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Citibank Time-Lapsed Video Wall At JFK.

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:05:00 +0000

It’s another example of effectively using the long runs of digital screens in a concourse at JFK’s American Airlines International Terminal in New York. This is the same run of screens, I think, that went in five years ago and were first used to hump the then-new Microsoft Vista software.

Here’s the description of this effort:

“Orbital” is like a flying dream set in 3 cities. It places viewers at the center of cosmopolitan locations, slowly and delicately rotating across 40 HD screens in the American Airlines International Terminal. The piece was designed to work in relationship with the viewer’s movement through a long hallway, filling their field of view with vast time lapsed urban panoramas moving through space to create the illusion of hovering at a dreamlike speed through a rotating cityscape. The audio was carefully crafted, inspired by the likes of Steve Reich, to create a forward momentum and almost hypnotic pulsing effect while incorporating subtle washes of urban soundscapes.

The pieces were shot with a motion control time lapse rig in New York, Paris and Barcelona, creating enormous sequences of photography that were then stitched and choreographed together at the Mill.

The client is Citibank and its airline credit card, and the agency is Publicis. Very cool work. Very big budget. I like the case study aspect to this, and wonder why more projects are not captured in ways that explain what was done and how it was viewed.

"Orbital" Citibank / JFK Installation from Rama Allen on Vimeo.

Gesture and Touch Platform for the Retail.

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:47:00 +0000

The above video is an overview of the "5D" connected retail experience platform by Razorfish Emerging Experience. This concept looks like it was designed for someone who loves tech and has a high need for hassle-free shopping.

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'Live Park' AR theme park.

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:57:00 +0000

A media company specialising in AR technologies has developed a “4D theme park” that is being dubbed as the most advanced, high-tech theme park ever created. The attraction utilises RFID wristbands and Kinect sensors to identify, track and interact with visitors. Live Park 4D, located at the Korea International Exhibition Centre (Kintex), is packed with visual interactive exhibits that utilise massive touchscreens, 3D video, holographic displays and augmented reality.

Guests can create avatar versions of themselves, allowing them to enter the virtual world of the theme park.

The attraction sprawls over a space of nearly 1,000m² and comprises 65 attractions including a virtual "hologram" performance by a Korean B-boy crew and a 360° stereoscopic cinema.

Lunar Face pavilion provides atmospheric, immersive areas which respond to movement and sound. It is an example of how Live Park also aims to combine art with attraction. Developers have placed art installations alongside interactive exhibits, sometimes blurring the lines between the two.

Almost all exhibits feature an interactive element, often allowing visitors’ avatars to perform alongside "holograms". The area can also be transformed into a nigh-time entertainment venue with live performances and DJs.

Cornings "A Day Made of Glass 2"

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:20:00 +0000

see how Corning's highly engineered glass, with companion technologies, will help shape our world. Take a journey with our narrator for details on these technologies, answers to your questions, and to learn about what's possible -- and what's not -- in the near future.

versie 2 zonder ingesproken commentaar.

Change your frames.

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:17:00 +0000

Gespot afgelopen week op de ISE beurs in de RAI / Amsterdam.
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projectiondesign bridge simulator.

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:17:00 +0000

Bron; http://www.projectiondesign.com/

Rugged, reliable and realistic, with low total cost of ownership; these were the projector requirements and deliverables of the huge projectiondesign upgrade of the two simulation bridges at the Marine Training Centre in Singapore.

Swire Marine Training Centre in Singapore, operated by Swire Pacific Offshore, is the first facility of its kind in Asia. Swire’s Marine Training Centre has the ability to fully simulate the working environment of an offshore support vessel providing training in bridge management, anchor handling, dynamic positioning, and engine-room operations.

Upgrading with in total 24 units of projectiondesign F82 sx+ DLP®projectors and WB1920 warp and blend processors, two simulation bridges now reap the benefits of a more stable light output and an easier maintainable system over time – and that at a much lower cost of ownership than the previous installation

Make your product get noticed with Transparent Displays.

