Uber Open Sources Its Data Visualization Framework April 7, 2017 by Super User Via TechCrunch If your company is looking into data visualization, and has developers eager to have a run at it, here’s a pretty sophisticated open source development framework that Uber – yeah, that Uber – has made available. The data visualization framework used internally by the ride-share company to do things like visualize customer experiences was made …
Projects: Going From Chalkboards To Digital Saves Bar 180-Plus Labor Hours A Year April 7, 2017 by Super User A little bar and restaurant down the highway from me in Stratford, Ontario has worked out that putting in digital signage displays has saved them 182 hours in labor costs annually. Until a big reno in 2013, Bentley’s Bar, Inn & Restaurant did their daily menu specials, beer boards and martini boards all by hand …
16:9 Projects Podcast: 2 Queen East, Toronto April 7, 2017 by Super User If you like ambient content that is generated by data, then the lobby of 2 Queen St. East in Toronto is your kind of place. The original 1910 bank branch facade is backed with the conveniences of a modern office and unique lobby content that builds on the notion of past and present. Forge Media …
BMO Uses Flip-Disc Tech For Mobile App-Driven Wish Fountain April 6, 2017 by Super User In an odd twist, here’s a second post in a week about flip-disc technology being used as an alternative to digital screens. The Bank of Montreal – one of the big five national banks in Canada – is celebrating its 200th year in business in 2017, and one of the things it is doing to mark that …
Projects: Swedish Payments Company Visualizes Business In Real Time April 6, 2017 by Super User I’m not seeing as much data visualization as I might have expected by now on large video walls – given how great dataviz creative can solve the dual problems of keeping content fresh while also controlling content budgets. But here’s a great example of dataviz in action in the lobby of Stockholm-based online payment company …
Projects: Louisiana Wellness Center Spans 12K Video Across Three Walls April 5, 2017 by Super User The new Education Center at the Wellness Center of Thibodaux Regional, in Thibodaux, Louisiana, greets visitors with a 17-minute video that showcases the native beauty of Louisiana across three 4K video walls. The multi-screen video experience developed by VisionQuest Design & Production of Atlanta features nature scenes, landmarks, plantations, and the Bayou, among other local …
BeeBoard Introduces Publisher And Viewer For “Social” Digital Signage April 4, 2017 by Super User A Boston start-up has quietly launched BeeBoard, what it describes as a social digital signage application that makes iOS tablets into a contemporary version of corkboards in homes and offices. The BeeBoard Publisher (iPhone) and BeeBoard Viewer (iPad) are free from the Apple app store. BeeBoard is aimed at both the residential and commercial markets. …
Watch A Digital Menuboard That Changes Languages On Demand April 3, 2017 by Super User This digital menuboard demo from the Seoul solutions company Soundgraph caught my eye at DSE last week for a couple of reasons. First, I liked the creative design. Second, the company was showing a clever demo of on-demand switching of languages for the menu items. There were four buttons on the counter, each with a …
Here Are The DSE 2017 APEX Award Winners April 3, 2017 by Super User Here are the winners of the APEX Awards for digital signage content and projects, announced last week at DSE. Razorfish and Dreambox Visual Communications took home the top honors of the night, winning the APEX Installation of the Year and APEX Content of the Year awards, respectively. The two overall winners were selected from the nine …
Projects: Check Out This Amazing 13K Immersive Video Wall In Netflix’s New LA HQ April 3, 2017 by Super User This is pretty amazing – an 80-foot, 13K, fine-pitch LED video wall running custom ambient content in the lobby of the new Netflix building in LA. Vast video walls in lobbies is not all that uncommon anymore among well-heeled companies and property owners, but the content in many to most of those cases is meant …
