KC’s New Airport Has Lots Of Digital, Including Real-Time Toilet Availability Screens February 22, 2023 by Super User Kansas City gets a new airport terminal next week, and the airport’s operators have published a lengthy preview video that takes viewers through the $1.5 billion facility. I mention this because like a lot of new or refurbished airport terminals going up these days, there’s a lot of digital being used. As noted a lot …
Delphi Display Systems Acquired By Another Restaurant-Focused Tech Firm, Toast February 22, 2023 by Super User Delphi Display Systems, which has been mainly focused on a variety of menu and ordering screens for the QSR sector, has been acquired by Toast, a Boston cloud-based software company that likens its products to a restaurant operating system. “As the needs of guests rapidly evolve and the importance of developing incremental revenue streams grows, …
“Boring” But Effective Digital Signage Guides Underground Storage Users At KC Facility February 21, 2023 by Super User This is a great example of what I call boring signage – utilitarian displays and content that won’t get any pulses racing, but does a job effectively. In this case, it’s a set of directories for an underground storage facility in Kansas City. Integrator KCAV (good, to-the-point brand, by the way) put a solution together …
Broadsign, LG Partner On DOOH Ad Solution For Smart Displays February 15, 2023 by Super User LG’s US Business Solutions unit and DOOH-focused CMS software firm Broadsign has announced a partnership that has what’s dubbed Broadsign for SoC ready to use on the display giant’s multiple lines of proprietary OS “smart” displays. There are numerous software firms that have developed native or web players for LG’s System-On-Chip “smart” displays, but the …
Transparent LED Steadily Improving, But The Backside View Remains A Challenge February 10, 2023 by Super User Several years of going to pro AV shows has allowed me to track the progression of display technologies like transparent LED, and while they have come a long, long way, it’s still important for people to understand the visual limitations. In other words, what looks great now from the front doesn’t necessarily look so hot …
Accenture Ventures Makes Strategic Investment In Holographic Display Maker Looking Glass February 10, 2023 by Super User The huge professional service/consulting company Accenture has made what it describes as a strategic investment through its Accenture Ventures wing in the holographic displays developed and marketed by Brooklyn-based Looking Glass Factory. Accenture says tech like the Looking Glass displays – which have some depth and change what viewers see based on angle – “offers …
Vestel Adds SignStix As CMS Option For Its Smart Display Lineup February 9, 2023 by Super User North Americans who attended ISE for the first time may well have wandered into the main hall where all the big display manufacturers were located last week, and saw a very large stand for Vestel, and wondered: “Who is that?” Vestel is a very large display manufacturer based in Turkey (which is having a heartbreaking …
Big And Fine LEDs Aside, Here Are Some Notable Display Innovations Seen At ISE 2023 February 8, 2023 by Super User I’m kind of drafting off some content from Sixteen:Nine’s German language content partner invidis from some insights from last week’s ISE trade show – including some observations here about smaller but notable display innovations sprinkled around the trade show floor. There were, like every year, lots of LED display companies showing R&D efforts with super-fine …
A Peek Behind The Walls Of Samsung’s Black Fortress At ISE 2023 February 8, 2023 by Super User As noted in a couple of earlier ISE posts from the show last week, Samsung made what many thought was the curious decision to restrict admission to its booth – putting much of what was available to see behind black walls and making attendees register for scheduled, curated tours. Those who registered were not allowed …
Why “Holoport” People To A Screen When There’s A Physical Back Door? February 8, 2023 by Super User There are always some specialty display manufacturers at pro AV trade shows – like last week’s Integrated Systems Europe – demo’ing some version of transparent LCDs with finished enclosures that allow for putting product inside – making the LCD screen an overlay that can do things like pricing and promotional messaging related to the product. …
