Christine Rogers Of AVI-SPL’s XTG Team On The Art Of The Possible With Experiential Display Projects July 24, 2024 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine worked with German content partner invidis on its annual digital signage yearbook, which by a mile (or 1.6 km) is the most comprehensive annual look into the industry. That free yearbook has been available for the last few weeks, and we’re now making individual pieces available online – so readers get a sense of …
Nike Paris Flagship Uses LED Rotors In Glass Cylinders To Promo New Air Max Sneakers July 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes Athletic wear brands with their own stores, and retail chains that focus on athletic shoes and apparel, tend to go way over the top with visual bling in their flagship bricks and mortar environments, and this Nike House of Innovation store in Paris is a prime example. There are big, in-your-face visuals everywhere, but what’s …
Ambitious Digital Signage Still Getting Deployed In Ukraine, Despite War July 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes I got a nice note overnight from a company in Ukraine, thanking me for earlier coverage of a petrol station in Kyiv that went up, with 200 sq. meters of LED display in the forecourt area, even while the war continued on and on with Ukraine’s Russian invaders. Inna Bielik from the company Fasade Master …
Korean Tech Institute Commercializes New Kind Of Low-Cost Switchable Projection Film For Large Transparent Surfaces July 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes A Korean research institute has developed a new kind of switchable transparent film that can be used as a projection surface for windows and other large glass surfaces. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, located south of Seoul, has developed and commercialized what it calls a Nano Transparent Screen (NTS) – a 100-inch sheet …
Conflicting Reports: Korean Display Giants Either Dialing Back Or Trying New Ways To Make Large MicroLED Displays July 11, 2024 by Dave Haynes There are a couple of interesting and conflicting reports about the interests and efforts of two giant electronics brands in the still-emerging microLED display sector. One report says Samsung and LG are dialing back their activity and investments, while a separate report suggests Samsung and tech partners are going after a new way to produce …
Proto, Amazon Web Services Collaborate On Text To Hologram(ish) Displays For Retail July 11, 2024 by Dave Haynes Are there many retailers who will spend $50K+ USD for a giant LCD that shows products floating around on a transparent screen? I don’t think so, but some people in the cloud computing side of online retailing behemoth Amazon see something I just maybe don’t. Amazon Web Services and LA-based Proto have collaborated on what …
M&A: EU Touchscreen Tech Firms i3-Technologies And CTOUCH Join Forces July 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes A pair of interactive tech companies in the Benelux region have joined forces, with Belgium’s i3-Technologies acquiring the Dutch firm CTOUCH. From PR: The acquisition of CTOUCH aligns with i3-Technologies’ mission to provide interactive, inspiring and integrated solutions that foster collaboration and engagement in educational, corporate, and public sector environments. CTOUCH’s expertise in sustainable touchscreen …
There’s Digital Signage From Bow To Stern On This New German River Boat July 9, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Guest Post: Florian Rotberg, invidis A media ship is an unusual idea. But the concept of a floating newsroom, a stage for live journalism and a digital signage location for events has become established. The Pioneer One has been sailing on the Spree in Berlin for two years now. Now a sister ship, the Pioneer …
Nice Product, Baffling Name July 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes Perhaps it is a function of me being an age-certified old fart, but I think if you are going to call something a table, it should at least bear some resemblance to what we all know to be a table. Here we have what I think is a nice product with an utterly weird product …
Video: Watch How Dutch Start-Up’s Smart Glass Doubles Up To Produce Dynamic Visuals July 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Dutch start-up VideowindoW is going at the idea of turning windows into displays in a very different way from other manufacturers who have screens that attach LED arrays to glass or even embed the LEDs between laminated layers of glass. VideowindoW is instead mostly about a smart version of glare control, for big swaths …
