Joyce Schwarz is one of the nation's female pioneers in emerging media and entrtainment. Her firm JCOM Marketing & New media has helped launch more than 75 early stage venture funded companies ranging from emusic.com to Primsense.com (guts of Xbox kinect. Schwarz is also the author of more than 300 articles on emerging media & tech and brings to her clinets more than 20 years experience in advising major brands ranging from AT&T to Revlon at such top agencies as Foote Cone. You can reach her at joyceschwarz (at)gmail.com and follow her on twitter: @joycecom See www.joycecom.com for info and connect with her at: Joyce Schwarz | LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/joyceschwarz
HOT PICKS FOR 2011:
Every year since 1990, media futurist Joyce Schwarz, blogging at www.hollywood2020.net has picked top trends for the next year. But this year Schwarz decided to select 5 HOT PICKS for 2011 and display them in a final salute to emerging media for last year. How did she make the selection -- by what stood out for her on January 1, 2012 when she thought about the cool "stuff" she'd seen and experienced in 2011. In other words it was a personal/professional choice!
IN RANDOM ORDER:
XBOX kinect "voice powered:
BEST VOICE APPLICATION: Xbox kinect
YOU ARE THE CONTROLLER and you can use your voice now -- talking the walk!
Kinect Voice Command Demo and How To (Xbox 360) - YouTube |
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsfVJxakDa8Nov 4, 2010 - 2 min - Uploaded by tldtoday
Microsoft Kinect Xbox 360 Review Voice Command ControlSpeech Recognition Demo Example How To ... |
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BEST KIOSK (REALLY!" : Dr. Scholl's
Works for ages 12 - 102 -- amazing tech, haven't bought the product yet but so interactive and the interface is the easiest I've ever seen for something this complex! Walking the talk!
DR. SCHOLL'S® FOOTMAPPING® Video - sevenloaden.sevenload.comJul 15, 2010 - 7 min
DR. SCHOLL'S® FOOTMAPPING®. MultiVu. Video by MultiVu.... achy feet, the kiosks use revolutionary ... |
BEST LOCATION FOR CASUAL GAMES: HSN
Of course -- it makes total sense and Cents TOO..since the most frequent casual game users are women 40+ why not put games on the home shopping networks. LIFETIME also opened their own game arcade. http://www.internetretailer.com/2011/05/31/hsn-aims-entice-shoppers-play-along
MOST INNOVATIVE RETAILER NEW PRODUCT LINE OFFERING: GAMESTOP
We haven't tried the tablets but bundling tablets with games and selling them private brand in Gamestop retail stores nationwide is a brave new move and shows that there is always another way to play the game of enter-tailing!
GameStop Begin Selling Android Tablets in Stores ...youtube.comOct 28, 2011 - 1 min - Uploaded by FinancialNewsOnline
GameStop (NYSE:GME) began selling Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android tablets in stores today, reports ... |
BEST MOBILE COMMERCE APP: Fandango/Paypal Movie Ticket payment system:
PayPal and Fandango work together for a new ... - QR Code Presswww.qrcodepress.com/paypal-and...for...moviegoers/855697/
Dec 25, 2011 – QR Code Press. PayPal and Fandango work together for a new enhanced ... Now, people will be able to not only buy their movie tickets by ...
AUGMENTED REALITY, PUBLIC SPACE APPS etc -- had Joyce continued to a top 10 she would have added the HYUNDAI public space game in Time Square, the Time Square Ball Drop app and more that tie in cross-platform programming and immersive consumer experiences. But you have the HOT FIVE. ENJOY!
For more information about Joyce Schwarz and her firm JCOM MARKETING AND EMERGING MEDIA go to: www.joycecom.com of tweet her @joycecom
Joyce Schwarz lives and works in Marina Del Rey, CA, she is a popular speaker and moderator at such events as Digital Hollywood, CES, NAB and is a paid speaker and media futurist for such major clients as Boeing, AT&T and more.
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