Top 10 Video Wall Trends For 2017 January 20, 2017 by Hoa Tong Guest Post: Tim Griffin, Userful With the new year now in full swing, the technology industry is looking ahead to the big, broad trends that will drive video wall decisions and win over video wall budgets in the year ahead. Here’s my countdown on the top trends will see emerge or continue in 2017: 10: Continued …
Skykit Releases Free Planning Guide For Digital Signage Projects November 21, 2016 by Super User Minneapolis-based software firm Agosto, a big Google Apps partner, branched into the digital signage market a couple of years ago through an in-house spinoff called Skykit – a CMS built around Chrome. The company has been an aggressive marketer lately, and recently came out with something I’ve not really seen before – a free and …
Visionect Broadens E-Ink Meeting Room Sign Options September 28, 2016 by Super User I’ve spoken to several companies in the last 2-3 weeks who have all confirmed meeting room signs are a hot little segment for them. As noted in the past, I call them the Gateway Drug for Digital Signage. In the case of Slovenia’s Visionect, meeting room signs are a core product on their own, and …
Density Debuts New Way To Count, Report And Display Crowds And Lines August 10, 2016 by Super User There’s a podcast episode up today about Density, a San Francisco start-up that has launched a new type of people-counting sensor I think has some interesting potential for the digital signage market. Density was launched by Apple alums and former founders of Y Combinator. Their product is touted as a simple sensor-as-a-service that uses infrared beams to …
Projects: Nanonation Takes On Raising Nebraska April 18, 2016 by Super User Raising Nebraska is a 25,000 square foot, interactive digital-heavy exhibit on the state fairgrounds that’s designed to help visitors better understand and appreciate that state’s big industry, its advances, and the impact it has locally and globally. Located in Grand Island, about three hours west of Omaha, the exhibit was put together and is now …
DSE 2016 Booth Field Guide: Real Digital Media March 4, 2016 by Super User Real Digital Media, Booth 2826 Here’s what industry vet and sporadic blogger Ken Goldberg says about why you need to stop by and see him and his Florida-based CMS company, Real Digital Media. Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? People should come by …
ISE Attendance Tops 65,600; 2017 Space Almost Gone Already February 17, 2016 by Super User Last week’s Integrated Systems Europe exhibition in Amsterdam attracted 65,686 registered attendees, making it the world’s largest AV and systems integration tradeshow. The show had 1,103 vendors and attracted press from 40 countries, including at least one Canadian. It was the 1st time the show has been extended to four days. “The volume of attendee …
Panasonic Adds Built-In Media Players To Displays; Includes Android Support January 25, 2016 by Super User Panasonic is about to join several other major display manufacturers in marketing commercial display panels with built-in System on Chip media playback capability. Starting in April, AF1 series displays (42, 49 and 55-inch sizes) will have an ARM 1GHz quad-core processor with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage. Panasonic says the …
NYC Subways Add Amazon Holiday Shopping On Platform Kiosks December 3, 2015 by Super User New York subway riders can kill time waiting for trains this soliday season by stepping up to one of the Interactive Shopping Experience Brings Future of Retail to NYC Subways Riders can shop for gifts while waiting for trains via MTA On The Go kiosks by stepping up to one of the NYC Metropolitan Transportation …
NEC Gets Into Indoor LED Display Game Via German Partner November 9, 2015 by Super User NEC had its annual showcase event last week in New York, a tw0-day micro-show that lets integrators and end-users have a focused look at its own latest pots and plans, as well as complementary products used by partners. I saw stuff I’m not allowed to write about yet, but Wow. And I saw stuff that …
