The Problem With “Transparent” LED, In Two Images November 21, 2019 by Dave Haynes Transparent LED mesh displays have come a long, long way in terms of resolution and scale, and the tech’s ability to deliver tight and bright visuals. In the right setting, it can look really good, particularly at a distance. For glass curtain walls that aren’t really windows, that people don’t really look out, they’re a …
Charlotte Office Block Lights Up Vast 4K, Data-Driven LED Lobby Wall November 21, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is a 64 foot wide by 36 foot tall LED wall that fills the feature wall of the lobby of the Legacy Union building in Charlotte, NC – which runs algorithmic, experiential digital artwork, bolstered by custom sound. The building is part of a mixed use commercial development downtown, near the NFL stadium. The …
175-Foot Wide Curved LED Marquee Lights Up At North End Of Vegas Strip November 14, 2019 by Dave Haynes If you know Las Vegas, you probably know the intersection on the Strip down by the Venetian, Fashion Show Mall and Treasure Island resort. Like much of the Strip, this area seems to steadily evolve, and the corner that is part of TI has just lit up a huge, curved LED board touted as the …
Start-up Firefly Starts Using 2mm LED For Rideshare And Taxi-Top Ad Screens November 13, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Silicon Valley media start-up Firefly, which puts car-top media screens on taxis and ride-share cars, has started using 2mm pitch LED displays that it says delivers 4X the visual crispness of competing display systems. The new product – called Sunrise – supplants previous car-toppers that used 4mm pitch LED. This will sound nerdy, but …
Low Rez LEDs Make Big Visual Impact At Revitalized Montreal Office Block November 13, 2019 by Dave Haynes I think there is pretty widespread affection for the idea of energizing a building lobby with an LED-filled feature wall, but equally widespread horror at the cost of doing that. Some of the projects that have been done to date – like the work in the lobbies of Salesforce and Netflix – are amazing visually, …
LED Fills Entire Wall At Regional Bank’s Newest Branch November 12, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is a screen grab (video in embedded tweet below) of a direct view LED video wall being tested at a branch of Amerant, a regional, Florida-based community bank. The fine-pitch LED fills the rear wall behind the customer service counters and wraps around a doorway. It is reminiscent of what has been happening in …
Now That Coca-Cola Times Square LED Appears To Be Under Repair November 11, 2019 by Dave Haynes Maybe this routine maintenance. Maybe they’re cleaning off city grime. But whatever the case, that ill-fated kinetic Coca-Cola LED display in Times Square had workers and window-cleaner style scaffolding up on Friday. A reader in the city for meetings grabbed a couple of shots, showing numerous that are out and a crew at work. The …
Harvard Biz School Adds Massive 62-Foot Fine-Pitch LED Screen To Main Auditorium November 8, 2019 by Dave Haynes The adoption rate for direct view LED seems to to be steadily increasing, at the same time as the variety of potential applications keep broadening. I’d not really considered giant fine-pitch LED displays as workable options for lecture hall backdrops, but when you’re the Harvard Business School and have many very rich graduates, all things …
Live Data Sculpture On Warsaw Mall Facade Reacts To Nearby Pedestrians, Traffic November 7, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is a live data sculpture on a large street-facing LED display on a mall in Warsaw, Poland. Called Symulakra, the visualized content is directly influenced by things like car traffic on the nearby street and data from cell phones of people gathered around the screen, such as the general intensity of mobile internet usage, …
Sports Teams Adopting LED Video Walls As Changeable Media Room Backdrops November 5, 2019 by Dave Haynes Technology companies are always looking for new markets or at least new use cases, and LED manufacturers have found one few would have predicted – media rooms for sports teams. They’re using fine pitch direct view LED displays as the backdrops for pre and post-game interviews with the athletes and coaches of college and professional …
