Pix: See How Dead & Company Using That Giant Screen In Sphere For Concert Residency May 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes The next touring rock act has moved into Sphere in Las Vegas, and photos have now been pushed out showing how Dead & Company is using the attractions vast, curved indoor screen. The band – three members of the original Grateful Dead plus three others, including solo artist John Mayer – is playing 24 shows …
US-based Creative Realities Laying Groundwork To Expand Reach Into EMEA Region May 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes One of the numerous panels I am moderating next week in Munich at the invidis Digital Signage Summit includes Creative Realities CEO Rick Mills. It is a session intended to look at the state of the North American market, and help European companies understand the opportunity and challenge of cracking the busy but crowded U.S. …
DSF Pulls Big Crowd For Education, Networking In Tampa May 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes Photos pilfered from Linkedin posts by Todd Eddy and Joel Martin It appears the Digital Signage Federation had a full house for its quarterly education and networking events, which cycle around between different locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. This one was in Tampa yesterday. Then event was at a waterside bistro in the …
Here’s A Futuresource Video Recap Of Emerging Display Tech From Displayweek Show May 16, 2024 by Dave Haynes Ted Romanowitz of the UK research firm Futuresource Consulting focuses his analyst eyes on the LED sector, so it is not surprising that he headed down from Portland, OR to Silicon Valley this week to take in the Society For Information Display’s annual nerd-fest Display Week. He’s produced a quick recap video that’s worth a …
SID’s Display Nerd Fest This Week Includes Much Brighter OLEDs, Auto Dashboards As Displays May 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Society for Information Display’s annual Display Week symposium and exhibition is on right now in San Jose – attracting the very technical side of the digital signage and pro AV community, as well as all kinds of engineers working in everything from automobile dashboard designs to military systems. I’ve been to this event, which …
Buzz & Bullseye Mixer Update: Coming Together Nicely, But Still Waaaaay Sold Out, Sorry May 10, 2024 by Dave Haynes We’ll be using screens, too, but the printed material for the InfoComm 2024 digital signage industry mixer is either done or will be soon. Bryan Meszaros, my event partner for the Buzz & Bullseyes industry mixer next month, has been doing the artwork and a lot of the front-end work for the event, and he …
Short List For Digital Signage Summit Strategy Awards Announced; T-Minus Two Weeks For Weisse Beer And Sausages May 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes I am undergoing a Navy Seals-like training regimen to get my body ready for giant pretzels, sausages and 1L weisse beers when I am through Germany in a couple of weeks, to attend and do a little panel moderation at the two-day Digital Signage Summit (DSS) Europe 2024 in Munich. The event starts two weeks …
Airport Trade Show Demo Has Fine Pitch LED Wrapping Jetway Entry As Departure Gate Portal April 29, 2024 by Dave Haynes Anyone who does a lot of commercial flying for business travel knows the quality of information on the screens at depature gates is all over the map – from rich and detailed to minimal and not all that useful, beyond confirming the gate number and destination. So it is interesting to see a departure gate …
Touring Experiential Digital Shrine To Footballing Deity Lionel Messi Opens In Miami April 29, 2024 by Dave Haynes Photos – Bruno Aïello-Destombes/Moment Factory An immersive attractions company that had previously been touring projection-mapped shows featuring painting masters like Van Gogh and Monet has now turned its attention to a very modern master, with very different skills – footballing’s biggest star, Lionel Messi. The Messi Experience opened last week in Miami – a nine-room, …
DSE Releases Initial Speaker Line-up For December 2024 Event In Las Vegas April 26, 2024 by Dave Haynes Questex, the industry events company behind Digital Signage Experience (DSE), has started marketing the 2024 versions set for early December in Las Vegas, announcing a set of speakers who will be in front of mikes for the education component of the show. The speakers are vendors and end-users, and DSE says the intent is for …