AVIXA Women’s Council Launches Toronto Chapter; 1st Meeting July 18th July 9, 2018 by Super User The AVIXA Women’s Council has launched a Toronto chapter, and women in the region involved in AV and digital signage are encouraged to come out for its first meeting, next Wednesday evening, July 18th. This event will include chapter discussions, guest speaker Scott Sanders from Bose will cover Why Sound is Important, and guest speaker Cristina Lucas will discuss …
InfoComm Breaks Its Vegas Attendee Record, With 43,000 Badge-Holders June 9, 2018 by Super User Just-ended InfoComm show attracted nearly 43,000 registered attendees, up about 10 percent from the last time InfoComm was held in Las Vegas, in 2016. The crowd was just a bit less than Orlando 2017, which pulled 44,000. AVIXA, which runs the show, says InfoComm 2018 visitors hailed from all 50 United States and 108 countries, with …
Infocomm 2018 Day 2 Impressions June 8, 2018 by Super User LAS VEGAS – I didn’t think it was possible, but Fremont Street is even weirder than the last time I spent a night around there. The ride history feature on Lyft’s app is a very effective tool for dealing with the “What time did you get in?” question after a night on Fremont and elsewhere. …
LG To Show Its Full Color Transparent LED Film This Week At Infocomm June 4, 2018 by Super User North American pros will get a first look this week at Infocomm at the transparent color LED film that LG first showed a few months ago at ISE in Amsterdam. The film is touted as a way to turn any window or glass surface into a customizable digital canvas. If you were at Infocomm a year …
Sapient Razorfish Debuts Live Databloom At EU Money Conference June 4, 2018 by Super User Data visualization guru Mike Pell, who spoke a couple of years back at the DSrupted conference I ran in Toronto, talks about the difference between a visualization that is clearly beautiful, versus one that is beautifully clear. The big interactive agency SapientRazorfish is showing a digital installation this week at the Money2020 payments and financial …
Live … from InfoComm, It’s … Oh, It’s Just Dave … June 1, 2018 by Super User I am working out arrangements with a live streaming company that wants to show its capabilities in real-time at InfoComm next week. They offered, and I grabbed the chance to do a live walk-through of whatever seems like the best area to look around at the show – probably where the display companies are located. …
Put The World Cup On Your Digital Signage Screens With These Feeds May 24, 2018 by Super User The world’s biggest sporting event gets started in a matter of a couple of weeks, and the World Cup squads for many of the footballing countries who qualified are already gathering for training, and generating news. It’s a big deal, and at least some of the subscription and specialty content companies who produce material for …
2018 InfoComm Lookahead: 336 Exhibitors Say They’re In Digital Signage, But … May 11, 2018 by Super User I am starting to wrap my head around InfoComm, which is coming up in early June in Las Vegas. It’s not a show I attend to see new stuff. I go to spend the poking around time that I never get during Digital Signage Expo. It is mostly about display technology and related stuff, like …
Reminder: DSF Mixer In Austin Tonight May 9, 2018 by Super User A last reminder that the Digital Signage Federation is holding a Meet and Greet mixer tonight in amazing Austin, Texas. It’s at the JW Marriott Austin, which is right downtown near the river. The address is 110 East 2nd Street. The bar opens at 6 PM and the presentation will begin around 6:40 PM. The …
Tech Mash-Up Blasts Interactive Fan Pix On Lux Hong Kong Hotel Facade May 3, 2018 by Super User Here’s a cool video showing how projection mapping, holograms, virtual and real light painting were mashed up for an interactive experience piece that was part of the Lumieres HK festival in Hong Kong. The LUX Experience gave visitors to Lumieres Hong Kong the chance to make light art and have it blasted on to a …
