Projects: New Ford Dealer Opens With Digital Brand Halo August 18, 2017 by Super User This is a big “brand halo” LED sign suspended over the main showroom reception desk at the new LaFontaine Ford in Birch Run, Michigan – north of Flint. It’s a fine-pitch Panasonic LED that with its metal backing and struts weighs about 1,000 pounds. It is suspended using aircraft cable. The set-up was put in …
Raspberry Pi-Based Info-Beamer Sets Up Video Walls In Seconds With QR Code-Like GPS Tags August 18, 2017 by Super User I’m nowhere near smart enough to properly explain this, but suffice to say a start-up that works with Raspberry Pis for a digital signage solution has come up with a way for users to rapidly set up video walls using a smartphone app and little visual tags that provide GPS coordinates. The AprilTag detection software computes …
Interactive Digital Stations Start Rolling Out On Philly’s Rail System August 18, 2017 by Super User Google-backed Intersection has started rolling out what will be some 300 interactive digital stations at hubs along the Philadelphia-area rail system run by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, aka SEPTA. The digital totems offer real-time transit information and maps, as well as free WiFi. The first ones have gone in at the remarkably generic-sounding Suburban …
Will US And Canadian Auto Dealers Follow European Lead And Go Small And Digital? August 17, 2017 by Super User Time will tell, but you’ve got to think in North America’s larger cities – where in many cases commercial property costs are steep – that some auto dealers will start following the lead of European automakers who are shifting from large footprint dealerships to small retail settings that lean heavily on digital. I wrote recently …
Projects: Chicago’s United Center Opens Highly Interactive Fan Store August 17, 2017 by Super User The new 10,000 sq. ft. fan store store at Chicago’s United Center – home to the NBA Bulls and NHL Blackhawks – includes several digital interactive features designed to immerse people in the culture and excitement of the teams. The Madhouse Team Store, in the United Center’s new east expansion area, is there to sell high …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Curt Thornton, Provision August 16, 2017 by Super User Hologram is up there with artificial intelligence as one of the most abused terms in tech these days – with all kinds of stuff being labelled as holograms when they’re nothing more than reflections or projections. Provision has been marketing what it calls 3D holographic media for a bunch of years, and while purists might …
NEC Ups Warranty To Five Years On 24/7 Digital Signage Display Series August 14, 2017 by Super User I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about screen warranties, but do think NEC Display announcing some of its pro-grade 24/7 digital signage displays will ship with five-year warranties is out of the norm. The company says four of the models in its P-series will shift from three to five year warranties. “We’re passionate about …
Projects: Coca Cola Switches On World First Robotic 3D LED Board In Times Square August 10, 2017 by Super User Coca-Cola has had a big sign in NYC’s Times Square for a century, and this week the global brand turned on a new iconic sign billed as the world’s first 3D robotic LED billboard. It has 1,715 moving and 245 static LED cubes, with an overall visual footprint of 240 square meters, which in non-metric terms, is …
Projects: Giant LV Strip Board Framed By Virtual Roman Columns August 10, 2017 by Super User I don’t think I’ve seen an LED marquee quite like this – a very tall roadside slab that has the curves of three-dimensional Roman columns on each side, wrapped in LED. It’s an 85-foot tall 10mm sign along the Las Vegas Strip, in front of Caesar’s Palace. It went up in June, I believe, for …
Projects: Cruise Ship Sets Sail With Experiential Video Wall August 9, 2017 by Super User Cruise ship giant Royal Caribbean International’s Ovation of the Seas took its first voyage in 201g with an experiential video wall on its main esplanade, using nine different pieces of themed, reactive content. The permanent 8’ x 20’ digital art wall reacts to each person passing by, and can be controlled through gestural interactivity. It …
