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16:9: MediaSignage Debuts $245 All-in Android Tablet For Interactive Digital Signage

Lots of digital signage CMS companies have software that will run on a consumer or commercial tablet, or smaller, special-purpose displays, but LA-based software shop MediaSignage may be the first to market its own home-brewed tablet for interactive applications. The company has started shipping MediaTouch, a 10-inch Android-based tablet that costs just $245 USD. […]

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Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 6:34 AM

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Sony To Debut Interactive Digital Signage Platform At CES: Report

Sony is reportedly planning to introduce an interactive digital signage platform at CES in Las Vegas in January that mashes up gesture sensors, augmented reality, audience analytics and signage. The Sony MITENE system has been around in Japan for several years, but a new 4K version will be shown and marketed in North America. […]

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Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 8:52 AM

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16:9: No More Stupid People Tricks: Microsoft Kills Off Kinect

Microsoft has killed off its motion-sensing Kinect – a camera-based gadget tied in with the tech giant’s consumer Xbox gaming boxes. […]

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Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:25 AM

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London Creative Shop Opens Deep Black, OLED-Filled Showroom

This the new showroom of the London creative studio Projection Artworks, which includes several LG OLED displays. There’s nothing all that exciting about companies have showrooms, but I note this because of the smart decision to place the OLEDs on a piano black wall. […]

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Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:18 AM

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16:9: The New Guinness Brewing Floor Experience In Dublin Looks Amazing

Via Retail Design Blog Diageo hired the creative shop Love to design a new brewing floor experience at the storehouse of the famed Guinness brewery in Dublin, Ireland. […]

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Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 9:57 AM

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16:9 Projects Podcast: The Minnesota Vikings’ Digital Experience At U.S. Bank Stadium

Personalized RFID check-in, transparent OLED, a 30-foot projection screen and virtual reality. That’s just some of what the Minnesota Vikings put in place as the NFL team moved into its new U.S. Bank Stadium in 2016. […]

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Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 12:14 AM

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16:9: Toronto’s New Air Jordan Store Includes Projections, Fine Pitch Interactive LED Walls

This is the new Air Jordan location on Toronto’s Yonge Street – a three-level retail space that uses fine-pitch LED video walls and window projections. The store has an underground kids-only concourse and an upper athletic training facility, as well as a main, street-level retail space. […]

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Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:43 AM

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16:9: Video: 360 Degree Virtual Real Estate Tours Run Off A Chromebit

I know very, very little about the inner workings of media players and things like graphic cards, but what I do know is that I have seen enough interactive virtual tours on different devices to know they’re often choppy and sluggish. They’re smooth, usually, when there’s a PC with a dedicated graphics card driving things. […]

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Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 2:48 PM

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Women’s Lifestyle Publisher Marie Claire Opens Tech-Filled Next Big Thing Pop-up Shop In NYC

In a slightly odd twist, the women’s fashion and beauty publisher Marie Claire has teamed up with Mastercard to open a pop-up shop in New York this fall, called  The Next Big Thing Concept Shop because it features what’s perceived as whiz-bang interactive retailing technology. […]

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Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 12:57 PM

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Ballantine’s Creates Immersive, Interactive Scotch Whisky Tasting Rooms

This is a couple of years old, but the first I’ve seen of it – an interactive whisky tasting experience that blends immersive 360 projections and interactive touch screens that use optical markers on things like the bottles. It was put together in London for Ballantine’s, a Scottish distiller focused on blended whisky. […]

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Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 8:43 AM

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Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Laura Davis-Taylor, High Street

Laura Davis-Taylor is a really well-known and much-loved expert when it comes to how digital fits in retail. She was a consultant for many years, but more recently has worked for some very large agencies – dealing with equally large retail and brand accounts. Now she’s back doing the consulting thing, by her choice. […]

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Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 12:01 AM

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Public And Retail Digital Experience – Play The Long View For Best ROI

Guest Post: Jeff Doud, MaxMedia Today’s consumers expect an experience. They don’t want to be sold stuff. Instead we should offer relevant lifestyle with usable chunks of information to provide context. […]

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Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 8:06 AM

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Canadian Vacations Provider Sunwing Opens Digitally-Rich Pop-Up Store

Canadian vacation travel company Sunwing has opened a pop-up store in one of Canada’s busiest and ritziest shopping malls, using big visuals and a lot of technology to get shoppers at Toronto’s Yorkdale Mall thinking about booking a flight to the tropics for when the snow flies. […]

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Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 3:48 PM

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How Interactive Digital Signage Enhance Customer Experiences

Guest Post: Richard Murton, Display Technology These days, the importance of engaging with customers is widely recognized – as is the ever-increasing difficulty of doing so. The simple fact of the matter is that customers are becoming highly expert at deploying their own, internal “anti-spam” filters, to deal with all the calls on their attention coming at them from all directions. […]

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Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 7:54 AM

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16:9: Holographic Display On Coming Smartphone A Precursor To Larger Digital Signage Versions?

A spin-off from HP Labs is working with RED – the high-def digital camera guys – to release a smartphone that features a holographic display – a glimpse at tech that also has digital signage touted as a use-case. Red Digital Cinema is working with Leia Inc on what’s being billed as the world’s first lightfield “holographic” smartphone – the HYDROGEN ONE. […]

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Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 2:09 PM

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