pharos Displays is a digital signage product from appamics in Basel, Switzerland. It delivers centrally managed content to screens, projectors and interactive displays, with or without touch. Content is maintained in one CMS and adapted to each location and audience. Typical uses are information screens, interactive displays, surveys and kiosks. It runs directly in the browser of a supported screen or on a pharos Box that drives one or more HDMI displays. According to the vendor, operation is cloud-based or standalone, and appamics also supports setup, custom scenes, integrations and maintenance.
appamics GmbH has its seat in Basel, Switzerland, and its site names no parent company. The vendor does not state where cloud installations are hosted, so the Swiss location assumed here follows the company seat: ask about the data centre, the provider and the contract terms. The animation engine behind the pharos Box, aminogfx-gl, is published as open source; the platform itself is not described as open source. Switzerland is not an EU member but is an EFTA country with an EU adequacy decision.