Seattle DSF Mixer Gets The Understory On Amazon’s Spheres May 9, 2019 by Super User It took going to Seattle to remember and realize a few things about the city and region. First, there are some really big, impactful companies out here – like Amazon, Microsoft, Costco, Boeing and a little coffee chain called Starbucks. Second, there’s more of a signage ecosystem than is maybe obvious. I am in Seattle …
Company That Rents Physical Artworks To Businesses Adds Digital Signage Capabilities May 3, 2019 by Super User A company that provides physical works of art as a service to property owners and companies has added digital capability, providing a presumably less costly alternative to custom creative for things like large format video walls. Boston-based TurningArt says it has a collection of over 25,000 pieces of art, including paintings, illustrations and photographs, “most of …
It’s 2019 And We’re Still Doing Carved-Up Screens??? May 2, 2019 by Super User My calendar confirms it is indeed 2019, and not 2009 – which makes it somewhat mind-wobbling that there are still start-up media companies touting an ad model for out of home environments based on the totally different dynamics of web advertising. A company called AdMetv has launched in the US Northeast – mainly in bars …
Vancouver Office Tower Uses OLED Video Wall To Replace Directory, Renew Lobby May 2, 2019 by Super User This is a tiled LG 2 by 6 OLED video wall built into the lobby wall of an office tower in downtown Vancouver, BC. The displays are set into a bamboo wood wall set against a granite wall. They replaced a physical building directory. The project at Park Place, at 666 Burrard Street, was put …
Blended Reality Nail Polish Kiosks Drive 24% Sales Bumps April 17, 2019 by Super User The global beauty company COTY is using free-standing blended reality kiosks to help demo and sell a line of nail polish products, and has seen 24% sales bumps at locations where they are plugged in. There are more than 400 units – marketing nail polish from the COTY brand OPI – in third-party stores around …
Who Cares About A Consumer-Like Experience? Everyone! April 12, 2019 by Super User Guest Post: Trey Hicks, Visix Digital signage has changed in recent years, with displays getting larger and better resolution, software applications that can handle more complex feeds alongside their own content creation tools, and touchscreens becoming ubiquitous. This is a far cry from the old-fashioned notion of showing PowerPoint-like slides on screens. Today, interactive digital …
Fulton Center’s Award-Winning Display Network Launches Latest NYC-Themed Digital Art Piece April 9, 2019 by Super User The wide range of screens and shapes at the Fulton Center subway station (and retail center) have generated a lot of attention since it opened in 2014 – in part because it is part of the World Trade Center redevelopment area, but also because there has been a focused effort to make the screens more …
Eye Candy With An Actual Business Model April 2, 2019 by Super User One of the experiences repeated over and over again each year at Digital Signage Expo is checking in with industry vets and asking if they saw anything I needed to see. As outlined in other posts, going to numerous trade shows in a matter of weeks means it is hard, by DSE time, to find …
Cancun Party Hotel Adds Huge Projection Mapping Show March 20, 2019 by Super User Via Multimedia AV I’m sure there is a large percentage of 20+ and even 30+ people who would look at what happens at the Melody Maker resort hotel in Cancun, and conclude they must go there. Then there are people like me who would conclude they must avoid that place, or anywhere near it, at …
16:9 Mixer Sponsor Profiles: Mvix Puts Content At Center Of Its Digital Signage Solutions March 19, 2019 by Super User Mvix is back as a sponsor of the 16:9 Mixer this year, but the software and solutions company will not be exhibiting at DSE. Instead, it will have a team walking the show, led by Mike Kilian, the Senior Director of Business Development. DC-based Mvix does content-rich digital signage software and solutions. The software includes …
