LG Extends WebOS Smart Signage Concept To Projector Series March 12, 2024 by Super User LG’s US Business Solutions wing has expanded its “smart” digital signage hardware line-up beyond displays, adding a series of high-brightness laser projectors that run LG webOS and drive projected surfaces with content managed by the company’s own webOS Signage 6.0 digital signage platform. There are five supported models in the RG series of ProBeam high-brightness laser …
Dubai Towers Used For Biggest Temporary Projection Mapped Surface On Planet March 12, 2024 by Super User Photo Credit: Stéphane Aït Ouarab/2024 Saï Dubai has a well-established track record for going big with its bling, and the UAE city-state now has more records for the largest short-term projection mapping jobs on the planet. The projection show ran about a month ago on the twin towers of a development called One Za’abeel, which …
Rear Projection Displays In Empty Storefront Windows Are Back February 27, 2024 by Super User OOH Today has a piece up about a start-up in Chicago that has revived and probably evolved the established notion of using street-level shop windows as advertising displays once the sun goes down, via rear projection and window films. The post is about a campaign run by Live Nation for the legendary rock band Pearl …
Tokyo’s Shinjuku District About To Get Even More Animated With Nightly Projection Mapping Shows February 15, 2024 by Super User The bustling Shinjuku business and entertainment district of Tokyo is about to host what is billed as the largest permanent projection mapping experience – nightly shows on a 48-storey office tower. Starting Feb. 25th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is hosting the free nightly projection mapping displays – calling it “Tokyo Night & Light.” The year-round …
Clever NYC CampaignCombines Full-Time Mural With Projection-Mapped Animations After Sunset February 13, 2024 by Super User Projection-mapping when done well can be quite awesome, but using that technology for advertising and special events has always been somewhat constrained by projection’s greatest adversary – natural light. So I was intrigued and impressed by an effort in New York that blends a colorful full-time mural for a brand in a high profile space …
Projection Used To Explain Port Wine Production On Giant Barrels February 8, 2024 by Super User I’ve always liked projection for digital signage but the technology has often had limited application because of the battle it faces with ambient light. But I found a really nice application for it yesterday at a port cave in Portugal. In Gaia, on the other side of the river from Porto, there are numerous port …
Barcelona’s Iconic Casa Batlló To Again Be Projection-Mapped Next Weekend Ahead Of ISE January 17, 2024 by Super User If you are into projection mapping and going to Barcelona for ISE, you might want to put this free public show on your schedule if you get in next weekend, ahead of the show’s formal start date. From ISE’s PR: To commemorate the 20th anniversary of ISE and the 200th anniversary of Passeig de Gràcia, …
Projection-Mapped Church Show Draws Almost 100K Paid Viewers Over Its Run In Bordeaux January 11, 2024 by Super User A lot of the recent attention around projection-mapped environments lately has been with commercial attractions – like Illuminarium and Montreal’s Oasis Immersion – but there’s also interesting work going on that delivers experiences but also has broader benefits. A projection-mapped show, mixed with live orchestral music, sold almost 100,000 tickets during a just-finished run at …
Ladies And Gentleman, Elvis Is Coming Back To The Building … Virtually, In London Later This Year January 4, 2024 by Super User Via AV Interactive … Ladies and Gentleman, Elvis may have left the building and planet, but he’s coming back … sorta. Hat Tip to AV Interactive for reporting that Elvis Presley is being virtually raised from the dead to perform as a hologram-ish projected entity at a new immersive attraction targeted to open later this …
CES Is Imminent, And The Big Consumer Brands Are Once Again Previewing Interesting But Dubious Concept Products January 2, 2024 by Super User The giant consumer-focused tech trade show CES is next week in Las Vegas, and there will be all kinds of digital signage and pro AV people going and enduring the line-ups and even-higher-then-normal prices for rooms and transport. The show doesn’t have a whole bunch to do with commercial AV, other than offering glimpses of …
