Archive for October, 2006

Version 1.6 is out there

October 31st, 2006 | Posted in Catchyoo | No Comments »

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Catchyoo is now shipping in version 1.6.

1.6 comes with improved statistic module.
The statistic feature is a key tool for dynamic signage profesionnals who need to justify investments, rate cards and performance of their systems.
Catchyoo originally came with this feature. Catchyoo definition of statistic is "how many users played with what ad and at what time on which day", far beyond the current market defintion which restricts to "what ad at what time".
It is now improved again with the notion of "contact", a notion familiar to advertizing people.
New systems are shipped with v1.6, v1.6 is available for free upgrades of existing systems.

The Catchyoo blog is now in Japanese

October 28th, 2006 | Posted in Catchyoo, Ubiq'window | No Comments »

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LM3 launch Catchyoo’s blog in Japanese to better communicate on the superioty of the Catchyoo product but more importanly to federate the distribution network as a community.
 
Catchyoo’s web site was already existing in Japanese as it is also available in simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese.
This localization is a strong commitment to the Asian market and creating a community around this great product is a key priotity for us.
 
This new blog comes with a geo-localization feature which will help Japanese customers spot the most interesting Catchyoo and Ubiq’window installations very precisely… and visit them.

You want to visit our office? It is here…

 

DNP’s MUSEUM LAB with Ubiq’window

October 26th, 2006 | Posted in Museum, Ubiqwindow's Installations, in the news | No Comments »

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DNP launch their MUSEUM LAB web site in association with the Musee du Louvre, the largest museum in the world.

As we announced it to you a few days ago, DNP has open a museum laboratory to present Louvre masterworks with a new twist: interactivity, digital approach, RFID,…

Ubiq’window is installed in the room which hosts the masterpiece from Gericault, bringing interactivity (1) (2)on a large 6 meter glass pannel. Ubiq’window is associated with RFID which turns the language of the application to the users automatically and provide other personalisation features.

DNP and the Musee du Louvre explain what is the MUSEUM LAB. DNP’s introduction is very promising:
"Start of a revolutionary project that invites you to take approach to works of art. A place intended  to enable the (re)discovery of works or art in order to enhance their comprehension and appreciation. An innovation method of approach to works of art offers you information tailored  to your needs on masterpieces  in the collection  of the Musee du Louvre."

This installation is in the continuation of The Digital Louvre.
More recently DNP equipped their RFID solutions showroom with Catchyoo Playground.

We still have not visited it in its final version because it is packed of people. Now you can plan a visit if you are in Tokyo.

The press release in Japanese 日本語 is here.

DNP’s MUSEUM LAB web site.

Let Catchyoo advocate for the Digital Signage industry

October 26th, 2006 | Posted in Business, Catchyoo, in the news | No Comments »

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The figures have spoken!

We collected yesterday the figures for the Catchyoo Shop Window installed at Roppongi Crossing in Tokyo. If you followed the story the installation was live on September 14th, 2006 and displayed 3 interactive spots for NTT DoCoMo turning in loop.

The installaton is remotely managed by Nojima Denki, owner of the shop, from Yokohama, thanks to the Catchyoo Media Channel module.
 
Let’s crunch some figures together!

There were up to 38′203 people per day interacting with the spots. About 1 million people have interacted with NTT DoCoMo’s spot over the month.

When we consider that this crossing has a traffic of 10 million people per month, the Catchyoo’s interactive zone (about 3 meter large around the show window) has captured 10% of this traffic.
 
This is absolutely great results which should make NTT DoCoMo people jump from their chairs.
 
How do we know really? No, we did not put a cheap labor with a counter. We did not use expensive consultants interviewing pannels. Catchyoo comes in standard with a Statistic Module (picture is a screen shot of it) which accurately tracks the number of people interacting with spots. It graphically presents the data per day, per hour, per spot, per month and extract the data as PDF files.
 
This Statistic Module is the digital signage Graal, the missing gold tool to the digital signage industry to justify the ROI of their products (Plasma, projectors, content broadcast systems, content itself….).
"How many people will watch the plasma you try to sell me?"… A tricky one that all digital signage profesionnals hear everyday.
There is only 1 solution for this: computer vision. And this is what Catchyoo is made of. Watching, counting, watching, counting…
(…before we launch the soon-to-come Analyzing and Billing modules allowing Pay-per-Viewer models).
 
