Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Zach Klima, WaitTime August 30, 2017 by Dave Haynes If your digital signage screens are there to make something faster, better or easier for the people who are looking at them, you are doing good things. That’s the idea behind a Detroit start-up called WaitTime – a digital signage and smartphone app solution that uses cameras and artificial intelligence software to give people at …
Data Call Weathers Harvey, Thanks To Elevation, And The Good Kind Of Cloud Right Now August 29, 2017 by Dave Haynes A couple of industry friends in Houston have managed to so far make it through the ceaseless storm dubbed Harvey with minimal impacts. Tim Vance, CEO of subscription content provider Data Call Technologies, sent a note out on Linkedin letting people know business has not been disrupted, despite the immediate area around his street-level office space …
New Zealand’s 1,200-Site Giggle Network Seems Anything But Laughable August 28, 2017 by Dave Haynes Many of the business models for digital out of home ad networks have been laughable, but a New Zealand-based network is finding success with a business model built around laughs. The Giggle Entertainment Network has screens in 1,200 locations across New Zealand – running a one-hour repeating programming channel that’s built around jokes, funny tweets, …
Dynamic Professional Development Deserves Dynamic Promotion August 28, 2017 by Bryan Crotaz Guest Post: Trey Hicks, Visix Companies that offer professional development will get a better range of applicants, and applicants today are starting to require this before they will seriously consider a company. New digital tools already exist to make this a more interesting, varied and cost-effective experience. More access to more information has led to …
Clever Virtual Curtains Used Ahead Of Monster LED Board Reveal August 23, 2017 by Dave Haynes Maybe other companies have done this … dunno … but thought this is a pretty clever way to set up a reveal of a new LED spectacular sign. A monster wraparound LED board at 20 Times Square switches on this evening, and the manufacturer behind it, SNA Displays, has content that shows virtual curtains, which …
TransitScreen Adds Bolt-On Nearby Service To Connect People To Closest Lattes August 22, 2017 by Dave Haynes Washington, DC-based TransitScreen has built up a business tapping into and visualizing real-time mass transport and ride share data to pass along organized, easily digested information to people in buildings and public spaces. They’ve now added a new bolt-on feature that makes sense – information and directions to nearby services. Here’s the pitch: Your building …
Weed-Focused Digital OOH Network Sparks Up In Marijuana Dispensaries August 22, 2017 by Dave Haynes The digital out of home business model that sees network operators put screens in retail venues for free, making the investment back through advertising sales, has a long history of failure. But it can work, usually when the content is focused and the potential advertisers – like pharmas – have limited options to reach consumers. …
Projects: Projection-Mapped Video Table Powerfully Illustrates Nazi Looting August 16, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is a 3D projection-mapped video table that illustrates the expropriation of Jewish property during the Third Reich in Berlin, the centerpiece of an exhibit at the Leo Baeck Institute in New York. The Stolen Heart Video Map is the feature element of “Stolen Heart: The Theft of Jewish Property in Berlin’s Historic Center, 1933–1945.” The …
Projects: Coca Cola Switches On World First Robotic 3D LED Board In Times Square August 10, 2017 by Dave Haynes Coca-Cola has had a big sign in NYC’s Times Square for a century, and this week the global brand turned on a new iconic sign billed as the world’s first 3D robotic LED billboard. It has 1,715 moving and 245 static LED cubes, with an overall visual footprint of 240 square meters, which in non-metric terms, is …
Startup Uses Sensors, AI To Drive Real-Time Lineup Dashboards For Sports And Entertainment Venues August 10, 2017 by Dave Haynes A Detroit-based startup called Waittime has developed a data-driven, multi-screen platform aimed at improving the fan experience at sports and entertainment venues, by telling people where the washroom and concession lines are shorter. The company installs sensors in venue concourses, with the data they spit out interpreted using artificial intelligence to determine wait times. The …
