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Digital Picture Canvas (DPC) Market
Who are the current players?
Details
Price $445-$545
Wifi Yes
Power Uses power cable into electrical outlet
Frame Wooden
Multi-image Yes
Gestures Swipable to switch images
Details
Appears to be an app more than an actual device.
Price TBD
Wifi Yes (via Samsung Screens mentioned in Kickstarter)
Power Uses power cable into electrical outlet
Frame Plastic
Multi-image Yes
Gestures N/A
Screen Size 32", 48", 55" Samsung screens
Details
An Internet-connected display designed specifically for art.
Price $399
Wifi Yes
Power Uses power cable into electrical outlet
Frame Plastic
Multi-image Yes
Gestures N/A
Screen 23" 1080p IPS Display with Anti-Glare technology w/1080x1920 Full HD resolution
Inputs None
Details
An Internet-connected display designed specifically for art.
Price $349
Wifi Yes
Power Uses power cable into electrical outlet
Frame Wooden
Multi-image Yes
Gestures Yes via App
Screen 14" x 22"
Inputs None
Market Overview
The good and bad.
Good
- Technology seems to be there.
- Wifi
- Gestures
- Apps to change images
- Multiple companies in the market space.
Bad
- Price for a good canvas is still above $100.
- Digital art distribution channels for most canvases are closed. Most have proprietary systems in which you have to go through to display the art. Lack of inputs on screens makes it difficult to put any image up.
- Adoption seems to be slow.
Perfect Digital Canvas
What makes a perfect canvas?
- Open Source (Buy direct, but also know how to build independently.)
- Open platforms (auction, direct) to retrieve artwork
- Inputs that include SD, USB, WIFI
- Various aspect ratios and qualities
- Hackable, expandable, programmable
- Customizable frames
- Internet video feed integration (Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Animated Gifs)
- Dummy-proof OS (Operating System), Plug and Play
Concept
- The canvas will need to have custom software. Preferred code bases will be built with Open Frameworks and Processing. Code should be open source and hosted via Github.
- All parts should be able to be found online via common electronic component suppliers along with ShopGoodwill and eBay.
Components
- Screen/Display
- Microcontroller board
- Operating System
- Sensors (Swipe image switching, touch image swapping, WiFi, etc.)
It should always be about the art.
Is there a market for digital art?
At the moment, 90% of people we talked to on the street weren't able to name a digital visual artist.
However, when we mentioned Instagram is a visual network of photographers. People were able to name a favorite Instragram user.
Would someone pay to keep an Instagram image (or any digital art) on their wall or table?
There's no doubt about it, digital picture frames failed. Was it because of marketing? Execution? Usability?
It was probably all of the aforementioned. There's also currently not a market that's exclusive enough to drive demand for digital art.
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The market can exist!
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But we believe that until someone creates the perfect digital canvas (see this slide), there will never become a market for it.
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By Rob Sawyer
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