Stockholm “Space” Touted As World’s Largest Gaming Center Adds Experiential LED Canopy April 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes German content partners Invidis put up a post today about an interesting and vast new digital culture center that’s opened in central Stockholm, with some very big LED walls and a hell of a lot of smart monitors. Called Space, is a multi-level “physical meeting place” for people into all things digital, most notably esports. …
Nebraska Transport Company Using Digital Signage To Reach 1,000s Of Drivers When They’re At Facilities April 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a relevant working example of how a company uses digital signage to reach a workforce that is very much deskless – some 5,200 truck drivers on the road for a Nebraska transportation company. Crete Carrier, based in Lincoln, uses screens at 17 distribution locations and at the head office to get messaging out …
Mitsui Foundation Lights Up 10 Big LED Displays With Custom Content In NYC Lobby April 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a very nice, quite different take on using digital display to enliven a corporate office tower lobby. While a lot of projects these days are about one very large, wall-filling display as the showpiece, the Mitsui Foundation’s renovated lobby at 1251 Avenue of the Americas in New York uses 10 LED displays notched …
Watch: Big Downtown Dallas LED Wall Becomes Virtual Rube Goldberg Machine April 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is pretty amazing three-dimension illusion content, done for that big LED wall on the corner of a building in the AT&T Discovery District in Dallas. The piece was developed by the local (to Dallas) agency Flight School Studio, and is a virtual/mechanical Rube Goldberg machine that is one-part musical instrument, one-part contraption. It has …
Upshow’s New Shift Formalizes, Focuses Back Of House QSR Digital Signage Solutions April 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes Chicago-based Upshow has formalized its digital signage options for the so-called “back of house” in restaurant businesses – enabling displays in kitchen, break rooms and other areas where it’s possible to communicate with steadily on-the-go workers. Called Upshow Shift, the platform makes it possible for workers to view and respond to real-time information via in-venue …
Raydiant Adds ArtPlayer’s Streaming Artworks To App Marketplace April 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes San Francisco-based CMS software and solutions shop Raydiant has put together a content partnership with a Danish firm, ArtPlayer, that’s mainly focused on using digital art to interest and calm customers and visitors in environments like healthcare and hospitality. ArtPlayer is now part of Raydiant’s app marketplace, says PR, enabling users to activate streamed art images …
Clever Retail: Subtle Shelf Robot Lifts Displayed Product When Shoppers Approach April 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip John Wheating … One of the ideas of using display technology right at merchandising shelves and tables is that the visuals will get the attention of shoppers. So what if those kinds of displays were paired with little robotic devices that actually lifted or shifted displayed products? That’s the premise behind a company …
Get These 5 Key Questions Answered to Ensure Your First Digital Signage Project Thrives April 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes GUEST POST: Lauren Duffey, Spectrio Regardless of industry, all businesses know they need to stand out from their competition if they want to attract customers. Creating an engaging digital signage project is a great way to do that. Especially considering that 80% of customers reported entering a store after viewing a digital sign. However, in …
Mvix Adds In-House Media Services Division; Brings On Industry Vet Ryno Colyn April 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes Washington, DC-area CMS software firm Mvix has broadened its offer beyond software and hardware to now also include in-house media services – bringing on a director of user experience and now offering everything from custom creative to managed services. Industry vet Ryno Colyn has been hired on to run Mvix’s new Interactive Media Services Division, …
Kids Cancer Ward In UK Uses Playful Projected Characters To Engage Donors April 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes The digital arts collective Universal Everything – which is not easily explained in a few words (so go here) – is behind a really interesting take on hospital donor walls that marries custom creative with short-throw projection and a mobile app for both controls and donations. Parade is described as a playful digital donor wall, …
