InfoComm Digital Signage Mixer Registration Going Live Mid-April April 4, 2024 by Super User I’m getting emails now asking about the digital signage industry mixer planned for InfoComm in June – particularly since I suggested the registration window will open in April. That will happen the week after next, as some final things get sorted before the publish button gets pushed. This mixer is a joint effort of Bryan …
Video: London’s V&A Museum Turned Into Arcade Game, Using Projections And Game Controllers April 4, 2024 by Super User This was done a little more than a year ago. I missed it then, but it is still well worth noting … a projection-mapping job that turned a facade at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London into an arcade game screen. A custom video game was developed for Hyundai’s lux Genesis car product, and …
Pop Star Olivia Rodrigo Makes Live Appearance At LA Target Store, But Does So From NYC … Using Transparent LCD Tech April 1, 2024 by Super User I have my doubts about some of the use-cases I have seen for those shower stall-like transparent LCD box thingies marketed by Proto and a growing number of other companies you might say were “inspired” by the hologram-ish tech the LA company cooked up. But here’s a recent project that I think works well … …
40-Meter-Tall Projected Wave Filled Interior of Reimagined Gas Storage Tower In Germany April 1, 2024 by Super User Here’s an interesting use of blended projectors that create 40-meter-tall visuals on a screen inside a gas storage cylinder that’s been made into an exhibition space near Essen, Germany. The Wave, as it is called, is paired with a translucent screen on the floor to deliver some 1,200 sq. meters of underwater-themed visuals, as part …
Video From Shakira Pop-Up Concert Shows How That Combo DOOH Billboard And Stage In Times Square Works March 28, 2024 by Super User Colombian pop star Shakira did a pop-up show in New York’s Times Square on Tuesday night to launch a new album, and that’s relevant here because the show was done using the hybrid DOOH billboard and concert stage at the TSX Broadway complex. That’s the building that has a stage with swing-in doors and a …
New Las Vegas Event Facility Atomic Golf Has 250+ LG Screens And Endless Visual Bling March 25, 2024 by Super User LG has been known to have networking events during Vegas trade shows at Top Golf, but something tells me that if an LG social event is scheduled during InfoComm in June, it might be at the other end of the strip, at a just-opened driving range called Atomic Golf. From a remote perspective, the new …
Picadilly Lights Billboard Owners Adding Outernet-Style Experiential Space Below Screen March 21, 2024 by Super User Hat Tip AV Interactive for first writing about this … The commercial property and investment group that owns the big Piccadilly Lights digital OOH display in London’s Picadilly Circus area appears to have been inspired by the foot traffic and commercial success of another digital development a few blocks away, opening a space below the …
Sphere Gets It First Big Booking For A Corporate Event March 20, 2024 by Super User When the Sphere in Las Vegas went up and then opened, all of the attention was on the multimedia show on the exterior and the “residency” of U2 for a series of concerts played with the giant LED backdrop on the inside. But like any venue, it needs a steady stream of activity to pay …
22Miles Starts Marketing AI Assistant To Help Attendees Find Their Way Around Big Trade Shows March 20, 2024 by Super User Atlanta-based digital signage software and interactive digital solutions firm 22Miles has started marketing what it calls a Tradeshow AI Assistant, a tool for interactive screens and smartphones that uses a chat bot and wayfinding to help attendees find their way around big footprint events. Called the “first of its kind,” the assistant uses a 22Miles-built …
Generative Art By Refik Anadol On Huge Video Wall Opens NVIDIA’s Big GTC Event March 20, 2024 by Super User Tech giant NVIDIA, whose fortunes have rocketed withe the rise of crypto and AI, had its NVIDIA GTC (short for GPU Technology Conference) this week in Silicon Valley – kicked off with a rock concert-like keynote at a packed 18,000-seat pro sports arena. There was a pile of news and insights about AI chips and …