Captive Media brings pee-controlled video games to bar and pub urinals

Captive Media is unveiling a hands-free video game for urinals in pub and restaurant toilets today, designed as a digital marketing tool to 'engage young men out socialising: a notoriously hard market to reach'.

Captive Media's new pee-controlled games, utilising digital signage technology, will hit bar and pub toilets starting in 2012

Advertising is integral to the new gaming platform, with branding appearing on the digital screens before, during and after the minute-long games including content from external advertisers as well as offers and event promotions for the host pub or bar.

Games are controlled by men moving their 'streams' from left to right and scores can then be posted to a leaderboard or directly to Twitter.

"It's a tough time for bars and pubs currently," says Captive Media co-founder Gordon MacSween. "This product offers customers something fun, and unlike anything they've seen before." Captive Media ran a four-month pre-launch trial in a bar in Cambridge which the company says 'boosted footfall [and] created local "buzz"' and impacted sales of promoted products.

The game debuted at The Exhibit bar in London, UK. Captive Media says it plans to roll out the product across bars and pubs starting in 2012.

Eros Ramazotti

A European superstar who is an Italian national treasure needs more than just your average kind of stage show. STS communications teamed up with video designer Olivier Goulet to create a versatile multimedia show that manages to be both intimate and beautifully opulent at the same time.

 

The "Ali e Radici" Tour offered the audience more than just a professional show, it was an impressively designed spectacle. For the 2010 “Ali e Radici” tour, Eros Ramazotti’s Videodesigner Oliver Goulet focussed on LED and the creative potential of the coolux Pandoras Box.

The systems were delivered by STS communication and Musical Box Rent.
European superstar Eros Ramazotti's unique performance style was perfectly integrated into the highly complex show set-up. What seemed effortless on stage was the result of meticulous planning and thorough preparation.

Eight Pandoras Box Server STD and PRO (all equipped with HD SDI Live Input cards) and Three coolux Pandoras Box Player STD furnished a 90sqm WinVision LED backdrop and 6 Barco FLM R20 with 20.000 lm, projecting onto mobile elements on stage. All Systems were controlled via two GrandMA Light and two Pandoras Box Manager

Philips Smart Insert + AOpen

Philips V-Line monitoren zijn ideaal voor combinatie met de AOpen computers, door de Smart Insert aan de achterzijde van het scherm. Hier past de player precies in zonder extra installatiediepte! Ook enkele E-Line modellen zijn uitgevoerd met deze handige optie.

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Winter Efteling.

De Winter Efteling pakt uit met deze keer een paar projectie attracties.
Open van 10 november 2011 tot en met 5 februari 2012

In het Spookslot word je achterna gezeten door enge geesten, onder het geluid van Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre.
Bij de Illusie in de tunnel van het Spookslot, wordt gebruik gemaakt van 3D Video Mapping. Na zonsondergang, zo rond 17.15, zweven IJzige IJsbrandt (Jeroen Verheij) en drie monniken mee met voorbijlopende bezoekers. Er wordt hier gebruik gemaakt van drie projectoren en infraroodsensoren om bezoekers te detecteren.





Deze illusie op de gevel van Villa Volta,maakt gebruik van 3D Video Mapping. Na zonsondergang, zo rond 17.15, komt de gevel tot leven, zien we de Dame in het Wit door het huis zweven en zien we hoe Hugo zijn vloek moet ondergaan. Lucie de Lange en Jules Croiset lenen hun stemmen, net als in de attractie (1996), aan deze projectie.

Inwindow Outdoor tests “Experience Station” .

Bron; www.inavateonthenet.net

New York based signage owner Inwindow Outdoor is testing a new interactive digital signage solution known as the Experience Station across a number of locations including malls and hotels. The devices, which are developed in partnership with Intel, combine large format touch displays with other interactive technologies such as near field communications (NFC) and motion capture.In the video, Techcrunch Editor Erick Schonfield puts one through its paces demonstrating some of interactive features and services it offers.

Signage Everywhere

Digital Signage everywhere, it’s no longer a dream but a reality. Make a change once in the SignageStudio, and watch your presentation propagate to all devices. Adobe’s Flash Player technology allows you to to optimize and enable Adobe® Flash® Player 10 and Adobe AIR™ for ARM Powered® devices, ranging from mobile phones to set-top boxes, mobile Internet devices, televisions, automotive platforms, personal media players and other mobile computing devices.

