I just read an article over at the digital signage blog which handed out some interesting ideas regarding the future of that industry. Specifically, the post went into detail about how web browsers will replace sign software. With the reading I have been doing about the digital signage industry, it seems that current technology, as it continues to edge forward, will squash out the enterprise digital signage software solutions.
There are many applicable methods for this:
- Create a simple web page and point a browser to it in kiosk mode.
- Schedule a web page’s graphics to display at specific times of the day, replacing the need for a complex and expensive scheduling tool.
- Easy content creation. There are so many different open source website creation tools available now that creating sleek content for such an application would not be difficult in the slightest.
Kiosk mode in Google Chrome is a signal for the future–especially as rumors of Google’s OS launch are sprouting up. Certainly the specific applications within the Google browser (and other browsers for that matter) have not even begun.
