Nike Opens Screen-Filled, Frictionless Shopping Flagship In NYC November 19, 2018 by Dave Haynes Nike late last week opened the doors to what it calls “House of Innovation 000” – a new six-level flagship store at 650 Fifth Avenue in New York that is built around making shopping largely frictionless, and uses a lot of screens. The 68,000 square foot store includes a center-hung, multi-level not-sure-what-I’d-call-it multi-sensory tower structure …
Anti-Racism Center Uses AR, Contactless Payments To Raise Funds Off Sidewalk DOOH Screens November 14, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting mash-up of augmented reality, sensors, contactless payment tech and digital OOH displays executed by JCDecaux in Norway, for the Norwegian Centre Against Racism In Lillestrøm. The fundraising campaign shows a bunch of white power thugs, on a street furniture screen, approaching people and chanting their nasty bile. That stops and they …
Sony’s Crystal LED Wall Spotted In Real World Retail Install November 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes A reader, doubling as a volunteer operative, sent me pix from Toronto’s ritzy Yorkdale mall of an actual, real installation of that giant, gorgeous Sony “crystal LED” screen that’s shown up at trade shows for the last couple of years. The CLEDIS display – new tech that is micro/mini/something LED versus the normal surface-mounted LEDs …
Practice Makes Perfect – Why You Need To Pilot Digital Signage Projects November 9, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Ellyce Kelly, Visix “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Alexander Graham Bell After spending a significant amount of time and money planning and choosing your digital signage system – hardware, software, subscriptions, content strategy, staff to manage it, etc. – you want to make sure that your launch creates …
Taking Analog Style, And Going Digital With It November 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes Here’s a digitized take on those analog flip-flap, flip-disc boards, like the ones coming out of Philadelphia profiled yesterday. The New Zealand wing of the Flight Centre travel agency chain, if it is like Flight Centres I’ve seen elsewhere, has for many, many years had signs in windows and inside that list airfare costs for …
New Split Flap Display Adds Digital Spin To Old School Information Signs November 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes I’m a total sucker for flip disc displays – electro-mechanical signs that rapidly flip through a succession of characters to convey information in a way that’s old school cool, and kind of hypnotic. The tech is not new. These sorts of signs have been in airports and rail stations since the ’60s. But they’ve had …
LED Light Displays Show The Ebb And Flow Of Boston’s Tides, Using Data Visualization November 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is one of those projects that treads the line between light and signage – though I’d probably argue it’s much more about lighting. But very smart lighting, that is visualizing data. So kinda signage. Which is why I am writing about it. Tidal Light is a public data sculpture that uses addressable LED light …
What’s Up With The Dead Tim Hortons Menu Boards? November 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes I realize seeing two venues is not necessarily indicative of anything, but can’t help but wonder what’s up with the tech side of the Tim Horton’s digital menu board network. I was in Montreal’s airport a few weeks ago and snapped a shot of the arrivals level Timmie’s stand, which had four of five screens …
For LED Screens Within Public Reach, The Future Is Hardened November 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes There’s no question that direct view LED displays have seen a huge uptick in marketplace adoption in the last couple of years, but one thing that’s been holding back even broader adoption is durability. In simple terms, conventionally-made LED displays are fragile. That’s not much of an issue if the displays are up on a …
The Value Of Protecting Your Digital Signage Displays November 5, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Daniel Waldron, Armagard Protecting your digital signage is a necessity. The risks and consequences of not protecting your displays include weather damage, vandalism and theft. Knowing what your digital signage is up against underlines the value of protecting your displays. With that in mind, here’s the case for safeguarding your digital signage. 1. …