MediaSignage leverages the mobile graphics and video capabilities of the CPU and GPU platforms to bring rich Internet digital Signage and interactivity (kiosk) capabilities across mobile devices and consumer electronics alike.

By using the MediaSignage digital Signage solution you are opening yourself for seamless integration across devices and platforms which will increase your business opportunity and allow you the flexibility to create presence that’s common across all devices yet requires no special effort on your part. Our work horse SignagePlayer Desktop version is designed to run on a dedicated PC connected to a dedicated screen. The SignagePlayer Web version allows you to quickly preview and share your presentation via a web link which you can e-mail to customers and colleagues. And the SignagePlayer Embedded version, you can now embed a Digital Signage or Kiosk presentation right onto any Flash powered device/browser.

Philips presentatie op de DSE

Een presentie van Philips op de Digital Signage Expo eerder dit jaar

Computerised contact lens will keep you up to date with news and texts

All-seeing eye: Scientists have developed a prototype contact lens that could one day provide the wearer with the news, texts and social networking Imagine catching up with your texts, social networking and perhaps the news without having to log on to a computer or even glance at a smartphone. Messages and images would simply appear in front of your eyes, generated by a computerised contact lens. Of course, you may not always want to be bothered by such messages if you are doing anything so quaint as – for instance – reading a book or going out walking and enjoying the scenery. But until now the concept of info-vision – the ability to stream information across a person’s field of vision – had belonged to the realms of science fiction, featuring in films such as the Terminator series or TV shows such as Torchwood. However, scientists have developed a prototype lens that could one day provide the wearer with all kinds of hands-free information. It could also be used to display directions and TV programmes.

The lenses, which would be inserted and removed like normal contacts, could also be handy if you are indeed enjoying the great outdoors, allowing you to zoom in on distant views. While the amount of information that could appear in front of our faces is tantalising, the researchers insist all the components are tiny and the normal field of vision will not be obstructed. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2064543/Computerised-contact-lens-date-news-texts.html#ixzz1eRtwDTCO

Samsung SUR40 nieuwe Surface tafel.

Photos: Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft® Surface®; PopSci, Graham Murdoch

Next generation of Microsoft Surface Available in the Netherlands.

Zie hier het persbericht.

"Software developers interested in creating solutions for the Samsung SUR40 can get started immediately by visiting the Surface Developer Center. The site provides free and easy access to the Surface 2.0 software developer kit, featuring the Input Simulator, which enables developers to write Surface applications on any Windows 7 machine, as well as other helpful developer-related resources. There are already hundreds of highly skilled Surface software development partners that can be found at http://www.surface.com/."

De ontwikkeling van een mobiele telefoon

Hoe komt het bedenken en ontwerpen van een nieuwe telefoon tot stand? Nokia geeft een interessant kijkje achter de schermen in een korte documentaire van 8 minuten.

In deze korte documentaire, die hier onder te zien is, kun je zien hoe de ontwikkeling van de Nokia Lumia 800 in zijn werk is gegaan. De makers vertellen over de keuzes die ze moesten maken en de problemen waar ze tegenaan liepen.




Achter het ontwikkelen van een nieuwe telefoon blijkt heel wat meer schuil te gaan dan je zou verwachten. Over de kleinste details wordt uitgebreid nagedacht. Nokia werkte bij het ontwikkelen van de Nokia Lumnia 800 Windowsphone nauw samen met Microsoft.

Dat is makkelijk.

Fitnect is an interactive virtual fitting room application built on the most advanced technologies: augmented reality, cloth physics and full body motion capture. As a customer you can select garments from the menu without trying them out at all. Watch yourself onscreen with a 3D copy of the selected dress. You can control the program by pushing virtual buttons right in the air.Video captured in real time. It is a REAL working application, not just a concept!Fore more information visit www.fitnect.com!



En nog zo'n voorbeeld.

Doe meer met 1 scherm.

"As for the DMS functionality in our Café, it's made a difference in several
ways. Our menus are automatically changed in keeping up with the passing of the
day," noted Henroid, "and we include nutritional information embedded in the
menus and thus, if we have sudden menu changes we don't have to print anything
up - some simple data entry and we then have our updated menu right there."

