Stretch LCDs, Low-Rez LEDs, Glass And Film Mashed Up For Virtual Water Wall January 7, 2020 by Super User This is a very slick experiential digital piece done for the water treatment company Pentair at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, where the NFL’s Vikings play. The project was developed and delivered by Twin Cities-based Microgigantic, with creative that highlights how Pentair “Brings Water To Life. For Life.” There are layers of custom led lights, …
Cincinnati’s Museum Center Adds 35-Screen Digital Signage Network January 6, 2020 by Super User The Cincinnati Museum Center in guess-what-city has added 35 digital signage displays around the historic Art Deco-era site that face visitors for information and staffers for corporate communications. The unique multi-museum complex is located inside Union Terminal, a converted transit station and National Historical Landmark that has gone through substantial renovations and expansions in recent years. The 35 endpoints …
DSE Sets Final, Final (Probably) Deadline For Apex Awards Submissions January 3, 2020 by Super User The Digital Signage Expo team has shifted the deadline one last time for submissions to its annual Apex Awards – with a new and perhaps truly final submissions deadline of January 15th. So if you STILL haven’t got your act together, all hope is not lost. The awards, which are presented by the Digital Signage …
Food Court Vendor Uses Tape, Paper And Scissors to Update Digital Menu Displays December 30, 2019 by Super User Every so often I will get an email and pix from a reader who has spotted a food concession – usually – that has resorted to a manual fix for a digital problem. I have unavailable menu items hidden by tape and entire displays covered by paper … and everything in between. But I had …
White Castle’s New HQ Has Vast Interactive Wall, Projection-Mapped Throne December 30, 2019 by Super User The longtime burger chain White Castle has moved into new HQ digs in Columbus, Ohio that factored in a lot of tech to set the company tone and also tells its story. The building has a pile of traditional AV and collaboration systems, but in the public areas like the lobby, Detroit-based solutions firm Bluewater …
Florida Grocer Opens Seed To Table Concept Store With 100+ Screens December 30, 2019 by Super User A new grocery in Naples, Florida – heavily focused on locally grown and sourced product – has more than 100 screens deployed around the floorplate. Arguably the most visually compelling component – from what I can see in videos and still images – is one set of stocked shelves that has 32 feet of LCD …
World’s Tallest Building Hosts Massive Car Rally Ad, For Dakar Rally December 30, 2019 by Super User The Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai has long been used as a visual surface for lasers, fireworks and most recently, programmable LED lighting. The 828 meter building – the world’s tallest building – has 163 floors and is clad from top to bottom in LED lighting that’s used for scheduled shows and for booked media …
Tax Prep Giant Adds Big LED Branding Ribbon To HQ Lobby December 30, 2019 by Super User This is the HQ lobby of Kansas City-based tax prep giant H&R Block, which now has a nice horizontal LED ribbon behind the reception/security desk. The wall was put in by AV integrator SKC Communications, using PrimeView displays. I like this because: it has custom creative focused on the brand;the wall has enough scale to …
Seoul’s Vast Subway System Adds 4,200+ Samsung Screens December 23, 2019 by Super User The Seoul metro subway system – which is vast and bewildering (trust me) – has upgraded its passenger experience across some 90 stations, adding more than 4,200 Samsung screens across the network. The screens replace analogue posters and maps with interactive way-finding, timetables and information for the districts surrounding the stations. They provide nice tools …
Raptors, Leafs Using Hyper-Granular Real-Time Sports Data On Screens Around Home Venue December 19, 2019 by Super User Big sports venues often have screens showing the live TV feed from the rink, court, field or whatever on the public concourses and in places like corporate suites, so that fans can keep half an eye on the action while getting food or mingling, but the screens at the home of Toronto’s Raptors and Maple …
