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IntuiLab intros multitouch-capable digital signage solution for LG webOS signage

IntuiLab says it is the first company to enable (multi) touch content creation for webOS Signage from LG; it will showcase the solution at ISE 2016.

February 3, 2016

IntuiLab, the provider of no-coding interactive experience creation platform IntuiFace, has announced support for LG's webOS operating system. The company says this is the first multitouch-capable signage creation option for webOS, enabling businesses to invest in and realize the added benefits of interactive over passive signage.

IntuiLab will showcase its new webOS support in the LG Electronics booth at ISE 2016, Feb. 9-12 in Amsterdam.

The IntuiFace platform was built from the ground-up with touch capabilities at its core to enable businesses to create engaging, highly interactive HTML5-based experiences without coding that can be deployed within minutes onto any PC, tablet and kiosk including, now, webOS-based signage devices, the company said. These touch-first experiences can incorporate a wide variety of media formats, any live connection to cloud-based data and APIs (including social networks and the Internet of Things), and all of the core capabilities necessary for signage and kiosk deployments, including fine grained user data collection, scheduling and the ability to work offline, according to IntuiLab.

The marriage between IntuiFace and webOS is rooted in work by IntuiLab to port its patented touch gesture-recognition engine to run natively within the new PC-less touch-enabled webOS Web browser. The resulting HTML5-based runtime — complementing IntuiLab's previous work for other platforms — enables IntuiFace users and partners to access touch-first experiences by entering a URL in the webOS browser.

The combination of these capabilities with the reduced total cost of ownership achieved by SoC-based webOS devices creates a compelling low-cost option in the signage market for content creation, cost and speed of deployment, IntuiLab said. The company estimates that projects built with these two platforms reduce total cost of ownership by 65 percent and time-to-deployment by 50 percent over conventional display and content delivery approaches.

"We are excited to offer our customers true touch capability with the availability of IntuiFace on webOS," said Warren Lewis, regional sales director of Western and Southern Europe, Information Display, LG Electronics Europe B2B. "For organizations in search of an affordable, accessible path to creating touch-enabled digital signage content — even organizations with no development skills — IntuiFace and LG offer a uniquely compelling, turnkey package."

Touch-enabled experiences built using IntuiFace Composer can be published to a public or private cloud storage account and then downloaded and run on any webOS device using IntuiFace Player. This new solution is available now for the LG SM5B/3B/5KB series with both a free option and a low-cost annual subscription. Composer can be downloaded to a Windows PC and trialed for free without a time limit, the company said.

"Devices running webOS have a price point and ease of use that make interactive signage deployments — the natural evolution of passive signage — an excellent choice for businesses of any size," IntuiLab CEO Vincent Encontre said in the announcement. "Thanks to our technology partnership with LG, IntuiLab has been able to make interactive signage creation accessible as well. We believe consumers will be amazed at what can be achieved, triggering a significant increase in touch-based webOS projects."

IntuiLab also will preview beacon support at ISE 2016 at the LG Electronics booth, the announcement said.