The Dawn Of Digital Signage For The Dead November 29, 2016 by Super User Hat tip to Gary Kayye for writing about this recently … What if a service at a funeral home wasn’t a dark, deeply uncomfortable experience most people just wanted to get through? What if it was more of a celebration – that used technology to tell the story of a loved one’s life? That’s the premise behind …
See All The Top Digital Display Installs In NYC With This Free Tour Guide App November 21, 2016 by Super User Longtime New York-based digital signage design and solution shop Show And Tell has put together a smartphone app for iOS or Android that allows digital signage nerds and newbies to get a guided tour of many of the best installations in the city. The free Digital Design Tour app provides location mapping, visuals and details …
Google Shops Open In Canada With 3×3 Feature Video Walls November 20, 2016 by Super User Google has set up Google Shops in Best Buy stores in four Canadian cities, as a means of enabling consumers to get their mitts on hardware sold mostly online. Google Canada’s “shop within a shop” spaces were officially opened Friday in the Toronto area, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. The one in the Toronto area is in Mississauga …
E-Ink Displays Used To Assign Parking For Swiss Car-Pool Commuters November 18, 2016 by Super User A European carpooling service is using electronic ink signs, running off solar and connected by 3G, to direct motorists to assigned spots in parking lots. BePooler’s carpooling service generates over 300 shared trips per week (I assume it’s a start-up) and offers preferential parking spaces booked for those who join the service. That precious, assigned …
Iconic London Phoneboxes Being Reimagined, Deployed As Ad Posters, Interactive Stations November 17, 2016 by Super User These seem really clever – old but iconic London phone boxes replaced by interactive stations that are bankrolled by digital OOH ad posters one one of two sides. The stations are being put in by Clear Channel UK, and manufactured by Amscreen, which has come a very long way from the days of putting up …
Volanti, BrightSign Pair Up On Snappy 4K Interactive Displays November 17, 2016 by Super User The specialty display firm Volanti Displays, a spinoff from Digital View, has developed a set of 4K touchscreen panels that are designed to work and easily mount with one of BrightSign’s higher-powered media players. BrightSign’s new Series 3 XT players have been set up to work with Volanti’s 55″, 65″, 84″ and 98″ 4K panels. The …
What Digital Signage Could Learn From Lyft’s New Beacons And Dashboard Signs November 15, 2016 by Super User I was reading a piece this morning about how the ride-hailing service Lyft, Uber’s main rival in the US and Canada, was going to start using a mash-up of beacons, lights and apps to help passengers better connect with their drivers. This particularly intrigued me because I had a hell of time in New York recently …
Projects: Instagram Lights Up New HQ With Lobby Displays November 15, 2016 by Super User Via Business Insider Here’s a peek inside Instagram’s recently opened new offices in Silicon Valley, up the road from the main offices of its masters, Facebook. As you can see from the main image, the design by Gensler went big on photos in large digital display clusters in the lobby. The company is also using …
Companies Still Trying To Mainstream 3D In Digital Signage (Good Luck With That) November 15, 2016 by Super User Glasses-free 3D displays is one of those fleetingly cool technologies that just never took off – but there are still companies out there trying to mainstream the tech in digital signage. A Philadelphia-based firm called Stream TV Networks is working with CMS provider Signagelive and the media player firm IAdea on a blended offer built around Stream TV’s Ultra-D 3D …
Taco Bell’s 1st Flagship Store Features 4×4 Social Media Video Wall November 14, 2016 by Super User The fast food chain Taco Bell has opened its first “flagship” location, a two-storey Taco Bell Cantina on on the Las Vegas Strip – at Harmon Corner,across from City Center and The Cosmopolitan. I mention this because the store has a heavy digital presence, from digital menu boards to a 4 by 4 video wall that runs …
