UK’s Ultrahaptics Launches Plug And Play Device For Touch-Free Interactive Screens September 18, 2018 by Super User A UK company has released a plug and play device that allows digital signage and interactive solutions companies to easily develop immersive screen projects that use haptics technology. The new STRATOS Inspire uses arrays of ultrasonic transducers to project haptic feedback directly onto users’ hands, creating the sense of touch in mid-air. Ultrahaptics’ patented technology controls …
Screenfeed Debuts Entertainment Center, For Long Dwell Time Content Needs September 12, 2018 by Super User Minneapolis-based subscription content provider Screenfeed has very cleverly pulled together a new service – called Entertainment Center – designed to serve the needs of the many, many waiting areas and lounges out there that have long dwell times and now use cable TV news channels to distract customers. “We’re very excited about this because we’ve never …
Grocer Lets Shoppers Order Fresh Veg Off Kiosk, From On-Premise Roof Garden September 12, 2018 by Super User There is endless talk in this business about connecting digital signage to customer experience, but it’s not that often that I see initiatives that get beyond those customers seeing something or other on screens. This is different. A grocer in suburban Montreal, Quebec used a touchscreen and live-cam feed from a rooftop garden to let …
180 Sq. Metres Of LED Bring London Skies Down To Medieval Passageway September 12, 2018 by Super User The property developer wanted to retain and highlight a medieval passageway that runs through the center of a new office tower development in London – uniquely using live 4K video streaming from a rooftop garden to fill the canvas of what is the largest ceiling-suspended LED screen in Europe. The development at Fen Court (10 …
Disney Concert Hall In LA To Get Projection-Mapped, Based On Music Data September 12, 2018 by Super User Via Curbed LA One of the more recognizable buildings in downtown Los Angeles – the Walt Disney Concert Hall – is getting projection-mapped later this month to celebrate the start of the LA Philharmonic’s new season. The Frank Gehry-designed building’s weird and wavy metallic surfaces will be the subjection of digital data projections from September 27 to October …
From The Archive: Michael Schneider On Experiential Digital Design September 12, 2018 by Super User No new podcast this week … sorry. I had two postponed interviews last week, combined with a short work week and then me spending two of those four days in a succession of airplanes getting to and from a client. I’m kinda remote now, and so are they. I have two chats scheduled for Thursday, …
Six Fine-Pitch LED Columns Welcome Visitors To Louis Vuitton Foundation September 11, 2018 by Super User This is the atrium of the Louis Vuitton Foundation building in Paris – a one-of-a-kind business and cultural center that is also an art museum and the global headquarters of LVMH, the parent company of Louis Vuitton. There are six fine-pitch LED columns welcoming guests and displaying artworks from the museum’s collection, as well as LV branded themes. …
Transparent LEDs And Interactive Walls At Nissan’s Amazing Ginza Experience Center September 6, 2018 by Super User This is really something – the Nissan Crossing experience center in Tokyo’s famed Ginza shopping district. The center has mostly been around since 1963, but was brought back and fully re-energized a couple of years ago, using a lot of technology. The feature car turntable at the base has LED strips on the circular glass …
Why Big Retailers Like Whole Foods Are Deploying Digital Endcaps And Shelf-Edge Displays September 5, 2018 by Super User Retail is one of the most-chased vertical markets in all of digital signage, but if you ask people who really know this tech, but also really know retail, they’ll tell you they’ve rarely seen it done well, or right. I tend to agree, and sometimes its not the whiz-bang flashy stuff that makes a difference, …
Cancer Survivor Uses Times Square LED Board In Search For Kidney Donor September 1, 2018 by Super User A Long Island, NY man is using donated time on one of the big LED billboards in Times Square to pitch his need for a new kidney. Bladder cancer survivor Marc Weiner lost both kidneys in treatment, and now requires dialysis to stay alive. His wife’s friend donated time on a 5,000 square foot billboard on …