New Projection-Mapping Show Transforms Historic NYC Building To Virtual Ocean Liner August 24, 2018 by Dave Haynes A new projection-mapping attraction launches today in New York, a multimedia experience called Dream Ship DestiNY that makes visitors feel like they’ve found their way on to a classic ocean liner, travelling to Manhattan. The 360 degree projection mapping job was developed and delivered by Montreal’s Moment Factory, and runs starting today at the Cunard Building …
10 Steps For Planning Successful Interactive Wayfinding August 16, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Jill Perardi, Visix When it comes to wayfinding options, interactive signage is the most flexible and powerful way to go. But each location is different and presents unique challenges. Before buying anything, think it all out and come up with a good plan to help make the process as smooth as possible: 1. …
Magna Puts Vast Immersive Meeting Space On Auto Plant Floor August 14, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is a seriously whizzy-bangy meeting room space that’s interesting mainly because it is located in the heart of the production floor of a contract auto manufacturer. I’ve been in an auto plant and with everything happening, everywhere, it’s a dirty, power-spiking, really challenging place to be dropping in a lot of high-tech visual systems. …
Mind Steadily Blown In Moment Factory Tour August 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes Almost 20 years in this industry and more trade shows than I can count has left me a little jaded, and tough to impress, but my tiny little mind was steadily blown during a 90 minute tour Tuesday around the Montreal head office and studio of Moment Factory. The company is, arguably, the top experiential …
Podcast: How Moment Factory Became One Of The World’s Top Multimedia Agencies August 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes Two more podcast interviews went sideways on me – at the last minute – in the past week. But as I type this, I have two and perhaps three set up for the next 24 hours, here in Montreal. So … we’re in rerun mode again this week. But it is a GREAT repeat chat. …
Video: “In NY, We Go Up” Creative At Footlocker Flagship August 3, 2018 by Dave HaynesThis is a nice, sync’d set of animations done by motion graphic designer Steven D’Arbenzio, who works in the NY/NJ area. “I was given the awesome opportunity to create an animated mural for Footlocker’s flagship store in Times Square, NYC,” says D’Arbenzio. “The ask was to create artwork that spoke to the strength, resilience, and …
Stunning, All Projection-Mapped Digital Museum Opens In Tokyo July 20, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is the stunning new MORI Building Digital Art Museum in Tokyo, a 100,000 sq. ft. digital space that is entirely projection-mapped and hooked to motion sensors. Put together in a collaboration between a property developer and the art collective TeamLab, the exhibition dubbed Borderless consists of 50 installation pieces that are affected and triggered …
Big Disty Almo Acquires Longtime Content Partner Insteo July 17, 2018 by Dave Haynes Philly-based pro AV distributor Almo Professional A/V has acquired “certain assets” of Insteo, the Long Beach, CA content and creative shop. Almo has been tight with Insteo and its CEO/Founder Jim Nista for several years now, and the deal formalizes an arrangement that makes Almo capable of offering what can be lucrative digital signage content services through …
Videos: Helpful Insight On Using User-Generated Content In Digital Signage July 16, 2018 by Dave Haynes Brad Parler of UK-based CMS firm ScreenCloud has completed a nice three-part video series on user-generated content for digital signage. Houston-based Parler, you may recall, joined ScreenCloud earlier this year, having built up a name doing very innovative corporate communications content for his old masters, blinds.com. I’ve had a few emails recently from end-users asking …
How To Keep Your Digital Signage Audience Looking July 16, 2018 by Bryan Crotaz Guest Post: Trey Hicks, Visix If you’re going to have digital signage, you need a content strategy. If you don’t have something on screens at all times to draw attention and interest viewers, they’ll start tuning out. That can seem like a daunting task – collecting, creating and designing digital signage messages every day. But …