Canon's XEED WUX4000 projector.

At xSolutions 2011 Canon's Alan Dempster, European product specialist for projectors, demonstrated the features and benefits of the company's XEED WUX4000 installation projector.

What is Signagelive

Signagelive is a multi-award winning digital signage software platform. Using your Internet browser, you can manage and update any device with a screen, from mobile phones and tablets to LCD displays and video walls.

This great video from signagelive partners Ping HD shows the power of signagelive when used for digital menu board applications.
The 86 x LG Displays installed at the San Francisco Giants AT&T Park are powered by signagelive Display Edition running on a LG NC2000 slot-in PC.

LED in de lucht

Display Your 100 Character

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Time: 5:15pm-6:15pm

Date: Monday, November 21, 2011

100 characters for $25

We recommend that you keep your message short and simple. Use all 100 characters and repeat your message several times to get the most out of the space.We encourage you to purchase multiple commercials. Please contact us

Billboard Selectief

voorbeeld: billboardreclame

bron: www.cbsoutdoor.nl

Omzet stijging door billboardreclame

De Noorse luchtvaartmaatschappij Norwegian.com zag haar verkoop met 25% stijgen. De Nederlandse consument werd geattendeerd op de nieuwe prijsvechter door een initiatief van Posterscope. Samen met de buitenreclame exploitanten CBS Outdoor, JCDecaux, Hillenaar, MMD Media en Brouwers & Partners wilde Posterscope aantonen dat een billboardreclame werkt!
Een aantal internationale merken kregen het unieke aanbod zichzelf te introduceren op de Nederlandse markt via een gratis landelijke billboardcampagne. De maatschappij was in de weken 32 en 33 zichtbaar in heel Nederland. Sales Department Norwegian.com. “The campaign gave us a substantial rise in sold tickets to Scandinavia and proves that the outdoor media is useful as a tactical medium”.

Marktonderzoeksbureau Validators heeft na afloop van de campagne een eye-tracking onderzoek uitgevoerd. The Choice Marktonderzoek & Advies en Posterscope Insight onderzochten de resultaten.

De drie belangrijkste analyses van Norwegian.com op een rij:
De bekendheid van Norwegian.com is verdubbeld;
Een vijfde van de respondenten overweegt om met hen te vliegen;
De billboardcampagne tot een 25% verkoopstijging heeft geleid.

Epson presenteert 3D-videobril.

Bron; www.nu.nl

In navolging van onder meer Sony heeft ook Epson deze week een 3D-videobril gepresenteerd. Of Epson deze Moverio BT-100 buiten Japan op de markt zal brengen, valt echter nog te bezien. De nieuwe videobril is deze week gepresenteerd in Japan en doet denken aan de Headman van Sony en de ST1080 van SiliconMicroDisplay. Ook de Moverio BT-100 schotelt de gebruiker twee schermpjes voor, waarmee men beelden in 2D en 3D kan bekijken.Toch werkt Epsons bril net even anders. De Moverio krijgt zijn beelden aangevoerd door een meegeleverde, portable mediaspeler die op Android draait. Hiermee kunnen video’s worden gestreamd via het draadloze netwerk of er kunnen direct vanaf de speler films en games worden afgespeeld. Dit apparaatje werkt ook als bediening voor de bril.

Ook heeft Epsons bril een lagere resolutie dan bijvoorbeeld de ST1080: ieder brillenglas bevat een schermpje met 960 bij 540 pixels. Epson brengt de Moverio BT-100 eind november uit in Japan, waar het apparaat omgerekend zo’n 570 euro zal kosten. Of de 3D-videobril met Android ook in Europa uitkomt, is nog niet duidelijk.

NEC Video Walls, Flughafen München

New versus old side by side

Bron: www.dailydooh.com

NEC Display Solutions Europe is helping airport passengers get to their flights on time with the installation of a state-of-the-art high-resolution video wall in Munich Airport’s Terminal 1.

Munich Airport wanted to replace all of its old LED flight summary boards with more modern technology that would deliver a new era for passenger information systems through a flexible, bright high-resolution display.

Each video wall is made up of 12 NEC X462UN ultra-narrow bezel 46-inch monitors, delivering a total display area of over seven square metres, ensuring travellers can instantly see the information they need at a glance.

