Dallas Aquarium Uses Big LED Backdrop To Enhance New Rainforest Experience November 4, 2021 by Dave Haynes There is probably a fancy technical term that has “reality” in it that would apply to this interesting project in Dallas, but I dunno what that term is … extended reality, maybe? Suffice to say the project blends the real deal with supporting visuals done digitally. The Dallas World Aquarium (DWA), which takes up two …
Raydiant Adds 1,000+ Digital Menu Board Template Gallery To Third-Party App Marketplace November 4, 2021 by Dave Haynes It wasn’t all that long ago that digital signage nerds would be happy to go into a QSR and see the operation had opted in on using digital menu boards, but we’re now at a point that it’s more of a surprise when digital menus are not being used. Lowered hardware costs, greatly-raised reliability and …
New Suburban Toronto Development’s Using Big Low-Rez LED Screen As Luminous Art Wall November 1, 2021 by Dave Haynes A development called SmartVMC on the outer edges of Toronto has put in a big low-rez LED video wall to run public art for the many people who spill out of regional buses and the north end of a subway line. The outdoor display is billed as Canada’s largest low rez digital display – “a …
Poland’s Screen Network Raising Climate Change Awareness Using Warsaw LED Countdown Clock October 28, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Polish OOH media firm Screen Network has started supporting an educational campaign that bluntly reminds people how time is running out to make the industrial and behavioral changes to stop what would be irreversible climate changes. A climate change countdown clock is now part of the content running on a big LED display atop …
Digital Signage Greets Trick Or Treaters At The Doorstep With This Clever Home Project October 26, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is very clever, though more than a little weather-dependant in its execution. Mathew Meiers of the longtime digital signage CMS firm Rise Vision rigged up a flat panel screen on his front porch to hand out treats for Halloween – with the on-screen content carefully lined up to match a skeleton that sits behind …
AVI-SPL Launches New Experiential Tech Business Unit October 26, 2021 by Dave Haynes Pro AV integrator giant AVI-SPL has launched a new business unit – XTG (Experience Technology Group) – focused on servicing the increasing demand it says it is seeing for immersive, and interactive brand and employee experiences. XTG is building on AVI-SPL’s rich heritage and reputation, says the company in announcing the service, by specializing in …
Three Giant LED Heads Drive “The Conversation” On Boston-Area Building October 25, 2021 by Dave Haynes This an interesting new community art project in the Somerville area of metro Boston that uses an array of LED light sticks to create three giant heads on the 90-degree corner of a building there. The six-storey tall, head-shaped LED art spectacular is called The Conversation and it formally went live this weekend at a …
Rebooted DSE Lines Up Data Viz Artist Refik Anadol As Keynote Speaker October 25, 2021 by Dave Haynes In a move I would describe as cheeky, the team pulling together the DSE reboot in March has announced its keynote speaker – just as InfoComm starts its exhibits and conferences this week in Orlando. It’s a great “get” for Questex – Refik Anadol, the most known and arguably successful creator in the emerging discipline …
New Midtown NYC Skyscraper’s Top Floors Have Much More Than Just A Great View; Features Immersive, Experiential Observatory October 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes A new tourist ands event destination opened way up high in New York on Thursday – what’s described as the world’s most immersive observatory experience. The ribbon was cut to open SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, a multi-level space put together 1,063 feet above Madison Avenue in midtown Manhattan. The features include immersive art experiences supported, in …
Kramer, Zignage Partner On Data-Triggered Emergency Alerts For Education, Workplace AV Control Systems October 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes Pro AV gear supplier Kramer Electronics has done a partnership with the digital signage management software firm Zignage that enables a range of emergency notifications to be integrated with Kramer’s VIA and Control platforms for the education and workplace markets. This solution, says PR, will help manage hybrid campuses and workplaces and to escalate alerts …