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:15:00 +0000

Transparent Displays are an amazing product that can be used in all industry areas as an efficient and innovative tool for delivering your message to your target audiences.

These displays are mostly applied to store windows and showcase events, but can be used in many other ways, the possibilities are endless.
The person can look right through the display like glass, being able to see what is being displayed behind, the product itself, and the animated message on the display. These combination is more impactful than a 3D display, once that the material and the virtual are working together.The transparent displays consume 90% less electricity compared with a conventional display.
The displays can be delivered in different sizes, as a glass or mirror and with or without interactive multi touch. You will not be disappointed

Schwing! LikeBelt concept reads NFC tags with a hip thrust

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:59:00 +0000

Enterprising developers have come up with a 'LikeBelt', an NFC-enabled belt buckle that can register Facebook 'likes' or check-ins with a thrust of the wearer's hips.
The humorous concept, essentially a Nexus S handset with a home-brewed extension to deliver the NFC antenna to the large belt buckle area, is designed to highlight innovative possibilities for NFC.
"We wanted to explore NFC and think more creatively about what can be done with it besides just purchasing," Nathan Martin, CEO at developer Deeplocal, told Wired.
The company, a group of artists and engineers which has its roots in Carnegie Mellon University and which describes itself as "an innovation studio", has posted instructions for making LikeBelts online.
A video shows the LikeBelt in action:

Interactive Still Painting

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:44:00 +0000

Scott Garner has created an interactive painting.

Still Life from Scott Garner on Vimeo.

“This is a demonstration video showcasing my interactive still life project. It involves a motion-senstive frame that feeds realtime tilt data to a 3D scene,” says Garner on his Vimeo site.

Kinect and Windows Phone combine to create holographic game engine.

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Bron; www. engadget.com
If your life is anything like ours, it's in sore need of more pseudo-holographic helicopters. Fortunately, YouTube user programming4fun has come up with a solution, using Microsoft's Kinect beta SDK and a Windows Phone handset. The system, pictured above, basically consists of a Kinect and a 3D engine; the former tracks the position of a viewer and automatically adjusts the image projected by the latter, creating the illusion of a 3D landscape. In this case, that landscape happened to feature a holographic helicopter, which could be controlled using a phone's accelerometer and a Windows Phone 7 app (apparently called HoloController).

Meer dan 1 miljoen tablet-computers in omloop.

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Bron; www.fan.tv
In Nederland zijn al meer dan 1 miljoen tablet-computers in omloop. Dat blijkt uit een onderzoek van Telecompaper. 12 procent van de huishoudens zal al een tablet in huis hebben. Voor 2 procent van de Nederlandse huishoudens geldt zelfs dat ze twee van deze handheld computers bezitten.

400.000 tablets zijn voorzien van een 3G mobiel internet-abonnement zodat er ook buiten het huis kan worden geinternet. De Apple iPad is de meest gebruikte tablet computer in Nederland, gevolgd door de Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Tekst.....is hier overbodig !

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Phone-charging kiosk and interactive digital signage at NRF 2012

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:56:00 +0000

NEC Display Solutions rolled out its new phone-charging and interactive digital signage kiosk at this year's National Retail Federation Big Show in New York City.

The new kiosk, which was the result of an NEC partnership with Monster Media, is a "fully interactive system," according to Rich ventura, NEC's director of sales-vertical solutions.

"The sky's the limit," for deployments anywhere there is a perceived wait time, from grocery stores to coffee shops, Ventura said.

interactive Windows of Opportunity.

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Bron; www.engadget.com
Wishing your vehicle had a better-integrated entertainment system than the iPad you're forced to futz with in the backseat? If GM has its way, you may be in luck. The auto manufacturer has joined forces with the Future Lab at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Israel to transform boring rear windows into interactive touchscreens. Since there are no plans to work the tech into production models right now, R&D gave the students a blank... er, clear canvas on which to create solutions.

The results include apps that allow an animated character to respond to scenery outside the window and finger drawing on window steam. Two other applications enable a look into users' windows worldwide and a music stream-and-share with your mates on the road. "Traditionally, the use of interactive displays in cars has been limited to the driver and front passenger, but we see an opportunity to provide a technology interface designed specifically for rear seat passengers," said Tom Seder, GM R&D lab group manager.

