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by scottydelta 8 days ago
Well, there are a lot of products being made and sold using Raspberry Pi. I have seen people use it to make interactive content on screens at escape rooms, and use it as a computer for digital signage that shows the same content on a loop.

6 months ago, I also started experimenting with Raspberry Pi, and now I am working on a Chromecast alternative for businesses called Soljacast using RPi. My device can work as digital signage, or a casting device for co-workings and event companies that use computers at events for presentations.

I am also using it to build a personal companion AI device with a screen, sort of like an Amazon Echo Show but with Microsoft's Clippy in there. So I am sure people are building even more complex stuff than me.

Here is a video of how my device is being used at a local exhibition venue: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FF3I9EOs4AA