Hugh Waters – Digital Television Specialist

From Digital Signage Weekly comes news of a development that means advertising of the (near) future will be looking at you even more intently than you are looking at it!

Face Recognition Signage is here… and it knows what you look like!

NEC Develops Face Recognition Signage System.

According to a release first translated by Nikkei Electronics, NEC Corp. has developed the “Digital Signage Solution,” a digital signage system incorporating biometrics that determine the gender, generation, and other attributes of a person standing in front of a display…

Digital Signage Weekly: NEC Develops Face Recognition Signage System

Tags: NEC, Face, Recognition, Signage , System

Somehow I missed this announcement back in April.

Display Daily reported that at a press event in New York City they were able to see the latest demonstration of the High Dynamic Range (HDR) LCD-TV developed by Dolby Labs (San Francisco, CA; www.dolby.com) and SIM2 (Pordenone, Italy, www.sim2.it).

On display was the first unveiling of a 46″ demonstrator, but both companies were clear that no commercialization plans have yet been set. Instead, the demo is designed to show what the technology can do and to gather feedback on commercialization prospects for the display.

Display Daily » Blog Archive » Dolby/SIM2 Show Off 46″ HDR LCD-TV

I’d like to have seen the display and will certainly be looking out for the next opportunity to assess the progress on this technology.

Tags: LCD-TV, HD, HDR, Dolby, Sim2, Displays, Technology