At this year’s Digital Signage Expo in USA, The MediaTile Company showcased its HumanKiosk with 4G Video Presence.

MediaTile’s HumanKiosk utilizes 4G networking Video Presence technology to deliver a live, 2-way in-store video session as an integrated and relevant part of the content and messages displayed on the digital sign.

This enables a consumer to be much more actively engaged in a product experience though a live conversation with a representative of that product or service. A customer seeking additional information about a new product Read more...

Cayin Technology recently showed their fanless media players, SMP-WEB4 and SMP-PRO4.

A fanless web-based digital signage player, SMP-WEB4 can present multimedia content created by web languages, such as HTML, JavaScript and Flash. It can extend to integrate with databases, web servers (RSS, weather, etc) and HID compliance touch panels. During the exhibition, SMP-WEB4 was demo’d with iPhone.

A fanless zone-type digital signage player, SMP-PRO4 can present up to six zones in a multimedia mix consisting of video, music, image slide show, ticker Read more...

MMD, the company behind Philips-branded LCD monitors and public signage solutions, joined with AOpen to show the digital signage solution "Smart Insert" at ISE 2010.

Owners of digital signage gear can now easily adopt entry level media players to minimize starting costs and later upgrade to high performance media players in a swap when HD content playback is needed.

Smart Insert can also reduce maintenance fees and time: when one media player goes wrong, just replace the media player to continue broadcasting. Or change the media player hardware Read more...

Augmented reality (AR) technologies, which superimpose information from computers on real fields of view in real time, are now in use on streets in Japan.

For example, they are now being used for improving item description on digital signage, providing new features to show windows and helping shoppers find stores.

One of the Japanese companies, Toppan Printing Co Ltd., is testing a terminal that looks like a vending machine but features AR functions to showcase products at several Ito-Yokado supermarkets.

Consumers can use their mobile Read more...