Sphere’s Backers Get Full Ownership Of Key Tech Supplier, Directional Audio Firm HOLOPLOT May 13, 2024 by Dave Haynes 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 …
Video: LED Ribbon Display At Jacksonville’s Airport Cleverly Manages TSA Screening Area May 10, 2024 by Dave Haynes I wrote back in February about the 100 feet of Nanolumens LED ribbon on a bulkhead wall over the entries to TSA security screening at Jacksonville, Florida’s airport, and how it was set up to do things like locating different screening lines and also run background content specific to that day. Heres another video, from …
Swiss Startup Tests LED-Fronted Ball Caps That Turn A Crowd Into An Aggregated Sign May 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes Tip of the hat to AV Interactive for writing about this … If I had to characterize my opinion on this, it would involve a big, long hmmmm … A Swiss startup called Dynavisual put little LED screens on ball caps worn by 98 fans who were at a European Handball match in Switzerland, with …
Clever Campaign Turns Blackened Ballpark LED Display Into Marketing Gold May 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes Here’s a video that sums up a very clever campaign for Coors Light beer that was built around a Major League Baseball hitting a long foul ball that took out an LED module of one of the ad boards at the ballpark last year. Angels player Shohei Ohtani drilled one into the stands at Citi …
Montreal Pro AV Integrator Solotech Orders 5,000 Sq. Meters Of ROE LED For Live Event Work May 3, 2024 by Dave Haynes Montreal pro AV integrator Solotech has placed a huge bet on upcoming demands for LED backdrops that would be used for live events, announcing an order of more than 5,000 sq. meters of rental-focused LED display tiles from the Chinese firm ROE Visual, arguably the biggest manufacturer of display tech designed to put up and …
Chicago 360 Goes Heavy With Digital Display In Update To 94th Floor Entry Experience May 1, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Chicago 360 attraction high up in one of Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers has opened a new immersive entry kicks off the visitor experience, using a lot of digital done in interesting and offbeat ways. The 5,000 sq. ft, gives visitors a way to explore the history of the city, its iconic architecture and distinctive neighborhoods, …
Why And How GOB LED Gives Video Wall Operators Peace Of Mind May 1, 2024 by Ross Noonan Guest Post: Ross Noonan, LED Studio Captivating visual displays are crucial for businesses to engage and leave a lasting impression on their audiences. To this day, the most common fault relating to LED displays is pixel damage, or worse, failure. However, the tide is turning. New innovations are making this less of a problem, if …
Airport Trade Show Demo Has Fine Pitch LED Wrapping Jetway Entry As Departure Gate Portal April 29, 2024 by Dave Haynes Anyone who does a lot of commercial flying for business travel knows the quality of information on the screens at depature gates is all over the map – from rich and detailed to minimal and not all that useful, beyond confirming the gate number and destination. So it is interesting to see a departure gate …
Flexible LEDs Create Giant Digital “Wisdom Tree” April 25, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Shenzhen LED manufacturer Ocolour seems to specialize in somewhat unconventional products – both in shape and where they go. I see lots of interesting stuff from them posted on Linkedin, but I don’t tend to write about much of it because the descriptions often don’t do much more than say something is round, or …
Did You Know A Curved LED Wall Could Support Touch? Me Neither … April 25, 2024 by Dave Haynes 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 …