Installed by local partner InoNet, the controlling server, dubbed Mayflower II, gives Munich Airport the ability to control the video wall in any way they choose, including segmenting the displays in any configuration required, giving tremendous flexibility and choice in what information to display and how to present it.

The video wall’s mounting system has also been specially designed to make it easy to remove and easy to replace individual displays within the video wall, whilst NEC’s calibration software means that the display’s colour and brightness is consistent across the whole video wall. If one display was to fail, then the video wall can be quickly re-calibrated to ensure that the excellent image quality remained intact.

Microsoft outlines Code Space

Bron; www.engadget.com
If there's one thing that's certain about the Kinect, it's this; Microsoft wants it to be versatile. Case in point, Code Space -- the next extracurricular activity for the gaming controller which sees it teaming up with smartphones and laptops to present information on a shared screen. The project is aimed at presenting and exchanging code in developer meetings using a large display and simple hand gestures, though we could easily see this being adopted in both the classroom and the boardroom as well.

Staaltje van Hollandse kunst !

Gazprom
Completion gas pipeline
Vladivostok, Russia - September 2011

On September 8, NuFormer performed a 3D video mapping projection on a 60-meter high government building in Vladivostok, Russia. An audience of 60,000 people were present to witness this imposing OOH event.

Credits
Script, storyboard and creative content production by NuFormer. The complex hardware transport was a joint effort of our client, NuFormer and Creative Technology Holland. Technical production by Creative Technology Holland

NuFormer, 3D Video Mapping - Gazprom, Vladivostok, Russia, September 2011 from NuFormer on Vimeo.

Goede content is heel belangrijk.

Een goed voorbeeld wat het effect van mooie content op de diverse schermen laat zien.

This is a showreel of content from Grand Visual. We are a digital production company. We develop and amplify ideas through execution and technology. Through digital technique. We combine creative thinking with technological expertise to help brands target audiences through the ever expanding set of channels, environments and devices available to digital visual media. We work with advertising agencies wanting to communicate in the DOOH space.

Palm top theater.

Acquaint yourself with a new 3D film experience on the iPod or iPad at the Palm Top Theater exhibition. V2_ initiated a workshop for students and artists to generate new artworks for this intimate 3D environment. Experiments with space and interaction will form the heart of the exhibition.




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De bowlingbal test.

Here is a promotional video about Ideum's rugged MT-55 multi-touch table.

Sony komt met nieuw soort tv.

Bron; www.nu.nl
De tv-afdeling van Sony gaat volledig op de schop. Het bedrijf wil de televisie opnieuw uitvinden en zo weer winst gaan maken.
Dat heeft CEO Howard Stringer in een interview met the Wall Street Journal gezegd.

Het is al jaren slecht gesteld met de financiële situatie van Sony. Een verandering is nodig om het bedrijf weer winstgevend te maken. Stringer denkt dat dit vooral gerealiseerd kan worden op het gebied van revolutionaire tv’s.

Details weigert de topman bekend te maken, maar hij maakt duidelijk dat de televisietoestellen wezenlijk moeten en zullen gaan verschillen van het huidige aanbod. Eerder werd al bekend dat Apple mogelijk van plan is een eigen tv op de markt te brengen die de markt moet vernieuwen.De afgelopen jaren verschijnen sowieso al meer tv’s op de markt die verkocht worden onder de naam smart tv. Dat zijn tv’s waarop ook het internet geraadpleegd kan worden.

Sony zal zich overigens niet beperken tot tv's. Het gaat volgens de topman om een 'vier schermen'-strategie. Sony richt zich op netwerkdiensten en content voor op de eigen mobiele telefoons, tablets, computers en tv's."Aan het eind van dit jaar hebben we 350 miljoen aangesloten apparaten en die zullen allemaal content moeten hebben. Wat het publiek echt wil is muziek, films en games. En wij hebben het aanbod", aldus Stringer.

International Scala Conference 2011

Een terugblik op de International Scala Conference 2011.
14-15.09.2011 te Noordwijkerhout

James Matthews-Paul from Output (http://www.outputmagazine.com/) visited the International Scala Conference and presents here his round-up of the event.

Evoluce SDK for Kinect.

