Projects: 40-Screen Flying Video Wall Switches On At Southampton, UK Cinema February 22, 2017 by Dave Haynes Here’s a very nice install – featuring a “flying” video wall – that formally switched on last week at the new 10-screen Showcase Cinema de Lux in Southampton, England. The high-end movie house has laser projection and Dolby Atmos sound, and fully customizable electric recliners for seating. Integrator Beaver Group did all the digital display work, …
Projects: Disney Resort Starts Deploying ChromeOs-Driven Digital Signage Network February 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes Deployments with 14 players – not 100s or 1,000s – don’t tend to get a lot of attention here, but it’s a bit different when the brands involved include Mickey Mouse and Google. The Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort in the Orlando area has installed a communications network with two distinct tracks – one talking to …
Projects: Hy-Vee’s W. Des Moines History Pavilion February 14, 2017 by Dave Haynes The midwest US, employee-owned grocer Hy-Vee has opened a conference and event center in its West Des Moines, Iowa head office that goes very big on a blend of digital and print graphics. The company turned the building’s lobby into an 11,000-square-foot history pavilion and hired Dimensional Innovations, a Kansas-based architecture and design firm, to …
Interested In Sponsoring The New Projects Podcast? (Update: Sold) February 2, 2017 by Dave Haynes Updated: Never mind. A sponsor is now in place. Thanks! The mothership 16:9 Podcast – which now has 40 episodes and some 85,000 downloads, is sponsored by digital signage content provider Screenfeed all the way through 2017 and beyond, but I’m now looking for a suitable sponsor for the companion podcast, Projects. The new podcast, …
Projects: Canadian Museum of Human Rights February 2, 2017 by Dave Haynes Here are some images showing the impressive digital visual implementation at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The museum, which has a readily evident focus, first opened in Sept. 2014, but I THINK it has been steadily adding new galleries. I have tons of family roots in that city, but haven’t been back …
DSE Announces 2017 Apex Awards Finalists February 1, 2017 by Dave Haynes Digital Signage Expo has announced 27 finalists for its annual APEX Installation Awards – which celebrate great work designing, building and developing creative for projects in a variety of spaces. The 27 finalists, in nine categories, come out of a field of 138 entrants from 12 countries. As said in the past, I am baffled by …
16:9 Now Has A Companion Podcast – Projects, With Michael Tutton January 27, 2017 by Dave Haynes The Sixteen:Nine Podcast has been running long enough now to have 39 episodes and a pretty healthy number of downloads – something like 83,000. Clearly, there’s an audience. So there is now a companion podcast, which is being hosted by a longtime industry friend, Michael Tutton. Another polite Canadian who likes his craft beer. Industry …
New NYC Subway Line Upgrades Interactive Kiosks January 25, 2017 by Dave Haynes The Link NYC smart cities screens that have started dotting the sidewalks of Manhattan now have cousins in the subway system – new variations on the MTA On the Go (OTG) kiosks that have been in the system for some time now. There are eight screens in three stations on the loooooooong-awaited new line, which opened …
Projects: Interactive Displays Guide Vera Wang Style Choices January 25, 2017 by Dave Haynes This a pretty standard touchscreen application developed for weddings-centric fashion designer Vera Wang, but I like how this video shows the thinking behind the user experience and the use of a set of guiding questions on style to get users more quickly to what interests them. In a truly long distance collaboration, Wang’s team engaged …
Houston Museum Switches On 90-Foot Ticket Counter Video Wall January 18, 2017 by Dave Haynes The Houston Museum of Natural Science has a newly renovated box office area topped by a 90-foot wide L-shaped video wall that uses 63 55-inch narrow bezel displays. The displays are divided into seven groups of nine each, running off controllers by group, and the whole wall can be taken over by one high-rez visual, as …