With the Statistic Module, NTT DoCoMo market manager can easily justify to his management the budget allocated to this campaign.
Nojima Denki can value the price of the advertizing space and time based on:
  • location
  • day value in the week- week value in the month etc…
Catchyoo is the ultimate digital signage solution for profesionals as it helps them growing a business faster, with more predictability and generate more margin because they can:
  • predict traffic accurately.
  • justify their rate card to advertizers.
  • precisely assess the quality of a campaign, of a spot, of a location, and make necessary improvements.
  • provide discounted and special offers at the right time… and in real time.
  • kill their operation costs with the Catchyoo Media Channel and the FX library.
The value of statistics for the dynamic signage industry was already addressed in 2005 by LM3LABS in The Wall Street Journal. You can read the article here in English (original) and here the online version in the Asia version of The Wall Street Journal.

Digital Louvre, the interactive museum

October 21st, 2006 | Posted in Movies, Museum, Ubiqwindow's Installations | No Comments »

 

This is the Digital Louvre museum movie mentioned in the previous note. The Digital Louvre attracted 30.000 visitors in 10 days and let the Japanese visitors experience a new approach to classical art.
(contents from DNP Archives/RMN).

Interactive presentation of Le Louvre artworks

October 21st, 2006 | Posted in Museum, Ubiqwindow's Installations | No Comments »

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On next Tuesday, DNP will make a pre-launch of their private museum in their new headquarter at Gotanda, in Tokyo.
 
DNP who owns the distribution and copyrights rights in Japan from Le Louvre (more precisely from La Reunion Nationale des Musees Nationaux) presents real paintings from Le Louvre.
 
The first of them is "Un Soldat marque par l’Experience" from French painter Gericault (also famously known for the Raft of the Medusa).
 
Ubiq’window 150 is used on a slick 6 meter long frameless piece of glass to present the painting on a Holoscreen transparent screen. Happy-few visitors do not need to touch the surface to interact with the presentation of the artwork.
The sensors are at ground level looking up positioned at 1 cm from the glass for a plaisant, touchless user experience. This position let vistors use natural gestures like turning pages, moving 3D objects or grabbing virtual  objects.
Ubiq’window is the perfect tool for interactive museum. Other museum in the world have equipped with Ubiq’window to bring interactivity to artifacts or paintings thru windows with total transparency.
 
This is the second time DNP associate Ubiq’window to Le Louvre. In 2005, Ubiq’window was used at Nihon TV to present the Digital Louvre, a new approach to discover Le Louvre’s masterworks in Tokyo.
 
The official launch is October 30th, 2006. It is private to DNP and their customers but more pics will be available at this time from this very exclusive place.

(image: Theodore Gericault’s self-portrait).

Accuvue drains Taiwanese crowds with interactive marketing

October 16th, 2006 | Posted in Ubiqwindow's Installations | No Comments »

AccuvueAcuvue the famous brand of contact lens from Johnson&Johnson kicked off a new interactive campaign last Sunday in Taipei station. The campaign will last 5 weeks.

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integrated for them a Ubiq’window 200 to bring interactivity to a 80 inch screen on which visitors can play and win various stuff. And it drives crowds.

Why did Accuvue selected Ubiq’window? Because of the touchless interactivity. Because of the transparency and light-based technology which is closely related to vision.

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is a very active player in interactive marketing in Taiwan, pushing advertisers and big brands into new fields where their customers can experience new relationships with their brands.

Catchyoo steps into the Indonesian market

October 10th, 2006 | Posted in Catchyoo’s Installations , Movies | No Comments »

 

Catchyoo puts a first step into Indonesia with a new installation in Jakarta in one of the best shopping malls of the capital (Mall Kelapa Gading 3) at the Point Break concept store.

Indonesia is the second most populated country in Asia after China and as such represents an important market for Catchyoo to reach masses of consumers.

Going further in Indonesia, contact Mosaic Solutions.