Video: Yay, An LED Manufacturer Shows How To Do 3D Illusions That Don’t Have A Viewing Sweet Spot October 24, 2023 by Super User Love this … Jason Helton of SNA Displays has a video up on Linkedin showing that new display at the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex in Florida running 3D visuals, and it is NOT shot from a very specific angle off the 90 degree corner. It is head-on, with Jason’s point being that if the …
Gucci Uses LED Over Full Facade of Bangkok Airport Store October 23, 2023 by Super User It took some digging but I eventually sorted out that this is a Gucci store opened last year at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, with LED displays effectively being the wall finishings for the full exterior of the store inside the terminal. I’ve seen a few stores – usually in airports – using LED as part or …
Shape-Shifting Data Vizualization Illuminates Entire Side Of World’s Tallest Skyscraper October 23, 2023 by Super User This would have to be the largest LED surface to date used as a digital canvas for public art – one whole side of the world’s tallest building. The Burj Khalifa – not sure when, as details are minimal – but it appears to be a recent thing. The skyscraper is clad at least on …
SignageOS, Screenfeed Partner On Standard HTML5 Performance Tests For SOC Smart Displays And Players October 16, 2023 by Super User The Czech/US software firm signageOS has been doing benchmarking tests on system-on-chip smart display technology since 2018, and has now taken the interesting step of partnering with subscription content provider Screenfeed on a standardized content set to test how “smart” digital signage screens and players handle HTML5. The Prague company, most known for middleware that …
Newark’s New-ish Terminal Borrows LED Surprise From Comcast Tower October 12, 2023 by Super User One of the brilliant aspects, going back some 15 years, of the Comcast Tower LED lobby experience in Philly was and is how the big video wall takes on the appearance of the lobby’s non-digital wall finish – and then stuff starts appearing. Newark and Philly are pretty close in proximity, so the Comcast lobby …
Using AI For Illustrative Images For Signage And Marketing, Getting Better, But It Has A Ways To Go Still October 4, 2023 by Super User I tried back in the summer to use Midjourney to create illustrative images for blog posts, and the results would be best described as Salvador Dali-esque. Now the other main generative AI image tool Dalle has version 3 available, via Microsoft’s Bing browser, and it is noticeably better – bit not quite there if industry …
In Praise Of Boring Digital Signage October 2, 2023 by Super User Giant, big dollar display installations tend to get a lopsided amount of attention in this industry, so I always like to point out that some of the best work being done borders of profoundly boring – because they’re jobs done with narrow but valuable purposes. My recent trip to the London, UK area involved no …
The Sheer Scale Of The LED Screen In That Now-Opened Sphere Concert Venue Is Mind-Blowing October 2, 2023 by Super User There have been many, many posts and observations about the unmissable visual impact of the LED-clad Sphere lighting up behind the Venetian in Las Vegas, but now the venue is live inside – with launch concerts featuring Irish rock giants U2. The concert and events theater at what’s called Sphere at the Venetian is 580,000 …
London’s Outernet Immersive (And Free) Visuals Experience Continues To Impress And Draw Crowds October 2, 2023 by Super User One of the sites I really wanted to see a second time while in London was the Outernet development in the center of the city, on the fringes of Soho and beside the Tottenham Court Road Station on the new-ish Elizabeth Line subway. It’s pretty amazing. The Now Building, the primary venue that has some …
FEMA Asking Digital Signage Networks To Join Oct. 4th National Test Of Alert Systems September 19, 2023 by Super User The US Federal Emergency Management Agency is doing a national test of its Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) in early October, and asking digital signage network operators to help out with the testing. IPAWS provides authenticated, life-saving emergency messages through mobile phones, radio and TV and digital signage through the IPAWS All-Hazards Information …
