Software Maintenance Boo-Boo Triggers False Active Shooter Alerts On New England College Campus Screens September 6, 2022 by Super User Data integration and triggered messaging are great applications for digital signage, but their use can come with some risks – as evidenced just before the long weekend at a US college. A false active shooter warning was sent out to the entire Amherst College campus last week, including to digital signs around the New England campus. …
UT Austin Adds 66-Foot Wide Ambient LED Wall To New Campus Sports And Entertainment Venue August 30, 2022 by Super User Here’s a very different, very clever take on a big LED video wall in a busy public facility: a 66-foot-wide display that neuters the pixel pitch in favor of something durable and focused on ambient visuals. It’s at the Moody Center, a 15,000 seat entertainment venue on the campus of The University of Texas at …
Media Companies Upping DOOH Billboard Design Games To Win Approvals In West Hollywood August 24, 2022 by Super User There’s still and probably always will be no end of digital posters and billboards on city sidewalks, building facades and along roadsides that are just screens that make a minimal if any nod to aesthetics. But we’re also seeing some media companies make an effort to appeases the concerns of the people who live and …
Health Care Provider Centene Uses Custom Creative On HQ Lobby LED Wall To Tell Company Story August 17, 2022 by Super User Healthcare provider Centene is using a 20 foot wide by five foot tall fine-pitch LED video wall in its St. Louis, MO head office lobby to tell the story behind what turned into the largest Medicaid managed care organization in the U.S. The company engaged the creatives at Columbus, OH-based leftchannel to come up with …
More Details And Video Of That Terrific Set Of Screens And Creative At Hong Kong’s Airport August 15, 2022 by Super User More details and visuals are now available on that super-nice experiential set-up developed by Montreal-based Moment Factory for busy sections of Hong Kong’s sprawling international airport. The airport even has a dedicated web page about the project, calling it a Journey of Discovery. The signature pieces are a Crystal Elevator in the arrivals area and …
Beijing Pop-Up For Nike Uses Hall Of Mirrors To Amplify Cluster Of Screens August 12, 2022 by Super User This project came and went three years ago, but I just stumbled on it now – and it is kind of amazing … a pop-up store on a Beijing plaza that has an LED tunnel and an LCD-filled hall of mirrors. The pop-up was run in Beijing’s Sanlitun shopping district to celebrate Air Max Day …
Raydiant Launches New Curated Streaming TV Content Via VideoElephant Partnership August 1, 2022 by Super User San Francisco CMS software firm Raydiant has taken the interesting step of introducing its own streaming TV app for third-party content, working with a video aggregator to make curated broadcast and web content available to supplement the programming schedules of end-user customers. Called RaydiantTV, the app that allows businesses to broadcast semi-live content to multiple …
Anamorphic Illusions On LED Displays: The Evolution Of An Art Form July 29, 2022 by Jake Berg GUEST POST: JAKE BERG, RENDER IMPACT Over the last few years, an ancient form of art has resurfaced in the LED display and video content industry. Advancements in LED display technology have given VFX and animation designers a whole new canvas to work on, allowing them to create truly unique viewer experiences. The art form I’m …
Calendars, Countdowns Top End-User Choices For Dynamic Messaging July 28, 2022 by Super User I wouldn’t normally write about what’s selling for a company, but a blog post from the subscription content company Screenfeed is interesting because it gives a glimpse into what type of content end-users are pushing to screens. The company did a Top Five post about what end-users are using out of the no-code dynamic messaging …
Spectrio, Exertis Almo Develop Content Creation Partnership For Digital Signage Networks July 27, 2022 by Super User I was chatting recently with some senior folks with Spectrio about the level of awareness within the digital signage ecosystem of what all is on offer from the Florida-based digital signage solutions company. The firm – which I’m noting for disclosure purpose acquired Sixteen:Nine last fall – is certainly known for having a range of …