GAVI Alliance Interactive Projection Screen

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:35:00 +0000

An element of interactivity engages your audience and makes your brand unforgettable. We are experts in incorporating custom interactivty into projections and UK leaders in interactive floors and cutting-edge touch-screen tables.

Custom designed triple HD interactive screen with bespoke content creation for Bill Gates' GAVI Alliance Conference in London. The conference raised a staggering $4.3 billion for a vaccination program which hopes to immunise more than 250 million of the world's poorest children by 2015.

GAVI Alliance Interactive Projection Screen

DISPLAX puts digital signage on the globe

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:31:00 +0000

DISPLAX Interactive Systems has created a multitouch surface in the shape of a dome that allows consumers to interact with the contents displayed in the sphere by touching its surface.

The Multitouch Globe, according to a company press release, works better in some applications than a flat touchscreen surface because many natural designs are better displayed via dome shape. The company said it expects a variety of industries to be interested in the technology, including geographical information systems, museums, TV networks and visitor attraction or entertainment facilities.

DISPLAX's patent-pending projected capacitive multitouch technology is available as a transparent flexible polymer film that can be applied to non-conductive flat surfaces, giving them multitouch capabilities. Contents are displayed using a projector and a special "fish-eye" lens to adapt the projection to the spherical surface.

The technology will be on display for the first time at Integrated Systems Europe, Jan. 31-Feb. 2 in Amsterdam.
See a video of the Multitouch Globe below:
DISPLAX Multitouch Globe from DISPLAX™ Interactive Systems on Vimeo.

MMD Launches Philips No-Glasses 3D Displays

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:46:00 +0000

MMD, has announced a new line of no-glasses 3D displays with auto-stereoscopic technology, the 23” BDL23301VS, 42” BDL4251VS, and 55” BDL5571VS. Developed in conjunction with Dimenco, the new displays are designed to have the sharpest and most vivid 3D resolution in the market.

The no-glasses 3D displays can achieve up to 28 viewing angles via lenticular technology. With this technology, audiences are able to see the best quality around objects from the standing spot in front of the display itself. With a wide 3D viewing angle and the ability to change the optimal viewing distance of the no-glasses 3D displays, audiences will benefit from a memorable visual experience.

“With more and more screens all competing for your attention, this is the one that stands out from the crowd with a deep and truly stunning 3D experience,” explained Craig Rathbun, Sales and Marketing Director of MMD North America.

The no-glasses 3D display line can play both 2D and 3D (2D+Z) images and videos. This makes it extremely flexible as a digital signage tool.

The integrated Dimenco rendering core that works with the Dimenco interface format (2D+Z), not only gives both content creators and end users full control of the depth-effect characteristics of their 3D images, but also offers simple creation of 3D content. The BDL4251VS has received a nomination for the 2012 Technology InAVation Awards. MMD demonstrated this technology at CES 2012 January 10-13, 2012 at the Bellagio Hotel.

Samsung Smart Window demonstration

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:29:00 +0000

We always thought the window was pretty mature technology, but Samsung's here at CES to prove us wrong. The Smart Window, currently in prototype phase, casts a touch-controlled interface onto transparent glass with ambient light. Samsung was demonstrating a whole range of applications, from Twitter to Microsoft Office, all touch-controlled and viewable directly on the glass. Images are viewable in daylight, and there's a nighttime mode that uses side-lighting and flipped colors. You can even draw some virtual blinds to control the flow of light. It's difficult to see how Samsung might turn this into a commercial product, but it definitely looks more useful than a transparent TV.

ComQi to showcase unique shopping tool at ISE 2012

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:10:00 +0000

The firm will be showcased at ISE 2012
in Amsterdam from Jan 31st to Feb 2nd.

Global in-venue message management company, ComQi, will showcase delayMirror—a new shopping experience tool—at Integrated Systems Europe 2012.

