Refik Anadol Talks About How He Develops His Mind-Blowing Digital Data Sculptures August 29, 2018 by Super User If finding a free half-hour to talk is any indication, Refik Anadol is one busy, popular guy right now. That likely owes a lot to the mind-blowing data visualization work he’s been doing lately in public spaces. He’s a Turkish-born digital media artist who now has a busy studio in Los Angeles doing what he …
Pierre Gendron On Stingray’s Digital Signage Expansion Plans August 22, 2018 by Super User Stingray Digital Media Group is one the world’s biggest providers of multi-platform music services, with 11,000 commercial clients in 156 countries. The Montreal company’s core business is piped-in music channels for commercial and residential, but it also has a growing operation in digital experiences for retail – like flashy screen networks in big Canadian …
How iGotcha Drives Digital Signage For Everyone From Banks To Circuses August 15, 2018 by Super User I was in Montreal recently and had a chance to visit the offices of iGotcha, a digital signage and experiential media solutions company that has very quietly built up a nice book of business since launching in 2005. Working out of an old warehouse building overlooking the historic Lachine Canal, iGotcha works with everyone from …
Podcast: How Moment Factory Became One Of The World’s Top Multimedia Agencies August 8, 2018 by Super User Two more podcast interviews went sideways on me – at the last minute – in the past week. But as I type this, I have two and perhaps three set up for the next 24 hours, here in Montreal. So … we’re in rerun mode again this week. But it is a GREAT repeat chat. …
From The Archive: Chris Riegel On Growing His Stratacache Empire August 1, 2018 by Super User It is VERY hard to find people working – full days, or at all – in the lovely, hot summer most of us are seeing in North America and Europe. A couple of podcast interviews have fallen through in recent days, so I decided to go into the archive and revive an episode from a …
Why When It Comes To Digital Signage Screens, Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better July 25, 2018 by Super User When it comes to displays in digital signage, just about all the attention goes to screens that have steadily grown bigger, skinnier and brighter. Not a lot of attention or time has been spent on small screens – but there’s a real and growing market demand for displays in places like retail that don’t eat …
Gordon Feller Talks About The Real Potential For Smart Cities And Digital OOH July 18, 2018 by Super User I can’t say I’ve been all the enthralled by what I’ve seen so far with smart cities initiatives that involve digital out of home media companies. For the most part, they’re just digital posters with some wifi and maybe some sensors tossed in so the things can be called “smart.” Those things exist to run …
Nick Fearnley Talks About How SignStix Makes Smart Displays Really Smart July 11, 2018 by Super User I am guilty of thinking about SignStix as yet another smallish digital signage CMS company scratching out a living with low-cost subscriptions and equally low-cost Android stick players. Based in Yorkshire, England, SignStix is a lot more than that. The company is indeed small, but doing some stuff that is a little bit mind-blowing. It …
The Tech Behind Those Furiously-Spinning LED Holograph-ish Hypervsn Walls July 4, 2018 by Super User I’ve been to a few trade shows now where the fast-spinning LED light sticks – marketed as Hypervsn – attract big crowds and have a lot of people whipping out their phone cameras. The technology definitely creates buzz, so I wanted to know more about the technology and the company behind it. It uses the …
How Tanvas Uses Haptics To Add The Sensation Of Touch To Otherwise Lifeless Displays June 27, 2018 by Super User Imagine if you could feel what you see on a touchscreen. If, for example, you could unzip a zipper by drawing your finger down a screen and experiencing that familiar sensation. That’s the premise behind a Chicago startup called Tanvas, that is using haptics technology to enable users of interactive screens to have genuine touch …
