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Viral kiosk application

Challenge:

Our customer – a US company that builds and operates Vertical Wind Tunnels needed a tool that allows obtaining feedback from their customers easily and use this information for their marketing purposes and to post feedback to popular social networking services. Specialists of Softage implemented the video processing application according to customer's requirements and performed integration with popular social networking services such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace.

System overview:

The main goal of this video processing application is to give ability to company clients to:

Provide their feedback about company service
Record their video testimonial
Share testimonial and flight process with friends, post experience to famous social and video services such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace

Application operates on HP TouchSmart Desktop and is optimized for finger touch control.

Main features:

The application allows to record video testimonials
Allows user to play and rewind video
User`s barcodes identification
Bar code scanning attached to the desktop machine
Barcode database
Allows to use user`s personal information and video for marketing purposes
Allows user to share his testimonial through YouTube, place link to YouTube video on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace portals, share the video with his friends by E-mail, download his testimonial video on iPod or iPhone.


Integration:


Bar code scanner Argox AS-8150 (http://www.argox.com/content.php?sno=0000081&P_ID=36 ), through OPOS USB driver)
Built-in VGA webcam of HP TouchSmart IQ512me Desktop PC
MS SQL 2005 database
YouTube portal integration
Facebook portal integration
Twitter portal integration
MySpace portal integration
Public file share server


Tools and technologies:  

C# program language, WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), .Net framework 3.5, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Expression Blend 2, Windows Media SDK, DirectX SDK, Operating platform is Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 64-bit

 

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