Make Life Easier for IT And Facilities Teams With Enterprise Digital Signage November 14, 2016 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix Different teams need different things, and digital signage allows you not only to tailor content to specific audiences, but also the way you pull in and manage that information. Your IT staff needs to integrate lots of different systems, while your facilities managers are trying to anticipate and meet visitor …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Brad Parler, Blinds.com November 9, 2016 by Super User A couple of years ago, an old industry friend, Raffi Vartian, said I really needed to see something. He sent me a link to a video, I watched it, and sent back a note saying, “That’s FREAKING brilliant!” The video was for a corporate communications project at the Blinds.com offices in Houston, Texas, and it showed staff-facing messaging being …
Spanish Travel Guide Projection Maps Country’s Cuisine At Launch Party November 4, 2016 by Super User We’ve seen lots of great example of projection mapping on grand scales – on buildings and monuments – but nowhere nears as many that go indoors and use small, much more intimate settings to play with visuals. Here’s a great one, though, from the 2016 launch party this summer of the latest version of Repsol, …
The Dark Art Of Projection Mapping Now Starts With A $5 Phone App October 25, 2016 by Super User There was a time, not long ago, when projection mapping was an intensely complicated, labour-intensive art form only high technical, deeply experienced pros could pull off. Now it’s a $5 app for iOS or Android. Well, sorta. The prosumer projector firm Optoma has just announced Projection Mapper, what it has dubbed “the first mobile app …
Top 7 Digital Signage Uses in Convention Centers October 21, 2016 by Ken Goldberg Guest Post: David Kaszycki, Aerva Most convention centers around the world have installed some form of digital signage throughout their facilities. From large LED signs out front to information displays inside meeting rooms, convention centers are quickly becoming a category leader in the digital signage industry. Although many convention centers currently utilize digital signage, they may …
Projects: New DC Bloomberg Offices Greet Visitors With Dynamic Visuals October 18, 2016 by Super User Here’s a nice example of how to present real-time data in a visually interesting way. This is the elevator lobby of financial news giant Bloomberg’s new Washington, DC offices – the entrance flanked by a pair of video walls. The office is a hub for about 250 staff in the US capitol. Montreal’s Telecine, which has …
Inside Secrets For Making Great Digital Signage Content October 18, 2016 by Dina Townsend Guest Post: Linda Hofflander, Skykit I’ve seen some really bad digital signage content in my 15+ years in the digital signage business. I’ve seen signage using long bullet-point lists on default PowerPoint themes. I’ve seen neon yellow text on a royal blue background, so bright it made my eyes hurt. I’ve seen low resolution images …
ScreenFeed Makes FIDS Displays A Subscription App October 17, 2016 by Super User Flight arrivals and departures displays were in the early days of digital signage something akin to a killer app – something that needed no ROI exercise to demonstrate the value, but something that also required specialty software and software/data integration expertise. Companies like Omnivex and PresentationPoint did a lot of trade in FIDS solutions for airports …
Projects: National WWII Museum Issues Digital Dog Tags October 17, 2016 by Super User I was in New Orleans for a few days last week, and felt lucky to have the time to tour the National World War Two Museum that has become a huge attraction in that city. It has been around for a few years , and recently added some new digital wrinkles I thought were worth sharing. …
How To Unify Sales, Marketing And Customer Service With Digital Signage October 13, 2016 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix Sales and marketing have been aligned in the corporate world for years, even integrated, in many respects. But what about customer service? Forbes magazine says that, in today’s customer-driven era, customer service is no longer just a post-sale activity, but is part of the total buying cycle. Business.com compares the …
