Projects: Stanford 60-Seat Classroom Gets Wall-Eating 192-MicroTiles Array October 6, 2014 by Super User Here’s a 32-unit wide by 6 high wall of Christie MicroTiles in a 60-seat, yup, classroom at Stanford University. Yes, that’s 192 Tiles eating pretty much a whole wall in the Wallenberg Hall, which is used for journalism and social sciences classes, as well as some special events. Wow. Reports Christie: Opened in 2002, the Wallenberg …
If Your Job’s About Effective Digital Signage, You Want To Be At Xlab October 2, 2014 by Super User With DSrupted, a speaking thing earlier this week and a quick 1-day run through G2E out of the way, I’m now looking forward to my next conference -SEGD’s Xlab 2014 in New York on Nov. 6th. It will be a kooky few days because there’s also the DPAA’s annual event, CEW (formerly CETW and before …
Projects: Interactive Gesture Wall For Sick Kids September 19, 2014 by Super User The Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware has turned on an interactive “Discovery Zone” video wall that works of Kinect2 gesture technology and shows on 45 NEC 46-inch displays. The 50-foot wide by 9-foot tall wall is located in a new atrium area of the hospital. It’s designed to allow up to 30 kids, …
Letting Go of Control: Social Media Signage and User Generated Content August 28, 2014 by Tim Griffin Guest Post: Ryan Gushue, Enplug One of the oft repeated axioms in the industry is “Content is King.” You may have a flawless hardware implementation and a perfect software configuration — but without a comprehensive content strategy, your project is destined for mediocrity. Traditional solutions to this issue range from paying a content provider, to …
Why A Giant Bunny Is All Over Digital Signage Demo Screens August 28, 2014 by Super User Ever wonder why you see this animated character on so many demos for digital signage displays and software” Two words: Open Source. The 10-minute animated short Big Buck Bunny is a 2007-8 production underwritten by a foundation that also has free, open animation software. This was a way to push the capabilities of the software. The …
In Digital Signage, Everyone’s A Content Producer August 27, 2014 by Super User In the talks I have been doing lately, one of the points I’ve been raising consistently is that everyone is now a potential content producer for digital signs. We’re all walking around with smartphones that are as good or better than many point and shoots. Most phones and tablets also tend to have pretty good …
Projects: Virtual Paparazzi At The Movie House August 27, 2014 by Super User The Cineplex Digital Solutions team turned on experiential video walls in three of the parent company’s Toronto-area movieplexes this week, creating something of a virtual paparazzi experience for people heading in to see the latest blockbuster. The walls have three components – two very large LCDs with touch overlays on either side of a rectangular …
ABC’s Day In Pictures Is Broadcast Content That Works On Digital Signs August 19, 2014 by Super User It’s rare when broadcast news material makes an effective jump across mediums and on to digital signs. We’ve all seen newscasts with talking heads on place-based screens where there’s no audio support. And we’ve seen local news reports shoveled into the programming schedules of digital sign networks, and wondered why is that there? My little …
Seven Ways To Get Your Digital Signage Creative Seen And Remembered August 19, 2014 by MarkJanke GUEST POST: TOM PRITZKER, JOHN RYAN Digital signage is its own highly-nuanced medium. It looks like TV, works like the Web and takes a lot of visual cues from outdoor advertising. Most mediums have defined activities – people who sit and watch TV, listen to radio, read newspapers and surf the web. With digital signage, …
The Weird Box Emerges From Digital Signage Shadows July 24, 2014 by Super User CE labs has been a loyal Sixteen:Nine advertiser for at least a year now, providing playback and distribution gear, software and services in the digital signage space. The Dallas-based company is very good at keeping marketing materials fresh, and I was intrigued by a new set of ads promoting something they’ve dubbed The Weird Box. …