The delayMirror is a video mirror that allows shoppers to view themselves with a three second delay, meaning they can view clothing they are trying on from every angle. The system has been under development for the past three years, and had several trial prototypes. The new launch will see ComQi bring its considerable expertise to its ongoing evolution and heralds the all important possibility of putting digital advertising signage directly into the changing room.

“When you look at yourself in the delayMirror it is almost as if you were looking at someone else— a digital doppelganger. They look like you, dress like you but they are doing what you did a few moments ago. delayMirror provides a magical experience for shoppers,” says ComQi’s chief technical officer, Max Stevens-Guille.

Wünsch Dir Was bei Migros – Supermarkt testet Wunschbaum

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:02:00 +0000

Migros Wunschbaum (Foto: Migros)

In drei Migros-Testfilialen können Kunden nun das Sortiment in den betreffenden Supermärkten mitbestimmen. Sprechen sich genügend Kunden an einem “elektronischen Wunschbaum“ für die Einführung eines in jener Filialen noch nicht vorhandenen Produkts aus dem Migros-Sortiment aus, wird der Artikel eingeführt. Findet der Pilotversuch die erhoffte Akzeptanz, werden die “Wunschbäume“ weiterverbreitet. Entwickelt wurde die Applikation vom Luzerner Digital Signage Anbieter Screenfood.

Die drei Supermärkte sind Teil der Migros Aare (Bern) und realisieren ein für die Schweiz neuen Ansatz. Der elektronische Wunschbaum steht direkt am Eingang und fällt sofort auf. Diese Form des Kundendialogs habe man, so Markus Schweizer Leiter Migros Aare, gewählt, weil Wunschbäume in vielen Kulturkreisen bekannt sind, wo Menschen ihre Wunschzettel an die Äste des Baums hängen, in der Hoffnung, dass ihre Wünsche mit dem Baum in den Himmel wachsen und wahr werden: “Auch wir haben in diesen drei Migros-Testfilialen einen solchen Wunschbaum.“

Sobald ein Wunsch-Produkte 150 Mal angeklickt wurde, wird es ins Sortiment aufgenommen. Die angeklickten (noch fehlenden) Artikel erscheinen auf dem Bildschirm als eigentliche Rangliste, wodurch sich die Kunden bei jedem Einkauf ein Bild über den Zwischenstand machen können. Die Pilotphase in den drei Filialen soll sechs Monate dauern. Nach dieser Zeit wird eine erste Bilanz gezogen und über das weitere Vorgehen und eine mögliche Weiterverbreitung in andere Verkaufsstellen entschieden.

Samsung onthult 55 inch Super OLED TV

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:53:00 +0000

Op 10 januari 2012 mocht LG haar eerste 55 inch OLED TV onthullen en zojuist was het de beurt aan Samsung. De fabrikant had, in tegenstelling tot LG, nog geen foto’s of details van de TV vrijgegeven dus het was daadwerkelijk een verrassing. Met de Smart OLED TV ES9000 brengt Samsung in de loop van 2012 haar eerste OLED TV op de markt, welke volgens de fabrikant ’s werelds grootste Super OLED TV is gemaakt van één glaspaneel.

De Super OLED TV beschikt onder meer over de Smart Interaction feature waarmee de TV middels spraak en gebaren te bedienen is, en dient ook als volledige actieve 3D TV. Daarnaast is het model voorzien van een zeer slank profiel van 0,76 centimeter en een frame van enkele millimeters. Met de Super OLED technologie is geen kleurenfilter meer nodig. De OLED pixel is namelijk opgebouwd uit RGB subpixels, die elk eigen licht afgeven. De technologie kan ook variatie aanbrengen in zwartnuances en schaduwen, waardoor ook zeer donkere scenes altijd voorzien worden van duidelijke details. Kleuren zijn realistischer dan bij de standaard LCD panelen doordat de kleurnauwkeurigheid van OLED 40% beter is. Tot slotheeft de OLED TV een responsetijd die 1000 keer sneller is dan bij huidige LCD/LED TV’s.