The Evoluce SDK (Software Development Kit) for Kinect and Windows 7 is available now helping developers to create noncommercial applications with a natural user experience. Users will benefit from easy and intuitive applications in areas like events and exhibitions, education, digital signage and healthcare.
“The Evoluce SDK enables our partners to explore an unlimited number of inspiring possibilities of depth-sensing devices in combination with intelligent software. Non-gaming applications can now be controlled by the wave of a hand!

For more information, press videos and pictures please visit

National_Geographic speelt met augmented reality.

Het Britse bureau Appshaker heeft onlangs een evenement voor National Geographic Channel, Hongarije gemaakt dat optimaal gebruik maken van digitale media.

Via augmented reality geprojecteerd op een groot beeldscherm kreeg het publiek een meeslepende ervaring. Via de video kunt u zien wat we hier bedoelen.

Giant virtual aquarium brings a splash of interactive fun.

Forum Sintra, located on the outskirts of Lisbon, is the 12th and most recent Multimall Management shopping center in Portugal. The center, which opened its doors to the public in April 2011, wanted to offer shoppers an innovative attraction that would appeal especially to younger audiences, and help foster enjoyable memories and positive connections between guests and the center.

After brainstorming with client Multimall, creative technologies specialist YDreams proposed a giant-sized interactive virtual aquarium they dubbed Fixelândia, for the enjoyment of the center’s guests. (Note: the name is a play on words because in Portuguese fixe means cool, but also sounds like the word ‘fish’)
The experience, unique to Forum Sintra, gives guests the chance to create and thoroughly customize their own virtual pet fish. Two touch consoles, located at each end of the giant virtual aquarium, comprised of fifteen 40” monitors, invite shoppers to customize their pets. Guests use the touch screens to create their new friend from scratch – they decide on the shape of the body and fins, as well as the color of its eyes and stripes. The variables available enable guests to create up to 30.000 distinct fish, so the risk that any two fish will be identical is minimal! After determining what their new pet will look like, guests get to name it and release it into Fixelândia!

Creating their new pet fish is only half the fun; to make sure they grow into happy, healthy Guppies, the fish need to be fed and visited, a task that can only be accomplished by checking in at the touch consoles at Forum Sintra. The more you visit your virtual pet fish, the bigger and happier it grows, and the more you are able to further customize it by adding new features. In addition, a dedicated website (http://www.fixelandia.net) is also available so that guests can regularly check up on their pet fish from home to see how it’s doing.

A Perfect Use for Near Field Communication in the Real World.

People want personal. Especially as it relates to the idea of interacting with the physical world around them on a “screen.” This is a key reason that mobile is so powerful in its potential. It can fairly easily turn any place or thing “on” to where it is interactable. And it is the personal screen of personal screens.

The Museum of London has created an interesting experience through mobile and Near Field Communication. For anyone who’s been in a museum, I think we can all agree that the little write-ups on plaques do not provide us with the information we want about particular pieces of art. Docents are THE source of information, but the average person going to a museum does not do so with a docent. Enter Near Field Communication (NFC).

Stations at various pieces of art are equipped with NFC tags. Want to know more about the piece of art? Just tap your phone to the tag. Information given.
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NFC (Near Field Communication) is a new mobile phone technology which allows users to share information with a simple tap of a device. Working with Nokia, we've introduced NFC to both our venues, and with an increasing number of NFC enabled handsets available in the UK, we're excited to be among the first public organisations to use tomorrow's technology today.
Find out more in this short film and by visiting http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Explore-online/NFC.htm

Open a window to the future.

Bron; www.engadget.com
In the future, we'll all be slaves to rectangles. No, really. Well, at least that's the prognosis, albeit sanitized, Microsoft has slickly pieced together in its Productivity Future Vision concept video. It's a mostly seamless world where all of our interactions are made to be mobile, virtual, efficient and white-washed, but it actually just reads as too darn fussy and overcomplicated. Sure, we could get behind contactless payment, tablets with holographic displays and eyeglasses that translate conversations when you've just stepped off a red eye into some foreign destination -- that's all incredibly useful. But car windows with agenda overlays and transparent refrigerator door displays? Some things are better left lo-tech. For Redmond's part, the company's merely aiming to project ways these various implementations of "real technology" will intersect and "actively assist" us with our harried lives.