LED Giant Daktronics Debuts New Media Player … For LCD Displays May 21, 2024 by Super User In a move that would quite possibly confuse the hell out of people, but makes sense, the big US LED display manufacturer Daktronics has announced a new media player engineered to drive LCD displays. But Dak doesn’t make LCDs, some cross-eyed readers are perhaps muttering after reading that. True, but the Brookings, SD company gets …
DISPLAX, Interactive Scape Mash Up Technologies For New Take On Interactive Tables May 16, 2024 by Super User Very good, hyper-responsive multitouch technology has been mashed up with slick object recognition tech out of Germany for an interactive table aimed at markets like museums, showrooms and military/police situational awareness rooms. The product – called Tile Pro | Scape X – blends the touch technology from Braga, Portugal’s DISPLAX with the objection recognition tech …
NCR Voyix Partners With GRUBBRR On Kiosk Tuned To Spiking Demand In QSRs For Self-Service Ordering May 16, 2024 by Super User Point of sale giant NCR Voyix is going after the spike in demand for self-service ordering and payment kiosks in the restaurant sector by launching what it calls its Aloha kiosk, which has GRUBBRR’s software running under the hood. Kiosks, the company says, address ongoing issues the food services industry is facing – including finding …
Sphere’s Backers Get Full Ownership Of Key Tech Supplier, Directional Audio Firm HOLOPLOT May 13, 2024 by Super User One way for a high-profile attraction to deal with other projects “inspired” by the originally is to partially or fully influence or control the businesses of key technology suppliers, especially those supplying somewhat unique solutions. Sphere Entertainment, the company behind that giant, much-Instagram’d LED ball in Las Vegas, has done a deal to realize full …
Pyramid Markets Kiosk With Transparent OLED Screen That Doesn’t Block Sightlines In QSR May 10, 2024 by Super User The market will tell the story, and I am a bit skeptical, but this is nonetheless an interesting use of transparent OLED for QSR environments, tying the display to kiosk functionality. The IT solutions firm Pyramid will be showing a version at its stands at the upcoming National Restaurant Association trade show – positioning it …
7-Eleven Japan Rolling Computer Vision-Informed Retail Media Network Across 500 Stores May 3, 2024 by Super User The Japanese wing of convenience store giant 7-Eleven is rolling out what looks and sounds like a retail media network in 500 locations around that country, placing a big emphasis on in-store analytics by using a Sony computer vision platform. The retail giant is using the edge AI-sensing platform AITRIOS developed and supported by Sony …
IGEL, LG Announce “Digital Signage Revolution” … But The Solution Doesn’t Appear To Apply To Digital Signage. Huh??? May 2, 2024 by Super User The headline: IGEL and LG Spearhead a Dynamic Digital Signage Revolution with New LG CreateBoard Display Solutions, Powered by IGEL OS This announcement got my attention because it involves LG, one of the larger tech companies in this sector, and the suggestion that some new product partnership is going to spearhead a Dynamic Digital Signage …
BrightSign Offers Sustainability-Focused Trade-In Incentive Program For EOL’d Players April 26, 2024 by Super User This may be common, for all I know, with tech hardware – but it’s new to me: an AV hardware manufacturer running a trade-in incentive plan. Silicon Valley-based BrightSign has launched a Trade-In Program that encourages end-users with end-of-life (EOL) or now underspec’d earlier versions of its little purple media players to return them and …
Did You Know A Curved LED Wall Could Support Touch? Me Neither … April 25, 2024 by Super User When finer pitch LED video wall tech started coming on the market, one of the knocks other than the big one – high cost – was how the technology would not support touchscreen interactivity. The little light emitters were easily damaged or even knocked off, so big video walls were often roped off or had …
Ross Video Boosts Real-Time Graphics Capabilities Via Bannister Lake Acquisition April 23, 2024 by Super User The live video production technology company Ross Video has an agreement to acquire another Canadian company, Bannister Lake Software (BL Soft). Ottawa-based Ross Video is a major player in solutions and services for live broadcasts and events, and Bannister Lake’s data-driven graphics capabilities fit nicely within broad list of products. The flagship BL Soft product Chameleon …