De Super OLED TV moet in de tweede helft van 2012 in de winkels verschijnen voor een nog nader te bepalen prijs.

Provision -3-D kiosk contains a 3-D holographic display

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:49:00 +0000

Provision Interactive Technologies has integrated Intel's AIM Suite, an audience impression metric technology, into its 3-D holographic kiosk displays.

In addition, Provision has partnered with Premier Retail Networks, to provide advertising sales, creative strategy, programming and custom content for the kiosks that will soon roll out in thousands of prime locations with retailers nationwide, according to a company press release.

Each Provision -3-D kiosk contains a 3-D holographic display at the top of the device with a 2-D interactive screen below that provides consumers access to information, promotions, rewards, coupons and product samples. Brand marketers will be able to run 3-D advertising and engage viewers through the interactive interface. The ability to dispense coupons and product samples from the kiosks allows advertisers to offer highly motivating sales influencers at the point of purchase.

"The opportunity for Provision to partner with Intel and PRN in retailing is exciting because this provides a complete integrated package -- PRN's entertaining content helps retailers create an engaging 3D experience for their shoppers, and advanced analytics is beneficial for marketers," Provision CEO Curt Thornton, said in the release.

The AIM Suite technology allows Provision to anonymously monitor viewer information on key demographics and metrics such as the amount of time a person spends looking at the 3-D holographic display. This information leads to more targeted, relevant advertising for shoppers, and marketers can gather more accurate data on consumer behavior and purchase influencers, Thornton said.

How Many Ads Do You Need to Sell to Keep a DOOH Network Afloat?

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

By combining this information with a basic knowledge of venue traffic profiles, we can get a better understanding of how the break-even analysis plays out in real world scenarios:

•For a network in low-traffic venues that sees only 1,000 visitors/venue/month, you'd need to sell a whopping 77 units of ad time on each screen to break even. If those are all 15-second spots, that amounts to over 19 minutes of commercial air time (double if the spots are 30 seconds long).

•Moderate traffic venues like retail stores and specialty markets might serve 150 customers each day, or around 4,500 per month. Screens in these locations would need to sell about 17 units of ad time to break even.

•Meanwhile, a reasonably high-traffic QSR location might serve 1,500 customers a day. A network built in these types of venues would only have to sell about 2 units of ad time on each screen to break even, since each ad would be shown to about 45,000 people/month.

•Finally, a high traffic venue like a popular supermarket can easily serve over 2,500 customers per day. Assuming that all of them came across the DOOH network's screen, that owner would only have to sell one ad-unit of time to break even. Of course, at these high volume locations, ad buyers may be less comfortable paying the full CPM price, especially in situations where it's unlikely that all customers will actually see the screen.

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virtualreality-helm.

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Bron: www.nu.nl
Het Amerikaanse Sensics heeft een virtualreality-helm ontwikkeld die draait op Android. Het apparaat kan 3D weergeven en is te gebruiken voor films, games en augmentedreality-apps.

Sensics heeft een promotiefilmpje van de SmartGoggles – zoals de helm heet – vrijgegeven. Daaruit blijkt dat het gaat om een virtualreality-helm (VR-helm) die enigszins doet denken aan de HMZ-T1 van Sony: de helm schotelt de drager een blikveldvullend beeldscherm voor, terwijl een stel ingebouwde koptelefoons voor geluid zorgen.
In tegenstelling tot Sony’s 3D VR-helm voor de PS3, gebruikt de SmartGoggles echter geen brilvorm om beelden voor te schotelen – met twee aparte schermpjes voor elk oog – maar één breedbeeldscherm. Het apparaat gebruikt dan ook geen actieve of passieve technologie om de gebruiker 3D-beelden voor te schotelen, maar autostereoscopie, net als de 3DS van Nintendo.

Samsung pakt uit.

noreply@blogger.com (mik) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:22:00 +0000

Een kijkje in de Samsung stand - CES 2012 in Las Vegas / USA.

Samsung Booth from manolo almagro on Vimeo.

Samsung's Super Thin - TVs from manolo almagro on Vimeo.