NC State’s Flashy Library Refreshes Video Walls With Sony CLEDs October 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes North Carolina State was a pretty early adopter of big video walls, putting them in when its James B. Hunt Jr. Library first went up about 10 years ago. That tech – including a big Christie MicroTiles wall (those little rear-projection blocks) – was agin out, and the university has started to replace them with …
This Dubai Company Has Almost-Crazy Variety Of Kinetic Digital Display Options October 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes I stumbled across this company on Linkedin – a Dubai firm called Lazulite that does a wild variety of work using those kinetic/robotic displays that operate a bit like synchronized drawers on sliders, with LEDs on the face of each drawer. This is the same family of tech that was used for the ill-fated and …
LA Startup Blends LED Lighting Backdrops With Building Materials To Create Animated “Luminous” Video Walls October 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes An LA company has launched a new product that blends LED backwalls with other materials like fabrics and even stone to create luminous, animated wall panels for commercial environments. It’s a spin on what companies like ESI Design did in some office tower lobbies, creating a relatively low cost digital feature wall by animating a …
Belgian Firm Uses Big LED To Help Customers Build And Visualize Their Dream Bathrooms October 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes We’ve seen display technology used to help consumers do everything from configure their ideal cars in digital showrooms to accessorizing outfits on interactive screens in fashion retail dressing rooms, but I don’t think I’ve seen a set-up built with the intent of helping homeowners come up with a visualize their dream bathrooms. The Belgian firm …
Dancers Pop Out From Busy Concourse’s Wall In This Visual Illusion Campaign In NYC October 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to my buddy Paul Fleuranges for passing this along … Broadcaster ABC booked a campaign across 22 screens in the Oculus retail and transport hub, which is in the World Trade Center complex in New York, to market the latest season and iteration of Dancing With The Stars. Property operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield U.S. (URW) …
Revel, Absen Forge Alliance To Chase Arena, Stadium Display And Signage Business October 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes Utah-based solutions provider Revel Media Group has done a partnership deal with the US wing of Chinese LED manufacturer Absen to mutually chase business in sports and entertainment venues. Under this exciting alliance, says PR, Revel Media Group and Absen Inc. will champion each other’s products and services, with a specific focus on elevating the …
Video: Profile Of Saco, The Montreal Company Behind The LED-Filled Las Vegas Sphere October 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes The suppliers behind some of the highest profile digital display projects often don’t get much marketing mileage out of their closed deals, because the client doesn’t allow or greatly restricts PR about te job. But the company behind the big new Sphere in Las Vegas seems more relaxed about it – with several suppliers this …
Luxury EV Maker Uses 255-Inch “The Wall” As Design Tool October 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes Video walls that add bling to high-end auto showrooms is now commonplace, but here’s a case of a premium LED wall being used behind the scenes to help designers develop and tweak the look of new models in development. The Lucid Group has a 255-inch version of Samsung’s flagship The Wall product in its design …
ClearChannel Cuts Deal To Clad Las Vegas Westin With Giant LED Walls Ahead Of F1, Super Bowl October 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes The F1 race coming up in a few weeks in Las Vegas has triggered an investment by the media company ClearChannel in a set of giant displays on a big hotel just off the strip. Clear Channel Outdoor has partnered with the Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa to have three jumbo displays running in …
The Sheer Scale Of The LED Screen In That Now-Opened Sphere Concert Venue Is Mind-Blowing October 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes There have been many, many posts and observations about the unmissable visual impact of the LED-clad Sphere lighting up behind the Venetian in Las Vegas, but now the venue is live inside – with launch concerts featuring Irish rock giants U2. The concert and events theater at what’s called Sphere at the Venetian is 580,000 …
