TargetR Now Has Both Android & Raspberry Pi Digital Signage Options August 22, 2013 by Dave Haynes The UK digital signage software firm TargetR now has platforms support both Android and Raspberry Pi, as well as standard PCs. TargetR’s new Raspberry Pi player uses the same underlying core player components from the Android Player software and in hooked into the company’s cloud-based platform. They’ve done that by adapting the player core and …
Projects: TD Canada Trust Video Wall August 21, 2013 by Dave Haynes There’s nothing new about video walls but this one – for an ATM bank in Toronto’s TD Centre concourse – caught my idea because of the shape, which has a two-faced header. Not sure, but think this would be a STRATACACHE (look Chris, I did ALL CAPS!) software job. It’s a very high traffic area, …
Your Headlines Are Too Damn Small August 21, 2013 by Dave Haynes Roughly a million years ago I came up with the notion of office tower retail concourses as a digital media environment, and started a company that put up screens and sold media avails. It was many, many years too early, something I learned while absorbing the confused or indifferent looks of agency media planners, and …
Vital Media, 11Giraffes Hitch Up On Auto Job August 20, 2013 by Dave Haynes A couple of Charlotte, NC companies have hooked up on the solution targeting independent auto service centers and other retailers around North America. The existing Vital Media digital signage network – including several hundred locations affiliated with a “big international tire retailer” (based on the vids, it is BF Goodrich) – has been cut over to …
Projects: Gesture-Driven Lobby Welcome Table August 20, 2013 by Dave Haynes A retail design firm, interactive agency and CalPoly students have collaborated on and lit up a very nice, innovative corporate lobby project that combines projection, gesture sensors, digital signage software and HD visuals. The project is located in the downtown LA lobby of Gensler and reflects the thinking and output of a Seattle-area agency called The Hive. …
HTML5 & Digital Signage Explored In Upcoming Webinar August 19, 2013 by Dave Haynes I don’t publicize webinars often because: 1 – The topics often get my eyes rolling like a 13-year-old being admonished (and bored) by a parent; 2 – There’s so many of them, attending webinars could be a full-time occupation. But one coming up next week looks worth a listen, primarily because of the topic and …
RevelDigital Releases 2nd-Gen Android Digital Signage Offer August 17, 2013 by Dave Haynes Android digital signage products have now been on the scene long enough that we’re staring to see 2nd generation products hit the market. Capital Networks released theirs recently, and now Fargo, ND-based RevelDigital has announced a new version of its hardware/software offer. RevelDigital says the new version is the result of customer feedback and working …
Projects: Press Coffee At PHX August 16, 2013 by Dave Haynes Here’s a new project involving QSR menu displays at Press Coffee Food & Wine, terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Five 55-inch Samsung displays are being used to display menu items and promote various feature items and daily specials. Advision Media and KarePKG Solutions did the deal and work, and the system is using …
Haptix, Ubi Add New Possibilities For Touchless Touch In Digital Signage August 15, 2013 by Dave Haynes There’s a couple of new entrants in the emerging field of touchless touchscreens – with two very different approaches. One is hardware that has similarities to the Leap Motion, while the other is software working with Kinect. Haptix The hardware piece is from a San Francisco start-up called Haptix, and is based on software and …
Why Your Digital Signage Marketing Sucks August 14, 2013 by Dave Haynes Between industry contacts and my deal-with-the-devil press access to trade shows (in return for privileges, all the vendors get my email address), I see a lot of marketing pitches and press releases every day. An awful lot of them are, well, awful. Or in more polite Canadian terms, sub-optimal. There are two core problems: old …
