InfoComm 2016 Roundup: Any Surface Is A Canvas June 17, 2016 by Dave Haynes InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas left systems integrators and visual designers with a vast menu of possibilities for turning just about any surface into a digital canvas. The annual pro-AV show – which focuses on audio-visual gear – had two full convention center halls of diverse technology, and attracted 10s of 1,000s of attendees – …
InfoComm 2016: Day 2 Impressions June 10, 2016 by Dave Haynes The more I walked and talked here at InfoComm, the more I was drawing conclusions around what digital signage displays look like in the next five years. First, many or most of the the single displays are going to ship with embedded intelligence on them. Whatever you think of System on Chip displays, pretty much …
InfoComm 2016: Day One Impressions June 9, 2016 by Dave Haynes As warned, there are indoor LED displays everywhere at this year’s edition of the big InfoComm systems integrator-pro AV nerdfest in Las Vegas. There are two massive halls for this show, and LED companies are all over the footprint of both of them. There is by no means just an area designated for them. What …
Google Releases Open Source Software Library For Interactive Displays June 3, 2016 by Dave Haynes I’ll leave it to people who code, and their masters, to determine if this is, in some way, relevant to the digital signage market, but from my unschooled perspective this new open source interactive display software from Google looks pretty interesting. Google’s Creative Lab describes AnyPixel.js as “an open-source software and hardware library that makes …
Projects: University Of Kent Using Signage To Connect Students To Services June 3, 2016 by Dave Haynes The University of Kent, in the south of England, is using digital signage at its redeveloped library to help students find and use services. Thirty-five Samsung Smart Signage displays have been installed around the library by UK-based Eclipse Digital Media, using the cloud-based digital signage software, embed signage. “Navigating around the large 15,000 sq. metre space for up …
Leyard Debuts Series Of Light, Skinny Carbon Fiber LED Displays June 2, 2016 by Dave Haynes When I was over at the ISE show in Amsterdam a few months ago, I remember seeing a Shenzhen company that had a set of lightweight, skinny and flexible LED display products that I thought would make the NanoLumens guys think, “Gee, that looks familiar.” But the company was one I’d never heard of, so …
NBA’s Raptors Visualize Data From IBM’s Watson To Build Team’s Future June 2, 2016 by Dave Haynes The NBA’s Toronto Raptors had a good playoff run once their key guards remembered how to shoot, but the ownership and management team is also using less obvious cues and clues from visualized data to build the club’s future. In mid-season, the team launched IBM Sports Insights Central, a data viz set-up using MultiTaction’s software and hardware …
Digital Meeting Room Signs Start-up Gets $7M Series A Raise June 1, 2016 by Dave Haynes I keep reading and hearing how venture capital is hard to come by these days, in digital signage and well beyond, but one Boston-based company has scored a $7 million investment to drive its business in digital meeting room signs. Yup, that boring little killer application that sells itself as soon as people see it. …
Projects: Hyundai’s Kuwait Flagship Drives Big Video Walls May 30, 2016 by Dave Haynes This is the showroom at Hyundai’s flagship store in Kuwait, using a set of thin-bezel Sharp displays. There are two of these video walls in the showroom. The project was put together by Dubai-based 2point0 Concepts and a sister company, Kuwait-based DeLite Engineering. The screens are powered by 2point0’s own CMS, iSignage.
E Ink Debuts 32-Inch Display That Can Wrap Around Bus Stop Post May 25, 2016 by Dave Haynes Turns out there are two interesting product releases coming out of E Ink this week at the display nerd show SID in San Francisco. I wrote a few hours ago about a new rich color e-paper display technology, but the company has also showed off a 32-inch flexible, lightweight display aimed at public transport and …
