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The Meural Canvas: An Interactive Photo Frame That Responds with Gestures

Chris Gampat
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10/10/2017
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Last Updated on 10/10/2017 by Chris Gampat

If you haven’t heard of Meural, then the Meural Canvas may be something you’re going to want to pay attention to, photographers! The company has been around since 2014 and making art installations interactive and fun for artists everywhere–and that doesn’t just apply to hipsters. What’s special about the Meural Canvas is that you can think of it as a large sort of iPad but instead of responding to your interactions via the screen, all you need to do is wave your hand and swipe in order for the next photo to come up. That’s significantly tougher to explain about while reading a blog post, but like all other materialized art, you need to experience it in person.

Settings for the Meural Canvas can also be customized via their smartphone app. And part of what makes the Meural Canvas so amazing is the fact that it has capacity for up to 8GB of photos. There is also 2GB of RAM, WiFi built in, 1.8GHZ, an anti-glare matte surface (HUGE FOR PHOTO DISPLAYS) an ambient light sensor, and of course Meural’s set of proprietary hardware and algorithms that make the art interactive. Then there’s customization available for the types of wood involved like Poplar and Walnut.

So why am I so hyped about the Meural Canvas? I think it’s the perfect way for photographers who have never or barely ever print photos to be able to experience the next generation of in-person art and photography. It combines something you’re familiar with (a screen) with something else that you’re bound to be familiar with (gestures). Of course, it isn’t as complicated as paper either. These aren’t designed to eliminate the paper experience–very few things can replace the in-person experience of a well lit luster photo, but it’s bound to make people interact with and peruse through your art at their own discretion.

Head on over to Meural’s website for more.

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Chris Gampat

Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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