Video: Cosmo casino video columns in lobby February 27, 2011 by Super UserQuick video of the Cosmo lobby in Las Vegas. During my visits last week at DSE (I was staying next door at Vdara) I saw these stcacked columns of monitors running bubbles, giant faces peering out from behind the virtual glass, and a digital library of rare volumes of books, with different ones lighting up …
LV's new Cosmopolitan casino takes wildly different content approach to digital signs February 27, 2011 by Super UserThere was lots of chatter last week in the digital signage community last week about the new Cosmopolitan casino in Las Vegas. The place is very cool, very expensive, and loaded with digital video. The LED boards outside are beautifully crisp and well-positioned. The digital walls in the lobby are stunning. There are large screens …
The Digital Content Circle goes live February 26, 2011 by Super UserSomewhat lost in all the bustle and noise that is DSE week in Las Vegas were several announcements from vendors and other industry companies. Because there was interesting stuff coming out, but precious little time to more than nod at the releases, I am going to ignore the stale-date thing and look at a few …
DSE2011 – and the winners were … February 24, 2011 by Super UserHere are the winners from the DSE Apex & Content Awards, with content shop Arsenal Media pretty much owning the thing with three golds and a silver. Art, Entertainment, Recreation GOLD – The Museum of Brazil’s Sport Club Internacional (Inter), nominated by C-nario, EAV – Engenharia Audiovisual & Firefox Com SILVER – Israeli Pavilion in …
DSE 2011 – Screenfeed does content deal with AOL February 23, 2011 by Super UserScreenfeed has done a content partnership deal with AOL that will get the online giant’s premium and niche content running on digital signage and digital out-of-home networks. The Screenfeed content feeds include topics such as cooking, entertainment, home improvement, finance, sports, style and travel. Jeremy Gavin and his guys at the Minneapolis content shop have …
Guest Post: Hellberg on the Super Bowl and digital signage February 8, 2011 by Pat HellbergYou paid attention. Whether you doubled over when Rosanne got blind-sided by a log, scratched your head when Eminem listened to a choir in an empty theater or cheered when a pug smashed down the glass door, you paid attention. That, and hundreds of millions of dollars, separates the Super Bowl and digital signage. In …
DSE content award finalists announced February 8, 2011 by Super UserThe finalists for the DSE content awards have been released (the nominees were already notified) in eight categories, half non-interactive, the other half interactive. They were picked out 78 submissions, and the winners announced at special awards banquet Feb. 23 at the Paris in Lost Wages. DSE 2011 Content Awards – Non-interactive Nominees Advertising/Promotional WAND Corp. …
Technology trumps common sense in holographic demo January 24, 2011 by Super UserEngadget has a piece this morning about the Belgian company holocube and its holographic projection capabilities. We’ve seen this stuff from a few companies – in various forms – for a few years now and it can be quite striking when done well. In this case, this is a video for the Belgian telecoms company …
Digital signage screens + iPads = better events January 20, 2011 by Super UserI was very surprised to sit down this morning, fire up TweetDeck, and see the RiseVision iPad contest winner was … me. Yay! The company, based here in Toronto, put out a call for entries on Twitter and in its blog for ideas for a digital signage application that bridged technologies and made good, effective …
DSE Content Awards Dinner Deadline Approaching January 19, 2011 by Super UserThe early purchase discount for Digital Signage Expo’s Second Annual APEX & Content Awards Dinner expires Friday, which means you can save a few bucks ordering now. Individual tickets can still be purchased online at www.dse2011.com at the early-registration price of $125.00, or $1,125.00 for a table of 10. After that, individuals will cost $150 …
