection-Mapping Blasted From Half-mile Out To Sydney Opera House Sails March 18, 2011 by Super UserThis looks pretty spankin’ amazing on a bunch of levels. A week-long music festival in Sydney, Australia will culminate with a performance at the city’s iconic concert hall by the YouTube Symphony Orchestra – some 100 classical musicians from around the globe who auditioned online to be part of this event. The big concert on …
DOOH4Relief banner ads available for download March 17, 2011 by Super UserWant to help the DigitalOOH community effort for Japan? We have creative people producing spots (we could use UK and Euro, as well as other parts of globe) and the back-end is being handled nicely by Insteo. But you can pitch in simply by spreading the word. Tell your network operator clients and partners about …
Two big moments for industry folks March 17, 2011 by Super UserA couple of notes in passing … Bill Gerba, CEO of Wirespring, missed DSE because his wife was threatening early labor/delivery. That’s since happened and the two now have a couple of youngsters. Congratulations! David Weinfeld, who writes Digital Signage Insights and is a colleague in The Preset Group, is getting married Saturday in Philly …
DOOH4Relief Update: Five countries, momentum building March 17, 2011 by Super UserThis should be a busy day as the Japan relief effort by the Digital OOH industry gets increasingly involved in a collective, voluntary effort to drive fundraising for the still unfolding tragedy in that country. We now have several ads up on www.dooh4relief.com and today should see some more added and ready for download. The …
Top digital signage software: End-users need their own list March 17, 2011 by Super UserFor the last few years, my fellow blogger and arch-enemy (kidding) Adrian Cotterill does a review of the Top 10 digital signage software vendors out there. It generates a lot of interest and no end of debate about its validity, as well as the presence and absence of certain vendors. The stated criteria for the …
DOOH4Relief.com now live; spread the word and help Japan March 16, 2011 by Super UserThe DOOH4Relief.com website is now live, as is a Twitter account with the same handle. There are three spots available to download and use on DOOH and non-ad based digital signage networks (there’s no reason these ads can’t resonatew with people on corporate or college campuses, for example). To use, just right-click and save the …
Cheating face detection the Twisted Sister way March 15, 2011 by Super UserI have been doing some writing lately about face detection technology and certainly getting better educated about the issues and arguments around privacy issues as it relates to cameras and software looking for and bracketing faces. Engadget has an interesting piece up about an NYU student who figured out how face detection could be thwarted …
Review and next steps: Japan Relief Effort From DOOH Community March 15, 2011 by Super UserWe had a great 2 PM call, with folks from Insteo, rVue, Context Media, TouchTunes, Cineplex, Canadian Health Media Network and Preset jumping on, as well as content consultant Judie Stillman. There may have been more, but conference calls have their challenges. Here’s the deal as it stands: rVue has already produced a nice 30 …
Conf call today at 2 Eastern for Japan relief DOOH spots March 15, 2011 by Super UserDavid Weinfeld has arranged a conference call bridge for today at 2 PM Eastern to coordinate development and distribution of public service ads to aid in raising funds for Japanese victims of last week’s earthquake and the horrific tsunami that followed. The intent of the call is to identify who can do what, and try …
EnQii's Passport enters crowded mobile retail app field March 14, 2011 by Super UserEnQii sent a newsletter/release out late afternoon about its launch of a new mobile phone app called EnGage Passport – a white-labeled application that allows retailers who are using EnQii’s DS platform (or not) to to make targeted savings offers to shoppers when they enter a store. Users download the EnGage Passport app and are …
