Singing Soup Pot At Grocery End Cap Drives Whopping 240% Sales Lift September 28, 2021 by Super User This is another project that is not digital signage but speaks to the idea of having fun with in-store displays and content, and not just telling shoppers about promotions and offers. It comes out of Bolivia (this may be the first Sixteen:Nine post, period, involving Bolivia) and is for the Nestle brand Maggi, a soup …
Intuiface Launches Rebuilt, Redesigned No-Code Interactive (And Headless) Toolset September 24, 2021 by Super User The French firm Intuiface has announced Version 7 of its same-named software – a complete rebuild and redesign of its code-base and UX that lowers resource demands and plays to the rapidly emerging ideas of no or low code, and headless CMS. Intuiface Version 7 makes heavy use of progressive web app technology that makes …
The Tiresome “DOOH Cameras Are Spying On Me Thing” Is Back, This Time In Greater Vancouver September 17, 2021 by Super User Via Digital Signage Pulse The age-old “those cameras are spying on me” thing, involving digital OOH ad displays, has reared its tiresome head yet again, this time in lower mainland British Columbia. Business In Vancouver has a story up this week that poses the inflammatory question: Is your bus stop watching you again? Well, yes, …
Panasonic Just Bought A Supply Chain Software Firm; Here’s What That Might Mean For Its Digital Signage Efforts September 17, 2021 by Super User Panasonic has announced the acquisition of a company that does AI-driven supply chain software, and while that may seem somewhat far removed from digital signage, there are hints that it could (and should) be part of a broader plan to service both online and physical retail needs. The Japan-based electronics giant just announced this morning …
St. Louis Police Upgrade Real Time Crime Center With Giant LED Control Room Video Wall September 16, 2021 by Super User It was not very long ago, at all, that the idea of LED taking over the control room display market from LCD video walls and projection cubes was thought to be an eventual thing, but not until resolutions improved and costs dropped. Well, both have happened, and we’re now seeing projects light up in command …
Samsung Partners With Israeli Start-up Niio On Subscription Art For B2B Digital Displays September 13, 2021 by Super User Samsung has partnered with a Tel Aviv startup called Niio to address one of the evergreen issues confronting many end-users who make investments in digital signage displays – feeding the content beast. In the case of Niio, it’s premium, curated digital artwork that end-users would subscribe to in the pretty the much way as they …
Broadsign Broadens Audience Measurement Toolkit, Support Via Computer Vision Integration With Sightcorp September 9, 2021 by Super User Montreal-based CMS software firm Broadsign and the Dutch computer vision firm Sightcorp have completed an integration that sees anonymous facial analysis solution tied in with Broadsign’s Control CMS and Reach supply-side-platform (SSP). Via the latest integrations, says PR, DOOH media owners can easily provide media buyers with more meaningful audience insights and data visualizations based …
London’s 3rockAR Launches Pop-Up, AR-Driven “Magic Mirror” Network For UK Malls, Other Venues September 7, 2021 by Super User A London company focused on augmented reality applications and content has launched what it calls the world’s first AR-enabled digital out-of-home advertising network. The company says it has access to more than 80 sites in the UK – presumably malls and mass transit hubs – to put up a large-format screen and camera system that …
Heathrow Express Mashes Up Projection, Sensors To Urge Travellers To Take Express Train In From Heathrow September 3, 2021 by Super User I thought Microsoft killed off the Kinect sensor program years ago, but it evidently exists in a much more sophisticated, commercial-grade form aimed at interactive and mixed reality applications. This version is called Azure Kinect and it is being used, as one example, for an interesting “activation” at London’s Heathrow Airport. If you have ever …
One World Trade Center Adds Giant LED Welcome Wall, 140-Screen Video Mosaic September 2, 2021 by Super User This is a new exhibit that welcomes visitors to the observatory attraction at the top of One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, on the site of the twin towers brought down almost 20 years ago on 9/11. Developed and delivered by Montreal creative and tech shop Float4, there is a set of video displays …
