Projects: Swedish Payments Company Visualizes Business In Real Time April 6, 2017 by Super User I’m not seeing as much data visualization as I might have expected by now on large video walls – given how great dataviz creative can solve the dual problems of keeping content fresh while also controlling content budgets. But here’s a great example of dataviz in action in the lobby of Stockholm-based online payment company …
Projects: Louisiana Wellness Center Spans 12K Video Across Three Walls April 5, 2017 by Super User The new Education Center at the Wellness Center of Thibodaux Regional, in Thibodaux, Louisiana, greets visitors with a 17-minute video that showcases the native beauty of Louisiana across three 4K video walls. The multi-screen video experience developed by VisionQuest Design & Production of Atlanta features nature scenes, landmarks, plantations, and the Bayou, among other local …
HTML5 And 4K Taking Interactive Digital Signage to New Heights April 4, 2017 by Jami McGraw Guest Post: John Wang, IAdea As touch-enabled large displays become more affordable, we find a quick rise of interactive digital signage everywhere. With the touch of a finger, wayfinding screens take you to your destination with the shortest route. A swipe on the shelf-edge display instantly creates an endless aisle of products that cannot otherwise …
BeeBoard Introduces Publisher And Viewer For “Social” Digital Signage April 4, 2017 by Super User A Boston start-up has quietly launched BeeBoard, what it describes as a social digital signage application that makes iOS tablets into a contemporary version of corkboards in homes and offices. The BeeBoard Publisher (iPhone) and BeeBoard Viewer (iPad) are free from the Apple app store. BeeBoard is aimed at both the residential and commercial markets. …
The Thing I Maybe Liked Best At Digital Signage Expo Was Not Digital Signage April 3, 2017 by Super User It’s slightly weird that the thing I perhaps liked the most on the DSE show floor last week wasn’t digital signage tech in any conventional sense, but what really caught my eye was the flip-disc display shown by the Brooklyn-based tech/agency shop Breakfast. It is decades-old technology that rapidly flips little plastic discs between black and white, …
Projects: Check Out This Amazing 13K Immersive Video Wall In Netflix’s New LA HQ April 3, 2017 by Super User This is pretty amazing – an 80-foot, 13K, fine-pitch LED video wall running custom ambient content in the lobby of the new Netflix building in LA. Vast video walls in lobbies is not all that uncommon anymore among well-heeled companies and property owners, but the content in many to most of those cases is meant …
How Not To Use A 3 By 3 Video Wall April 2, 2017 by Super User While still in Las Vegas last week, I had a morning meeting over in the deranged labyrinth also known as Caesar’s Palace, and found myself sitting in the central food court, looking at the video wall. It’s a little older, and could be very functional if the content respected and used the limitations of nice …
QSR’s Interactive Automat Runs Into Trouble With People Who Can’t See Touchscreens March 25, 2017 by Super User The fast food company that revived the old idea of diners that operated like giant vending machines has run into trouble with a disability rights advocacy group that argues Eatsa’s self-service interactive screen set-up makes it very difficult for visually impaired people to order food. A federal lawsuit seeking class-action status has been filed against …
DSE 2017 Booth Previews: LG Electronics March 22, 2017 by Super User DSE BOOTH PREVIEWS LG Electronics DSE Booth Number – 100 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? LG is introducing some game-changing technologies at this year’s DSE Expo. Without giving away too much, LG’s pioneered OLED displays will be at the forefront of our …
Uncle Sam Wants You, And Tracks You, From This Digital Poster March 21, 2017 by Super UserSpotted this interesting application of a Kinect sensor in wearables guru/investor Tom Enrich’s round-up on Medium of what caught his eye at SXSW. https://www.instagram.com/p/BRoIrXUhqja/ Really interesting. From just about anything I’ve heard the problem with trying to do this in a public setting is the sensor and software would lock up. Refer to any high-end …
