Sony To Debut Interactive Digital Signage Platform At CES: Report October 30, 2017 by Super User Sony is reportedly planning to introduce an interactive digital signage platform at CES in Las Vegas in January that mashes up gesture sensors, augmented reality, audience analytics and signage. The Sony MITENE system has been around in Japan for several years, but a new 4K version will be shown and marketed in North America. Let’s …
No More Stupid People Tricks: Microsoft Kills Off Kinect October 26, 2017 by Super User Microsoft has killed off its motion-sensing Kinect – a camera-based gadget tied in with the tech giant’s consumer Xbox gaming boxes. The news kinda sorta vaguely matters in digital signage because there are jobs, here and there, that have used Kinects as the engine for their interactive experiences – asking poor slobs to flap their …
How To Use Digital Signage To Engage Millennials In Your Workplace October 26, 2017 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix Millennials currently make up a third of the workforce, and that percentage will only increase in the coming years (by 2025 it’s estimated they will account for 75% of employees). Who are they, what do they want, what do they expect and how can you get the most out of them? These are …
Highway Billboard Color-Matches Paint Swatches To Surrounding Sky’s Color October 23, 2017 by Super User This a couple of years old, but just stumbled on it. The Quebec DIY store Reno Depot did a Digital OOH campaign in Feb. 2015 in Quebec that used a sensor to match conditions and color to house-brand paint swatches available at the store. Very clever.
How Video Walls Monitor Your Company’s Performance In Real Time October 23, 2017 by Hoa Tong Guest Post: Tim Griffin, Userful In business today, tracking your company’s performance is vital to ensure its success. Organizations track online traffic, stock performance, social engagement, eCommerce, support tickets, as well as external information that executives need to be aware of to help them make better business decisions—e.g. currency exchanges, local weather, international news. With …
Watch This Spectacular Custom Creative For A Korean Department Store Group October 23, 2017 by Super User South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Corporation engaged Montreal’s Moment Factory to create custom creative for the 6-storey LED centrepiece of a new shopping and entertainment complex in Daegu, south of Seoul. Hired only weeks before the public opening, says the experiential agency, Moment Factory applied our broad experience in entertainment to rapidly activate the teams …
See This Suburban Seoul Mall’s Vast Investment In Indoor LED And Content October 23, 2017 by Super User This is a new shopping mall in South Korea, in the suburbs of megacity Seoul. There is a massive digital display experience in the centre court area that includes a very tall LED monolith and curvy LED ribbons lining the mezzanine overlook. I can’t find much about the digital piece that’s in English, other than …
Projection Mapping Festival Now Part Of ISE Week In Amsterdam October 20, 2017 by Super User If you are at ISE in Amsterdam in not all that long from now, you may want to block out an evening to get over by the main rail station to take in a projection mapping exhibition/competition. The World Masters of Projection Mapping competition is running in that city from Jan. 14th to Feb. 9th, …
After Weinstein: Reinventing Workplace Communications to Encourage Appropriate Behaviour October 20, 2017 by Aaron Cheesman Guest Post: Phyllis Zimbler Miller, Enplug The way we communicate in the workplace on the topic of appropriate behavior is clearly broken. Nothing shows this more clearly than the alleged sexual transgression charges against Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, and Roy Price. Of course, companies have policies against sexual harassment in the workplace. And that is, …
London Creative Shop Opens Deep Black, OLED-Filled Showroom October 19, 2017 by Super User This the new showroom of the London creative studio Projection Artworks, which includes several LG OLED displays. There’s nothing all that exciting about companies have showrooms, but I note this because of the smart decision to place the OLEDs on a piano black wall. OLED has its issues – like image retention, operating life and …
