Intel Unveils Compute Card & Five New NUCs At CES January 7, 2017 by Super User A little lost in the blizzard of gadget announcements coming out CES in Las Vegas this week was word from Intel of a new family of NUC computers and a new credit-card sized computer moduls that could very conceivably plug into a flat panel display to use in digital signage. Intel was showing the propeller-head …
Italy’s inVRsion Bringing Virtual Reality Into Retail Store Planning January 3, 2017 by Super User I’m starting to become a bit of a believer in virtual reality as being relevant beyond gaming and some highly specialized applications, and looking forward to checking out an Italian start-up called inVRsion at NRF in New York mid-month. The company seems pretty focused on how VR could be used for business purposes, as opposed …
ISE Is Five Weeks Out; 65K+ Expected For Massive Systems Integrator Show January 2, 2017 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is now five weeks out and it is time to start looking over plans for the big trade show in Amsterdam, primarily what companies are there that aren’t normally seen closer to home in North America. There are 445 companies listed in the digital signage category for the show, and of course …
Startup Wants To Make Digital Signage Integral To Marathons, 10Ks December 29, 2016 by Super User A Naperville, IL start-up called Smart Digital Screen has launched a service that touts the use of digital signage and complementary technologies to make marathons, 10Ks and other mass sporting events better and safer. The idea for Real Smart DS came from the experience at the Boston Marathon in 2013 – where two bombs were detonated …
Globalshop & DSE Do Two Shows-One Badge Deal For 2017 December 20, 2016 by Super User It went in one ear and out the other at the time, but in re-listening to my podcast with Digital Signage Expo show director Andrea Varrone she mentioned how Globalshop was on at the same time as DSE in Las Vegas, and that attendees could get into both shows – with one badge. DSE has …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Andrea Varrone, Digital Signage Expo December 14, 2016 by Super User Digital Signage Expo is coming up in late March in Las Vegas. It will be the 14th version of the big trade show and conference. I sat down with DSE Show Director Andrea Varrone when she was up in Toronto last week, to run through what people should expect to see in 2017 at and …
DSE 2017 Same Week As Bar, Retail And Pizza (Yup, Pizza) Trade Shows December 8, 2016 by Super User It’s almost always been the case that the week Digital Signage Expo is on in Las Vegas is generally a pretty quiet week around the convention center and the city. Not in 2017. The same week that DSE is on, the convention center is also hosting the big Nightclub and Bar Show, which has a …
Packed Toronto DSE Mixer December 7, 2016 by Super User Uber-Train-Train-Uber got me to and from Toronto yesterday to catch the Digital Signage Expo DSE Huddle mixer held at the Hard Rock Cafe off Yonge Dundas Square. DSE Show Director Andrea Varrone was up from Atlanta to host the event and she said about 100 people registered. Not all of them showed, but there was …
Reminder: Mixer Tonight In Downtown Toronto December 6, 2016 by Super User A reminder for locals that Andrea Varrone, who runs Digital Signage Expo, is up in Toronto today and hosting a mixer for the digital signage crowd. The DSE Huddle runs from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Rocker Room of the Hard Rock Café, which overlooks Yonge Dundas Square, a more diminutive version of Times Square. Huddles …
Video: Projection-Mapped Horrors At Toronto’s Casa Loma November 17, 2016 by Super User Here’s a video of that projection mapping job done on Toronto’s historic Casa Loma, a castle-like private home turned attraction and event center. It was mapped for a Halloween event run over several weeks. The team: Art Direction / Animation – Peter Lacalamita Sound Design – Adam Smith Technology / Project Management – Diego …
