Google takes over largest digital screen in North AmericaNovember 25, 2014 - 09:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google has taken over the largest digital screen in North America. The screen installed in Times Square, NYC, is more than 25,000 square feet in size. It is eight stories tall and takes up the whole length from 45th to 46th Street, according to Android Central. Google has rented the space through the New Year. This week, Google will use the screen to present an interactive mobile game in which people can Androidify themselves. People in Times Square can make their character from the website or the free app on Google Play. They can get on line, share their ticket, and play on the big screen with their character. One game includes keeping soccer balls in the air, while another game makes the players virtually swim on the large screen. There's an elevated stage in front of the billboard where the players are controlling their characters with their movement. There are sensors in front of them, which act like Xbox's Kinect. Expect Google to push other products like Chrome and Nexus during the campaign, Android Central says. The company will also donate some media space and time to six non-profit organizations: Made with Code, Charity Water, WWF, Khan Academy, NRDC, Donors Choose, and Give Directly About 300,000 people will pass by the billboard each day. The cost of Google's campaign has not been revealed, but the ad space has a current estimated rate of more than $2.5 million for four weeks. Photo: Android Central Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. |