Raspberry Pi Launches Newest Compute Module, Based On Pi 4; Costs Start At $25 October 19, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a new, more powerful version of the computing module that, among many things, can be popped into the back of a commercial display to make it smart. NEC Display has embraced the Pi modules as an alternative to the system on chip (SoC) displays favored by the majority of …
New Concept Blends Giant, LED-filled Concert Venue With Resort Hotel October 19, 2020 by Dave Haynes The giant recorded music company Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced it is getting into the destination resort with themed UMUSIC hotels that could be a big, largely unexpected business opportunity for direct view LED vendors and the supporting ecosystem. The hotels are built around large live concert facilities, using a lot of LED in …
Sony Launches $5K “Spatial Reality” Screen, Based on 3D Light Field Display Tech October 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes Sony Electronics has started marketing a new kind of 3D-like screen it calls a Spatial Reality Display (or SR Display). I would love to explain it well, but it is, frankly, way the hell over my giant, hair-barren head. What I can say is that it uses real-time eye-tracking paired with Light Field Display tech …
Managed Services Firm Velocity Acquires Grocery-Based DOOH Network Impax Media October 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes The managed services firm Velocity has gone into one of the vertical markets it serves by acquiring the small, grocery-focused Digital OOH ad network Impax Media. A Montreal company that bubbled up about five years ago, Impax does in-store advertising to shoppers at the checkout aisles at 49 grocery stores in the New York City area. …
Peerless-AV Adds Absen To DV LED Makes Supported By Its “Seamless” Mount System October 15, 2020 by Dave Haynes The mounting hardware and specialty display firm Peerless-AV has added Absen to a long list of direct view LED companies it supports with what it calls its Seamless Connect series. The Chicago-area company’s dedicated Connect Series dvLED Mounting System now has versions specifically for Absen’s Acclaim Plus and Pro Series Direct View LED Displays. The …
Shuttle Marketing Stretch LCD With Built-In SoC And Computer Vision October 15, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Taiwanese PC maker Shuttle has started marketing what I THINK is the first digital signage display product for the company – one of those stretch LCDs with a smart System on Chip processor inside. The company is best known for its series of little cube PCs for desktops, but also has a wide range …
Polish Apparel Retailer Modivo Launches Digitally-Driven, Video Wall-Heavy New Format Store October 14, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting spin on a digitally-driven apparel store – somewhere in Poland. The chain – called Modivo – has launched a new format that is heavy on narrow-bezel LCD video walls, and that uses something like an appointment set-up for shopping. The store, designed by the London creative agency Dalziel & Pow, sees …
Levi’s Opens Digitally-Rich NextGen Stores In US, China October 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes Levi Strauss & Co. has started opening what it is calling its NextGen stores – new shops built around personalization and digital. The San Francisco-based apparel company put one of the first stores of this new format in the epicenter of digital – Silicon Valley – and in a mall where price is probably not …
Ultraleap Debuts Free Software To Make Existing Touchscreen Devices TouchFree October 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes The UK tech start-up Ultraleap – which markets technology that merges camera-based hand-tracking with haptic feedback – has released free software it says enables existing touchscreens to go touch-free. The qualifier in that is to make the TouchFree software work, operators will need to add on a $250 camera/sensor or a $90 controller gadget. The …
Giant E-Reader Used As Digital Signage Display At Taiwan BallPark. It’s Awful. October 7, 2020 by Dave Haynes E-paper displays are finding their way into specialty applications that benefit, in particular, from the technology’s long operating life on batteries. Done well, notably what the Slovenian company Visionect does, it can look great. Done poorly, it looks like this … This is a 30-inch Eink display from Kobo – a longtime e-reader competitor to …
