Nordic Retailer Makes LG’s Transparent LED Film Part Of Flagship Store’s Design March 4, 2020 by Dave Haynes Many people, myself included, have expressed a lot of interest and enthusiasm for LG’s transparent LED film, which has been shown at numerous trade shows but has not really shown up away from exhibit halls. But here’s a real world application of the film, on the mall-facing windows of a large Swedish apparel retailer’s flagship …
SiliconCore’s Jim Wickenhiser Tries To Clear Some Fog Around LED Terminology And Tech March 4, 2020 by Dave Haynes Trying to develop and maintain an understanding of the direct view LED industry is a challenge even for industry veterans. There’s a lot of different tech, a lot of jargon, and a lot of liberal interpretations of what something really is. One company’s miniLED may be the next company’s microLED. One of the most well-established …
Daktronics Invests In MicroLED Start-Up X Display February 29, 2020 by Dave Haynes Direct view LED manufacturer Daktronics evidently sees microLED as part of its indoor display future, having announced it was part of a Series A investment round in X Display Company (XDC), a Raleigh-Durham, NC start-up that “creates and owns leading intellectual property (IP) and capabilities in microLED mass transfer technology.” “We see a lot of …
Paris Office Block Now Features Gorgeous Digital Skylight February 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is nicely done – a digital skylight in the lobby of an office block in Paris. The content was designed and produced by ADMEMORI for AXA REIM SGP, the owners of 21 rue de Châteaudun. You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Vimeo. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please …
Watch: New MSC Cruise Ship Has 480 Sq. Meter LED Canopy February 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is the LED canopy ceiling on a new cruise ship. The entire ceiling of the 96 meter shopping promenade on the new MSC Bellissima is covered by a giant 480 sq. meter curved LED screen. It functions as a digital ceiling that creates an artificial atrium, but also runs a series of animations, including …
Bob O’Brien Of DSCC On the State And Future Of Digital Displays In The Time Of COVID-19 February 26, 2020 by Dave Haynes There is very little that’s simple about the display industry – whether it’s on the consumer or commercial side. At first glance, it would seem to be all about the electronics, but a flat panel display, in particular, involves a lot of specialty glass and chemical compounds. What gets pulled together for a digital signage …
Football Field-wide LED Screen Greets Arrivals At Kuala Lumpur’s Airport February 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a vast direct view LED display in the arrivals area of Kuala Lumpur’s international airport – the big Absen screen replacing 11 old backlights. The screen is 96 meters wide by 4.2 meters high, and was put in by the media company VGI Airports. A bank has already bought out the screen space for …
Adomni Partners With Uber On Ride Share LED Car-Topper DOOH Signs February 24, 2020 by Dave Haynes Las Vegas-based programmatic DOOH startup Adomni has partnered with ride share giant Uber on a new pilot media program that sees some 1,000 digital screens added to the tops of participating drivers’ vehicles in Atlanta, Dallas and Phoenix. Under the new partnership, Adomni will do the ad sales and marketing efforts. Adomni will provide self-service …
Absen Says COVID-19 Crisis Not Affecting LED Product Availability Or Production February 24, 2020 by Dave Haynes Chinese LED manufacturer Absen has taken the seemingly unusual step of pushing out an announcement designed to allay any concerns buyers may have about supplies of direct view module product in the midst of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation. There are many, many reports coming out of the Asian tech press about production slowdowns or shutdowns …
Video: Fantastic 3D Content Drives Experience At Vienna Airport Store February 21, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is fantastic – a video wall at Vienna’s airport that uses great three-dimensional creative to blend with and help market a new retail tenant. Lagardère Travel Retail opened The Fashion Gallery at the Austrian airport last fall, and used a facade that flanks the shop opening to install a 105 square meter direct view …
