Projects: 86-Foot LED Columns Create Digital Fence Slats In Denver Office Lobby August 31, 2016 by Dave Haynes The lobby and common area of the Wells Fargo Center has been transformed by a series of 86-foot-high floor-to-ceiling LED columns that create a series of gorgeous ambient art pieces. Developed by New York-based ESI Design, the programming is designed to give a sense of seeing Colorado’s natural beauty through fence slats. The custom content modes, says ESI, include: …
An LED Video Wall That Hand-Cranks Into Place August 30, 2016 by Dave Haynes I didn’t know Belgium’s display giant Barco now had super-thin, flexible LED displays, but the company has tweeted out a video show how fast and easy it is to hang a strip of 11mm pixel pitch LED in an open area (it is marketed as 10mm, but is 10.83mm, for those keeping score). The product was …
Norwich City FC Gets Shape-Shifting, Pivoting LED Board August 19, 2016 by Dave Haynes This is clever – a stadium LED board that changes orientation based on a schedule and type of content, and pivots so that it’s viewable from different angles around the grounds. The stadium screen is up at Carrow Road, the home of Norwich City Football Club, which plays in the 2nd tier of pro soccer in England (they …
Projects: Giant, Two-Sided, Pivoting Video Wall Lights Up in Scotland August 18, 2016 by Dave Haynes Via Display Daily I like the multi-purpose thinking behind this huge 32-screen video wall at the University of West Scotland in Paisley, near Glasgow. The UK-based systems integrator Saville was charged with bringing video wall and interactive technology solutions to a new, extended reception area in a campus building. The area is set up for everything from …
Size Matters In Digital Signage August 18, 2016 by Jeff Doud Guest Post: Stuart Armstrong, ComQi To get the most out digital signage in retail settings, keep two key words in mind: Size Matters. That doesn’t mean bigger is better. What matters is using screen sizes that suit the setting, dynamics and purpose. The display side of the digital signage business understandably focuses on screens that …
Digital Signage Goes To The Kitchen August 10, 2016 by Dave Haynes One of the guys at Rise Vision is so steeped in the digital signage business he has a slick interactive display up and running in his kitchen. Mat Meiers, the company’s lead creative designer, designed a screen layout to display calendar events, grocery lists, to do lists and family photos in his Kansas City-area kitchen. …
Orlando Airport Investing Big On Passenger-Facing Digital Signage August 9, 2016 by Dave Haynes Orlando International Airport continues to invest heavily in digital displays to improve the look and experience. The Orlando Sentinel has a story up about a $146 million makeover underway, and targeted to be complete by late next year, that will include a band of tiled displays behind the ticket counters at the departures level. The …
Digital Signage Gets Hosed Down August 3, 2016 by Dave Haynes Whether this is better termed a kiosk than digital signage could be debated endlessly, but what’s more interesting here is how a company has figured out a way to make projected capacitive touchscreen technology to work reliably in the crazily harsh environment of a car wash. Cleaning equipment manufacturer Nilfisk has developed with touch overlay maker …
Projects: NanoLumens’ 1.8 mm LED Supplants LCD Wall For DIRTT August 2, 2016 by Dave Haynes There’s nothing about this installation that’s going to set hearts racing, but it’s a vivid example of how direct view LED is starting to supplant LCD when it comes to video walls. Calgary-based DIRTT Environmental Solutions, which makes pre-fabricated workplace interiors, has switched out the 2×4 LCD video wall matrix that was in the lobby of its …
Stratacache Buys Vertigo’s Drive-Thru Display Business From Civiq July 29, 2016 by Dave Haynes Dayton, Ohio-based STRATACACHE has acquired the Outdoor Digital Menuboard product line and intellectual property from Civiq Smartscapes, which picked that up when it bought Vertigo Digital Displays a few weeks ago. Civiq is in the smart cities-interactive public screens space, and I wouldn’t think there’d be much of a chance it would one day branch into outdoor displays …
