These Digital Screens Spit At You September 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is a public art installation somewhere in Switzerland. A water spout is sync’d with the content so it looks like the subject on the screen spitting out water is flying off the screen. Best opinion I can muster is: Hmmmm …. A public installation in Switzerland by Marck. Contact us for more info or …
NEC Europe Partners With Screenly, Canonical On Raspberry Pi-Powered Digital Signage Displays September 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes The European wing of NEC – NEC Display Solutions Europe – has done a partnership that sees certain NEC pro-grade digital signage displays ship with embedded Raspberry Pi modules, running Ubuntu Core Linux and pre-loaded with the Screenly’s CMS player software. The solution uses NEC’s P and V Series 40–55 inch large format displays and modular …
San Diego Dazzles Its New Rental Car Center With 2,100 E Ink Prism Tiles September 14, 2017 by Dave Haynes Airport rental car centers tend to be big, bland concrete blocks that are anything but visual treats, but the new one at San Diego International Airport is a decided departure – with the exterior animated by some 2,100 E Ink Prism tiles. The public artwork, just launched, turns the 1,500-foot long front of the parking …
How Interactive Digital Signage Enhance Customer Experiences September 11, 2017 by DanDawson Guest Post: Richard Murton, Display Technology These days, the importance of engaging with customers is widely recognized – as is the ever-increasing difficulty of doing so. The simple fact of the matter is that customers are becoming highly expert at deploying their own, internal “anti-spam” filters, to deal with all the calls on their attention …
Holographic Display On Coming Smartphone A Precursor To Larger Digital Signage Versions? September 8, 2017 by Dave Haynes A spin-off from HP Labs is working with RED – the high-def digital camera guys – to release a smartphone that features a holographic display – a glimpse at tech that also has digital signage touted as a use-case. Red Digital Cinema is working with Leia Inc on what’s being billed as the world’s first …
Digital Signage Display Market Forecasted To Grow By 18% Annually September 7, 2017 by Dave Haynes The digital signage display market is expected to see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.2% over the next four years, with the biggest growth coming in displays that are 65-inches or larger. The forecast comes from research firm IHS Markit, one of a small handful of companies that actually invests real time, people and …
Chinese Restaurant Launches With Kiosks That Enable Ordering And Payment Via Facial Recognition September 5, 2017 by Dave Haynes Self-service ordering stations on touch-driven displays are getting mainstreamed by giant QSRs like McDonald’s, but a Chinese company tied in with KFC is taking the tech a step further by building facial recognition and payments into the screens. Yum China Holdings has launched a new restaurant concept, KPRO by KFC, in Hangzhou, China (near Shanghai) …
Eyes Open For Giant 14-Foot LED Selfie Head At Columbus, OH Convention Center September 1, 2017 by Dave Haynes I like how fine pitch LED is making for some highly creative displays – like this giant head that opened its eyes last night at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, in Columbus, Ohio. The LED head electronics were manufactured by SNA Displays, and the structure and integration was by Design Communications Ltd. This is a …
New InterContinental Uses E-Paper Counter Displays To Greet Guests August 31, 2017 by Dave Haynes Putting tablets as small digital signs on hotel reception counters is not new, but the Slovenian tech firm Visionect has added some nice twists to the offer. This is the new five-star InterContinental Hotel in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital. The operators are using Visionect’s Place & Play wireless e-paper display, which shows arriving guests information on the loyalty …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Zach Klima, WaitTime August 30, 2017 by Dave Haynes If your digital signage screens are there to make something faster, better or easier for the people who are looking at them, you are doing good things. That’s the idea behind a Detroit start-up called WaitTime – a digital signage and smartphone app solution that uses cameras and artificial intelligence software to give people at …
