LED Mainstreamed: Restaurant At Ski Resort Puts Wraparound LED At 10,000 Feet January 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes The argument that LED display tech has been mainstreamed is pretty strong when you come across images of a pretty big, 90-degree corner screen on a restaurant atop a ski hill in Kazakhstan. This is a 6mm screen, running anamorphic illusion creative, at the Shymbulak resort, the biggest ski hill complex in central Asia. It …
Melitron Broadens Product Line To Now Include A “Street Series” Of Outdoor Screens January 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes Custom display manufacturer Melitron has broadened its product line-up beyond the drive-thru menu displays that have been the Canadian company’s core product to now also include a “Street Series” aimed at use-cases like DOOH ad posters and directories/wayfinders. It’s an interesting step, as many of its custom display competitors have been getting into drive-thru displays …
Delta Air Lines Continuing Big Investment In Digital At Upgraded Hub Airports January 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes Air carrier Delta Air Lines continues to make a huge amount of capital and operating investments in digital displays at new or renovated airport terminals in the U.S. – the latest being a big upgrade at NYC’s JFK airport. Delta made big investments in airport infrastructure in 2022, with brand-new terminals at its New York-LGA …
35-Foot “Kaleidoscope” Art Tower In Dallas Built From 400+ Triangular LED Panels January 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is a 35-foot multimedia art tower that uses triangular LED panels to steadily change its appearance for visitors to a big multi-use destination in a suburb of Dallas. Called Grandscape, the 433-acre lifestyle center (which opened in April 2020) has 3.9 million square feet of retail, dining, and entertainment anchors. A post by a designer …
Eccentric Japanese Artist Peers Over Times Square From Vast Marriott LED Board January 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is an anamorphic illusion spot running on The Billboard That Ate Times Square – the giant LED that is the front face of the lower levels of the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York. These pseudo 3D spot is for Louis Vuitton and features the work of the eccentric Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, most …
New Salesforce Tower In Sydney Has Biggest Indoor LED Video Wall South Of Equator January 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of the more impressive lobby video walls I have seen is in one of the headquarters office towers of Salesforce, in downtown San Francisco. Now there’s an even more impressive variation on that – at the new Salesforce tower in Sydney, Australia. The new development is a 53-story building that is now the second …
ISE 2023 Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profiles: Esprit Digital January 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe is fully back after COVID-era disruptions, and Sixteen:Nine is doing a Barcelona version of the networking mixer it has been doing annually at DSE in Las Vegas for the past decade or so. The event happens because of eight great sponsors, who help cover the considerable costs. I like to thank and …
Big Roadside Digital Board Now On Third Generation For Oklahoma Casino January 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s an interesting story about the evolution of roadside digital billboard displays – a big casino sign in Oklahoma now on its third generation. The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa has lit up a new version of the giant sign along Interstate 44 – a big LED that rises 134 feet up from the …
Here’s A Helpful Explainer Video On How Visual Illusion Pieces Are Made And Work January 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is a very helpful post put up on Linkedin by UK-based freelance director and VFX artist Anthony Rubinstein – showing how visual illusions come together for big LED digital OOH screens, like the reference location in the post – Picadilly Circus. It’s great because he explains how this stuff works, notes how there is …
You Can Now Book 15 Seconds Of Digital Billboard Fame In Times Square – For $40 January 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes The owner/operators of a new multi-purpose development in NYC’s Times Square are making it possible for people to book 15 second messages on its 18,000-sq. ft. LED screen for $40 – an offer already taken up by a Scottish man, who used his fleeting moment of purchased fame to eat a slice of bread in …
