New Ads That Watch You 238
Pandanapper writes to tell us Yahoo is reporting that if you find yourself watching an ad on a video screen in a public venue, the ad may be watching you as well. "Small cameras can now be embedded in the screen or hidden around it, tracking who looks at the screen and for how long. The makers of the tracking systems say the software can determine the viewer's gender, approximate age range and, in some cases, ethnicity -- and can change the ads accordingly. That could mean razor ads for men, cosmetics ads for women and video-game ads for teens."
Not just in Soviet Russia (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not just in Soviet Russia (Score:4, Funny)
Ha! I'll show them. (Score:5, Funny)
I'm a teenaged bearded woman, those insensitive clods!
Cool ... the possibilities (Score:4, Funny)
Cosmetic surgery adds for ugly people
Maybe even lawyer adds if you get run over while staring at the screen
-EDM
In Soviet Russia..... (Score:1, Funny)
.....ad watches you...
Wait a minute........
Re:Condom Ads..... (Score:1, Funny)
Not condoms, Penis extension ads.
Re:Ha! I'll show them. (Score:5, Funny)
That's nothing... I'm sitting here in front of my new Sony flatscreen with integrated AdCam, watching Dora with my toddler. We get a phone call: "Hello Sir, this is Nickelodeon. We can't quite make out the race of the little girl sitting next to you."
I patiently explain that my wife is black and so she's a mix of black and white, and what happens? Nothing but Oreo ads. Every. Single. Time.
I knew I shouldn't have paid extra for the AdCam.
Re:Fuck that (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Welcom Advertising Overlords (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Welcom Advertising Overlords (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Ha! I'll show them. (Score:3, Funny)
They'll be built into TV sets and you cannot switch them off.
They can determine race by the hue of the skin.
AdMic will be included to detect accent and foreign languages.
Big Brother just got into advertising.
In Soviet Russia, you watch the TV.
In the USA, the TV watches you!
What a country, I don't love it!
Re:Ha! I'll show them. (Score:5, Funny)
so fuck em up, wear a smurf costume or paint yourself and watch TV naked.
oh hell, just do it for fun.
Re:Welcom Advertising Overlords (Score:5, Funny)
Does that mean that the screens will be showing porn whenever I'm in the room? Freaking SWEET!
Naw dude, that's not porn it's an ad for penile enlargement products.
with your face super-imposed from the camera!!
Re:Cool ... the possibilities (Score:1, Funny)
Having those pop up on every billboard you walk past could really trash someone's already-fragile body image...
Oh man, ads that damage your self-image? We're doomed!
Re:Ha! I'll show them. (Score:3, Funny)
I've missed you on the polls, Cowboy Neal.
Re:Ha! I'll show them. (Score:5, Funny)
I'm a man, and I only pay attention to those ads targetted at women. Especially the shower gel, bikini and lingerie ones.
Re:Ha! I'll show them. (Score:4, Funny)
Or go do something more productive than watching TV.
Oops... what am I doing here?
Re:Ha! I'll show them. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ha! I'll show them. (Score:2, Funny)