How to Save Lives With Digital Signage June 24, 2015 by Brandon Harp GUEST POST – Emily Carroll, Prendi Driving behind big semi-trailers can be intimidating or, for the impatient drivers like myself, frustratingly slow. So when driving down an open two-lane road, what appears to be an empty lane quickly turns into a tempting chance to overtake. It is in these situations that we unfortunately see a …
YCD Beefs Up HTML5 Support On C-nario Suite June 23, 2015 by Super User I don’t tend to write about minor version releases for software, as only existing clients and almost-there prospects really care. But news from the Israeli firm YCD Multimedia caught my eye. Version 3.7.1 of its C-nario Digital Signage Suite (you may remember YCD bought C-nario) adds some important features for supporting HTML5 content – which is …
IntuiLab, Signagelive Team On Interactive Content-Builder For ChromeOS Digital Signage June 23, 2015 by Super User The French company IntuiLab has long had great software that enables users to develop interactive touch experiences without knowing much of anything about coding, but the technology has always been on the fringes of digital signage. That’s changed with a partnership that builds IntuiLab into UK-based Signagelive’s content management platform, and has it optimized for …
Projects: Jurassic World’s Dinosaurs Dominate London’s Waterloo Station June 15, 2015 by Super User JCDecaux is running a domination campaign at London’s Waterloo Station that ties into the release of the new film JURASSIC WORLD, using the large digital screens in the terminal and even creating a dinosaur museum gallery. The one-of-a-kind campaign is dominating every outdoor advertising location in the commuter hub. including an immersion zone that blends …
Awards: New York Subway Stations Digital Video Program Cited For Arts Honor June 15, 2015 by Super User New York’s MTA subway and commuter rail system has been honored for the digital artwork running on screens around at its new Fulton Center stop. MTA Arts & Design was recognized by the public art foundation Americans for the Arts for the video installation New York Minute, as well as for a huge suspended sculpture …
Projects: Tiny Virtual Chef Fires Up Meal For Belgian Diners June 12, 2015 by Super User This is brilliant – projection mapping, using a custom animation on a guest table at a Belgian restaurant. A tiny chef pops out of a virtual hole in the table, and proceeds to fire up a grill and start cooking. The whole thing is projection mapped and is a great representation of how that tech …
Projects: The Digital Interactive Window That Isn’t June 12, 2015 by Super User Via Adweek Just watch the video … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVDsMt1Ues8 Very clever, however a New Yorker who walks by the thing regularly says it was often down and out …
Projects: Toronto’s Scotia Plaza Refreshes Concourse Level With Digital Displays June 11, 2015 by Super User Toronto’s Scotia Plaza is the head office building for one of the big five banks in Canada, and located on the underground walkway system that inter-connects most of the city’s downtown financial district. On that “PATH” level, the bank has always had a set of TV monitors showing financial news, but the bank has worked …
Video: Parallel Parking Help From A Curb-side Video Wall June 9, 2015 by Super User This is a clever campaign by Fiat run on a street in Frankfurt, Germany. To promote the parking assist technology that comes in the Fiat 500, a video wall was set up on a brick facade along a city street, with sensors watching cars that manipulated their way into an empty parking spot. The sensors …
Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Cam Gross, Lift June 1, 2015 by Super User Cam Gross of the Minneapolis interactive content/software Lift is heading to InfoComm in a couple of weeks. Here’s his take: 1 – How many years have you been going to InfoComm? This will be my first year. I am honored to be invited to sit on a Solutions Summit Digital Signage panel. 2 – What …
