LED Light Displays Show The Ebb And Flow Of Boston’s Tides, Using Data Visualization November 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is one of those projects that treads the line between light and signage – though I’d probably argue it’s much more about lighting. But very smart lighting, that is visualizing data. So kinda signage. Which is why I am writing about it. Tidal Light is a public data sculpture that uses addressable LED light …
Towering Statue Projection-Mapped At Night To Honor Late Indian Statesman November 1, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is pretty wild – projection mapping on the world’s tallest statue, a 182-meter tall bronze-clad tribute to an Indian statesman. The Statue of Unity in the state of Gujarat honors the late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, often called the “Iron Man of India” for his role in the nation’s struggle for independence. For some sense …
GameStop Rolls Out Entire Retail Signage Network On Chromeboxes November 1, 2018 by Dave Haynes GameStop has long had digital signage in its video and PC gamer-focused stores, but now the full network of screens across 3,800-plus locations is running on ChromeOS and commercial Chromebox players. GameStop TV features product promotions, game previews, developer interviews and other customized content, as well as advertising. All content is targeted to video game …
Cinemex Using Creative Video Walls To Elevate Moviehouse Experiences November 1, 2018 by Dave Haynes Here’s a of glimpses at the ambitious and interesting digital signage implementations happening with the Cinemex moviehouse chain in Mexico. Across the 300 site chain, Mexican integrator Multimedia Corp. has put in 8,000 screens driven by some 1,300 players. The company is a longtime Scala reseller/solutions provider. At times, the content is also sync’d, even …
IAC Refreshes Giant NYC HQ Lobby Video Wall, Using 1.4mm LED October 31, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is the second iteration of a massive video wall in the lobby of the NYC-based internet media company IAC. The first version went up in 2012, using Prysm laser phosphor display cubes. Six years on, V2 uses 1.4mm pixel pitch LED modules. The 117×10-foot wall was designed, engineered and integrated by Video Corporation of America …
Projection Mapping Used To Tell Concorde’s Story, With The Jet As The Screen October 29, 2018 by Dave Haynes Here’s a great example of projection mapping being used to tell a story, with the subject of that story doubling as the digital canvas. A specially constructed hangar at Aerospace Bristol in England is home to the last Concorde supersonic passenger jet ever built, and the long, lean jet itself is used as the projection surface …
DC Arena Uses Tiled Screens To Change Concession Branding On Demand October 29, 2018 by Dave Haynes These are concessions at the renovated Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, home to NHL hockey and NBA basketball. What’s interesting to me is how the digital signage is not just the menu boards, but also the headers for the concessions – which allows the venue operator to rebrand a stand pretty much on the …
Quest Medical Labs Using Queue Management/Digital Signage Mash-Up At 2,200+ Facilities October 25, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is a nice mash-up of queue management and digital signage being used by Quest Diagnostics in more than 2,200 waiting rooms at Quest facilities across the U.S. A custom solution designed by Mood Media integrates the signage solution with Quest’s patient check-in system, so clients can actively monitor their progress while keeping their privacy …
LED Lobby Feature Wall Centerpiece of Reimagined Miami Office Tower October 23, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is the lobby of 100 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami – a commercial office tower just across the road from the big Bayfront urban park and entertainment area downtown. The 30-storey office block’s facelift includes a direct view LED feature wall that wraps around the entry to the elevator lobby. Not totally sure of the …
North Sydney Club Makes Interactive Wall Its Digital Centerpiece October 18, 2018 by Dave Haynes When the 90 year old Harbord Diggers club in Sydney, Australia’s northern beaches area went through a massive redevelopment project, the backers wanted to have a digital centerpiece at the facility that told the club’s back story and present in a visually interesting and playful way. The Mounties Group, developers of a project that now …
