Invidis Finds A Near-Perfect Digital Signage Project In Moscow Airport August 24, 2019 by Super User Florian Rotberg, of the Munich-based digital signage consulting and events firm Invidis, is almost constantly traveling, and sees a whole lot of stuff. He passed through Moscow recently and in the wake of that trip, published what he calls an Invidis “site inspection” of the LED installations that have gone in at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. …
LED Light Bars Turn Chicago Parkade Into Dynamic-Data Light Show August 22, 2019 by Super User This is kinda sorta digital signage, and kinda not, but an interesting take on blending building lighting with dynamic data feeds to create a constantly changing visual canvas. The side of a parking garage in Chicago’s central business district now has a 95-foot-long weather art installation called Sensing Change, that converts real-time weather data into …
Jay Leedy On How The Giant Integrator Diversified Approaches Digital Signage August 21, 2019 by Super User There are a handful of big AV systems integrators in North America genuinely active in digital signage, but I’m feeling pretty comfy saying New Jersey-based Diversified is the most active, experienced and directly knowledgeable about this industry. The company has built and then managed many of the larger networks out there, including most of the …
In The Right Conditions, Switchable Glass And Laser Projectors Have Possibilities August 20, 2019 by Super User I’ve seen switchable glass demo’d by NEC for rear projection window displays at a couple of trade shows this year, and while I thought it was interesting, the visual impact was a little muted. It had that age-old problem of not being bright enough to be effective in many scenarios. Last week at NEC’s splashy …
Taipei’s Planned Twin Towers Are Ground-To-Roof LED Media Facades August 19, 2019 by Super User A few months ago, a New York journalist rang me up, asking about that LED advertising barge that had started running along the Hudson and East Rivers as a floating billboard. I told the guy I was not surprised many New Yorkers hated the thing, but said that was potentially just the start of what …
E-paper Screens Used As Patient Room Digital Signage In Florida Hospital August 14, 2019 by Super User Using screens as digital meeting room signs has turned into a big business, with dozens of companies offering a smarter way to designate whether a meeting space is occupied or booked, and by whom. There’s another very different scenario where digital signs make a lot of sense outside of rooms, and that’s in medical centers. …
Giant Wraparound LED Upgrades Messaging At Sydney’s Convention Center August 12, 2019 by Super User This is well done – a wrap-around LED display board that addresses multiple needs at a convention center in Sydney, Australia. The new LED display at the International Convention Centre Sydney is 47.5 sq. meters – 19m wide by 2.5m tall, and sitting above some existing print signage. The screen in the ICC Sydney foyer …
Cruise Line’s Mega-Ship Includes Dining Hall With Experiential LED Walls August 9, 2019 by Super User The Spectrum of the Seas, a new mega-cruise ship in the fleet of Royal Caribbean International, uses big direct view LED screens to great effect in its main dining room. The three level dining area can feed more than 1,800 people at once. Passengers walk in from two decks, via a 16-meter-long LED corridor. For …
Empire State Building Opens Screen-Filled Museum Designed To Entertain, Educate Observatory Line-ups August 8, 2019 by Super User The Empire State Building in New York has opened a 10,000 square foot museum in the 2nd floor of the building as a mechanism to reduce perceptions of long waiting lines to get to the observatories on the 86th and 102nd floors. The museum has a pile of technology in it, most notably a gallery with 72 …
Iconic Philly Department Store Building Adds Gorgeous LED Digital Entry Canopy July 30, 2019 by Super User Love this – the main entry to an iconic old department store building in Philadelphia was updated with a digital canopy and flanking displays, and now runs gorgeous custom creative. The former Lit Brothers Department Store was a cultural landmark that operated for nearly a century in Philly before closing its doors. Now renovated, revitalized, and …
