Interactive content for digital signage

[Thomas Dowling]

We use Pis with free, hosted signage software from risevision.com.  The
software basically runs the Chromium browser in kiosk mode with a bit of
scripting to make it restart automatically if it crashes.  It takes a
little bit of web design to make a sign with their software, but you can do
a lot more than a static slideshow, and edit your content from any web
browser.

With the Pi, you'll need a case, SD card, USB wireless dongle, HDMI cable,
and USB power supply; the total comes in around $75.  Connect it* to a
standard TV with HDMI in, and you've got a really good looking sign.  For
us, the limiting factor is the cost of any wall mounting we want to do.

(*We use zip ties.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151608353065877&l=8b53cea7d9)


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 3:14 PM, David S Vose <dvose at binghamton.edu> wrote:

> Thanks for all the replies.
>
> We are partnering with Four Winds Interactive for the signs. Since we
> are hopeful that our small foray into signage will scale on campus, we
> wanted to begin with a robust, well established system that is easy to
> grow. Doing so also allows us to focus more on content and less on the
> back end (FWI will host).
>
> Once the interactive signs are in production we will likely expand
> with non-interactive signs. Students waiting in line to print are a
> big captive audience, so we will look next at doing signs above the
> printer islands.
>
> More info about content for your interactive signs would be of great
> interest.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Vose | Geography, Data, Government Information, Law
> Binghamton University Libraries, POB 6012, Binghamton, NY 13902-6012
> dvose at binghamton.edu | 607.777.4907 | Downtown Center: 607.777.9275
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Bellmore, Eric N. <bellm1en at cmich.edu>
> wrote:
> > Davic,
> >
> > Are you developing this in house or buying something? We are just
> starting to play with some Raspberry Pi boards with intentions of using
> touch screens with them for something similar. I'm interested in how others
> are doing this. We currently have digital message boards that are not
> interactive; these would be in addition to those.
> >
> > -eric
> >
> > Eric Bellmore, GWAPT
> > Manager of Web Services
> > Central Michigan University Libraries
> > http://library.cmich.edu
> > 989.774.3946
> >
> >
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> > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Interactive content for digital signage
> >
> > We will be installing interactive digital signs in our main library this
> fall. One sign will be at our entrance and one will be in the lobby. The
> draft plan is to provide interactivity that will allow patrons to browse to
> floor plans, hours and schedules, directories, a campus map, and an "about
> the libraries" section.
> >
> > I would be interested to learn what type of interactive content others
> have found to be most popular and useful to students and what interactive
> content did not turn out to be particularly successful.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David Vose | Geography, Data, Government Information, Law Binghamton
> University Libraries, POB 6012, Binghamton, NY 13902-6012
> dvose at binghamton.edu | 607.777.4907 | Downtown Center: 607.777.9275
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Thomas Dowling
Director of Technologies, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
dowlintp at wfu.edu / 336-758-5797

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