Epson Touts New Short-Throw Projector That Can Blast 160 Visuals From Inches Away June 8, 2023 by Dave Haynes I’d need to be much more of a projection nerd to appreciate most of what Epson is touting as its must-see products for its presence next week at InfoComm in Orlando, but there was one new advance I can easily get my head around – a short-throw projector that can blast a 160-inch diagonal image …
It’s Now Possible To Map And Project On Moving Objects In Real Time June 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes Projection mapping has steadily grown easier and better through the years, and is now at a point that a software-hardware technology stack can do all the work to accurately map and project on moving objects … in real time. It was not all that long ago that mapping a stationary object – like a building …
Watch: Miami-Area Resort Lobby Pairs Rainfall Water Feature With Projection-Driven Multimedia Experience May 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes Multimedia installations have sometimes supplanted fountains and other water features in office, mall and hotel lobbies because digital is changeable and problems with digital are usually much easier than problems with pumps and filters, but here’s a casino resort lobby that blends sync’d lighting and projection with a giant rain head shower feature. It …
Clever Dublin Billboard Campaign Customizes Messages To People, Groups Passing By May 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is quite clever – a billboard campaign in Dublin that uses projection mapping to flash cheeky messages in real-time to people walking through a neighbourhood. The awareness campaign for a new Tesco Express c-store in the Charlemont Square uses high-bright projection to push messages to a blank static billboard that people can see from …
Visual Merchandising Demo Pairs Content Trigger With Projection Mapping At Fixture April 28, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting mash-up of a conventional display and small-scale projection mapping for visual merchandising in retail. It’s a trade show demo done by the UK firm Motion Mapping, which does projections on everything from big building facades to small surfaces in retail and elsewhere. I THINK that’s an LCD paired with projection, but …
LG Launches “First” Digital Signage-Specific Projector, With Built-in SoC Smarts And webOS Support March 29, 2023 by Dave Haynes LG Electronics has taken the interesting step of developing and marketing a new 4K laser, 7,000 lumens projector it says is specifically tuned to the needs of digital signage applications. LG has been manufacturing and marketing projectors for years, but the main use-cases have been applications like corporate boardrooms and lecture theaters. What’s perhaps interesting …
Hotel Near Disneyland Uses Displays, Projection To Make “Grand Magic” In Lobby March 24, 2023 by Dave Haynes The hotels sector has long been an active investor in digital signage, but with the notable exception of casino resorts, most properties have paid for projects that would be described as modest. Like a video wall behind the check-in and directory displays. Then there’s the Grand Magic Hotel near Disneyland Paris … Schroders, the investment …
Almost 1,700 Feet Of LED Fins Drive Brand And Inspire At Tech Firm’s NYC Experience Center March 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes 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 …
Futuresource’s ISE Wrap-Up: Price Erosion Continuing In LED; LCD Use Range Narrowing March 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes 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 …
Pro Flat Panel Demand In US Softened Q3-4 2022: PMA Research February 27, 2023 by Dave Haynes LA-area research firm PMA Research says demand for commercial flat panel displays softened in the second half of last year as supply chain issues cleared up and order backlogs were all fulfilled. PMA, which describes itself as the worldwide market information experts on large displays, released that summary out of its latest half-yearly All-Displays sell-through …
