To Zone … Or Not To Zone June 21, 2022 by Kris VanSlyke GUEST POST: KRIS VANSLYKE, SPECTRIO The ability to create zones on a screen layout, and show different material in each of those zones, is very common across digital signage platforms. But it’s a capability that should only be used with careful thought. Here’s why … With some exceptions, digital signage is a glance medium. People …
Screenfeed Goes No Code With New Connect Dynamic Messaging Toolset June 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Minneapolis-based subscription content company Screenfeed has launched a new content creation toolset that applies the concept of no-code software to producing customized, data-driven and fully automated messaging for digital signage networks. Called Screenfeed Connect, and the product of 30,000 developer hours over the last two years, the essence of the platform is making it …
Video Walls As Patchwork Content Quilts Are A Bad Idea … June 3, 2022 by Dave Haynes I haven’t a clue what’s going on with the LCD video wall in this Buffalo Wild Wings franchise in Portland, Maine, and neither does one of the guys who founded the fast casual restaurant chain. Scott Lowery, who let’s assume cashed out because his Linkedin profile describes him as a ubiquitous snow skier, popped into …
Commercial Audio Firm AtlasIED Expands Into Digital Signage For Airport Mass Communications June 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes A commercial audio company that says it has 85% percent market penetration in U.S. airports has expanded into digital signage messaging, using custom display totems that can interrupt scheduled messaging with emergency alerts and guidance. Called LookHear, the display and platform tap into Atlas IED’s GLOBALCOM enterprise-wide communications system. The new set-up is a partnership …
Tech Firm’s NYC Offices Use LED Video Walls To Energize Elevator Wait Lobbies May 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes Readers may have noticed how the odd post about a corporate project goes up … and then disappears – in pretty much every case because the vendor didn’t secure any or all of the permissions needed to use the client name and images in press material. I had one of those earlier in the week. …
LaGuardia Does A Different Take On Flight Status Displays For Travelers May 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes Paul Fleuranges sent me a quick note and photos from the mercifully-renovated Terminal B of New York’s LaGuardia Airport – his first time in that or any airport since COVID hit. The refresh of an airport that would be generously described as a hell-pit included a big re-think and upgrade of the digital displays at …
Digital Signage For The Banking Sector? Of Course! May 24, 2022 by German Talon Guest Post: Germán Talón, Nsign.tv The pandemic has brought about big changes in many sectors, and banking is no exception. But before the pandemic, we were already seeing lots of high-level changes in the sector like, for instance, in major acquisitions and mergers. Many of these operations resulted in closures of offices and in the …
Virtual Reality And Digital Signage Have A Not-So-Unrealistic Future Together May 23, 2022 by Tim Baker Guest Post: Tim Baker, Signagelive In a world where digital changes quickly, how do we prepare digital signage for a new kind of experience? As I write this, I’m currently transcribing my voice through a service called Descript which I’ll then package and tidy-up in a doc. I’ll then take that document and push it …
Beauty Brand’s Uses Planetary Inspiration For Digital Around Terrific Madrid Flagship May 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Barcelona creative technology shop Instronic does super-nice work, and one of the things I particularly like about the company is the amount of detail it puts into explaining the creative thinking and outputs for its higher profile projects. The company has a deeply detailed, very visual page up online explaining what was done, how …
Generative Video Wall Art Reveals Paintings Brushstroke By Brushstroke May 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes Industry veteran Jim Nista sold his content and coding company Insteo to Almo a few years ago, and after spending some time working within the distribution company, he went back out on his own and is focused again on developing creative for digital signage projects. This is a really nice take on generative art for …
