Google AI Researchers Demo System That Auto-Generates Video Spots From Web Pages November 5, 2020 by Dave Haynes Researchers at Google have started showing off demos of an AI system that mines and converts a web page into a short video, known as URL2Video. The system uses AI to extract the visuals and design styles – including fonts, colours, and layouts – and generate a decent-looking, albeit simplistic, video spot from it. The …
Mvix Launches All-You-Can-Eat Subscription Creative Service For Digital Signage Networks November 5, 2020 by Dave Haynes DC-based software and solutions shop Mvix has launched a flat rate, all-you-can-use custom content production service for digital signage networks. The Content Refresh Service is an ongoing subscription that delivers unlimited custom content designs for different digital signage networks. The pitch is that mid-market clients – not the mom and pops or the Fortune 500s …
Norwegian Toy Store Drives Experience With 24M LED Ceiling November 5, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a very impressive, nicely executed LED ceiling installed above the Kozmos toy store at Sandvika Storsenter, a mall in the general orbit of Oslo, Norway. The ceiling is 24 meters long and 2.5 meters wide, and runs through a set of visuals designed to make little eyes pop and drive the overall customer …
Tourist Stop In Zurich Uses 19-Wide LCD Video Wall To Promote Destinations November 4, 2020 by Dave Haynes Big LCD-based video walls are growing less common as direct view LED takes over, but there are still some nice jobs out there – like this one at the Zurich Tourist Information Centre in Switzerland. The centre is located on the ground floor of the main concourse of Zurich Main station, and is there to …
PORTL Closes $3M Raise, First COO; Reports 100 Hologram-ish Units Sold November 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes The LA startup that uses a highly optimized transparent LCD displays and enclosures to create life-sized, hologram-ish visual effects has completed a new $3 million fundraising round that will be used, in part, to devlop a small desktop version for content creators. Watching a video like this is the best way to explain PORTL, but …
Screenfeed Adds New Content Feed Aimed At The Times: Nothing But Good News October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Minneapolis-based subscription content team at Screenfeed has developed a new service aimed squarely at the times – a playlist of videos of positive and uplifting news stories curated and re-packaged by Screenfeed’s editorial team There will be 10 new 60-second stories every week. Music and audio narration, plus captions, allow the Good News feed to work …
Cupid Bursts From Painting, Flutters Around Airport, In Cool Projection Job October 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to Bob Raikes, who flagged this via his Display Daily “What Bob Saw …” newsletter. This is a terrific projection mapping piece done at the international airport in Brussels. A cupid animates and busts out from the painting he’s in, and flutters around the famous painting-filled wall in an airport common area. We …
Entries For 2021 Global Digital Signage Awards Up 15% … Despite 2020 October 14, 2020 by Dave Haynes Overall entries are up 15% for the global Digital Signage Awards 2021, which has now closed submissions. Entries from North America are up just over 20%. They tripled previous numbers from Australia and New Zealand and European entries overall are up 10%. “There is no doubt that the calibre/caliber of entries is …
Cineplex Digital Media Launches Machine-Learning Smart Digital Signage Content Engine October 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes Toronto-based Cineplex Digital Media has started marketing a new data-driven retail optimization platform called FLEX SmartEngine – using machine learning and a variety of data inputs to boost sales for stores and QSR operators. The built-in-house platform steadily analyzes what’s happening in and around physical stores to generate and deliver messaging based on shifting circumstances …
Stradivarius Uses Lighting Animations To Drive Brand At Store On French Riviera October 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes More and more case studies and references are starting to pop up that feature direct view LED digital facades in flagship stores, but here’s an example of an image-conscious brand going in a different direction – using animated lighting. This is the Stradivarius store in Cagner Sur Mer, on the French Riviera. Stradivarius is a …
