NHL’s Blue Jackets Use Fine Pitch LED To Bling Out Locker Room, Public Areas March 17, 2023 by Super User Center-hung replay/scoreboards and LED ribbons are now pretty standard elements of pro sports venues, but the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets really went to town with the tech as part of a rolling renovation project at Nationwide Arena. The most notable addition is a blinged-out locker room for the home team, which also has a 1.2mm …
Almost 1,700 Feet Of LED Fins Drive Brand And Inspire At Tech Firm’s NYC Experience Center March 17, 2023 by Super User The identity and access management tech vendor Okta has opened an Experience Center in NYC designed to raise brand awareness among passers-by, as well as educate and inspire visitors. What’s particularly interesting is the use of almost 1,700 linear feet of LED fins just inside the window, set in a curve. Electrosonic did the AV …
Riyadh’s LED Light Ball Switches On; World’s Largest, But Just For A Few More Months March 17, 2023 by Super User Hat Tip Damian Rezner for noting this on Linkedin … People wondering what the giant Sphere (MSG Sphere) will look like when it gets officially switched on in Las Vegas can get a reduced-size idea from an attraction that recently went live in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is a 35-meter (114 feet) high LED-clad orb …
LED Tower And Walls Create Data Sculpture Maze In Taipei March 16, 2023 by Super User This is pretty wild – the world’s first outdoor immersive installation done as a maze. The walls are LED panels, covering 1,110 sq. meters at a site near the iconic Taipei 101 in Taiwan’s main city. The set-up included a four-storey high LED monolith tower, and a series of other walls that create the maze, …
LianTronics Showcases Moveable LED For Meeting Room Divider Walls March 16, 2023 by Super User Chinese LED display manufacturer LianTronics is showcasing an interesting take on building big displays into meetings and events facilities that have moveable walls – the kind of thing that allows a wall to be moved away to make two rooms into one larger one. “These ultra-thin LED walls were designed to blend with the door,” …
LG Marketing Big Outdoor LED Displays For Cruise Ships March 16, 2023 by Super User LG has started marketing a new outdoor direct-view LED display series expressly designed for the cruise ship market, with units that are built to survive whatever weather and operating conditions the crew might encounter. The GNEB series has marine-grade powder and conformal (circuitry) coatings, and the front and rear of the displays are IP67-certified. The …
First Waterfalls, Then Aquariums, And Now There Are Digital Campfires March 15, 2023 by Super User Display technology has been set up to emulate all kinds of things – from waterfalls to virtual ceilings and digital chandeliers – but I think this is the first time I have seen screens clustered together to emulate a campfire. It is in the Frankfurt flagship of the outdoor’s-focused retailer Jack Wolfskin, a German brand …
Endangered Kelp Forests Get Replicated On Big SFO LED Display March 15, 2023 by Super User Virtual aquariums have been used before for large-scale LED video walls, as have virtual waterfalls, but a new digital piece running in one of Salesforce’s office towers in San Francisco relates to a cause. The CRM giant is running a public art video piece on the big, 90-degree corner SNA Displays LED in the Salesforce …
Futuresource’s ISE Wrap-Up: Price Erosion Continuing In LED; LCD Use Range Narrowing March 15, 2023 by Super User The UK-based research and consulting firm Futuresource sent a pile of people – 22 market analysts – to Integrated Systems Europe in Barcelona, to walk the halls, talk to vendors and sit in on presentations. That investment and effort builds up knowledge and helps shape future reports, but the company very helpfully puts out a …
LED Display Maker Watchfire Bulks Up Sports Capabilities Via Spectrum Scoreboards Acquisition March 13, 2023 by Super User LED display manufacturer Watchfire has bulked up its capabilities in the live sports market via the acquisition of Spectrum Scoreboards, giving Watchfire what it describes as “a complete line of fixed-digital sports scoreboards and timing displays.” Funded by private equity owners H.I.G. Capital, the purchase of Spectrum assets gets Watchfire one of the largest privately-owned …
