Screens Help Tell Sporting World’s Post-9/11 Response In New Exhibit August 29, 2018 by Super User Digital plays a modest but important role in a new exhibit at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, with Comeback Season: Sports After 9/11 recalling the sporting world’s response after the 9/11 attacks. The exhibit, says a press release, highlights the vital role professional sports played in national mourning as fans rallied …
Refik Anadol Talks About How He Develops His Mind-Blowing Digital Data Sculptures August 29, 2018 by Super User If finding a free half-hour to talk is any indication, Refik Anadol is one busy, popular guy right now. That likely owes a lot to the mind-blowing data visualization work he’s been doing lately in public spaces. He’s a Turkish-born digital media artist who now has a busy studio in Los Angeles doing what he …
Coke’s Ballyhooed Shape-Shifting LED Board In Time Square Is Now Very Much 2D August 28, 2018 by Super User We will probably never get a public story about the three-dimensional, robotic direct view LED display that Coke spent an unknown PILE of money on for Times Square. If you were a contractor and influenced the decision to do that, you’re keeping quiet and saving face. If it is your tech, you are definitely not …
New NYC Pier 17 Destination’s Atrium Enveloped In Direct-View LED August 28, 2018 by Super User The same company that put together the sync’d LED messaging and ad displays at NYC’s busy Fulton Center has done a similar job at the new Pier 17 at the Seaport District in Lower Manhattan. The technology service provider ANC has installed and now manages a new digital media network that includes more than 2,000 square …
High Street Releases First Free Quarterly Report On What’s Hot (And Not) In Retail Tech August 27, 2018 by Super User The folks over at the boutique retail tech and experience consultancy HighStreet Collective have launched what will be a quarterly report measuring the top 12 technologies that are currently being used in brick and mortar retail – showing what’s getting some traction and what’s just not happening. It shows, not surprisingly, mobile and frictionless payment …
New Projection-Mapping Show Transforms Historic NYC Building To Virtual Ocean Liner August 24, 2018 by Super User A new projection-mapping attraction launches today in New York, a multimedia experience called Dream Ship DestiNY that makes visitors feel like they’ve found their way on to a classic ocean liner, travelling to Manhattan. The 360 degree projection mapping job was developed and delivered by Montreal’s Moment Factory, and runs starting today at the Cunard Building …
Start-Up Grabb-It Turns Rideshare Cars Into Rolling Digital OOH Posters August 22, 2018 by Super User A San Francisco start-up called Grabb-It is trying to make a go of a Digital OOH advertising model that puts pico projectors in the back of ride-share cars that beam ads on to a rear passenger window. The ads show up on windows because of a transparent film overlay added to the window. The …
Giant Vertical LED Wall Greets Visitors To Northwestern U’s New Athletic Center August 22, 2018 by Super User The lobby of the newly opened Walter Athletics Center at Northwestern University in Chicago has a giant vertical LED wall, as well as what looks like large tiled (and possibly interactive) flat-panel display walls to the sides. The facility, which opened August 1st, sits on the shores of Lake Michigan at the school’s Evanston …
10 Steps For Planning Successful Interactive Wayfinding August 16, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Jill Perardi, Visix When it comes to wayfinding options, interactive signage is the most flexible and powerful way to go. But each location is different and presents unique challenges. Before buying anything, think it all out and come up with a good plan to help make the process as smooth as possible: 1. …
How iGotcha Drives Digital Signage For Everyone From Banks To Circuses August 15, 2018 by Super User I was in Montreal recently and had a chance to visit the offices of iGotcha, a digital signage and experiential media solutions company that has very quietly built up a nice book of business since launching in 2005. Working out of an old warehouse building overlooking the historic Lachine Canal, iGotcha works with everyone from …
