Norwich City FC Gets Shape-Shifting, Pivoting LED Board August 19, 2016 by Super User This is clever – a stadium LED board that changes orientation based on a schedule and type of content, and pivots so that it’s viewable from different angles around the grounds. The stadium screen is up at Carrow Road, the home of Norwich City Football Club, which plays in the 2nd tier of pro soccer in England (they …
Projects: Giant, Two-Sided, Pivoting Video Wall Lights Up in Scotland August 18, 2016 by Super User Via Display Daily I like the multi-purpose thinking behind this huge 32-screen video wall at the University of West Scotland in Paisley, near Glasgow. The UK-based systems integrator Saville was charged with bringing video wall and interactive technology solutions to a new, extended reception area in a campus building. The area is set up for everything from …
How To Skirt City Billboard Bans, Using Projection Mapping August 18, 2016 by Super User Here’s an interesting way to get around a city’s billboard advertising laws – use projection and make the windows of rented commercial space the billboard. That’s what Citibank has done at its high profile branch on Faria Lima Avenue in São Paulo, Brazil. São Paulo banned all billboards in 2007 to fight what it saw …
Apple Lights Up 6K LED Wall Today At New 1 WTC Store August 16, 2016 by Super User Via TechCrunch … Apple has opened a large store in New York’s new One World Trade Center retail space, and like other recent stores opened by the tech giant, this one features a large direct view LED wall. The store just opened at noon, and there is a big 6K rez wall in one section …
Projects: 280 Foot Wide LED Wall Lights Up In World Trade Center’s New Mall August 11, 2016 by Super User The retail component of the new World Trade Center in New York finally, formally, opens next week, and the 16 acre site will include some 5,000 square feet of LED. The signature installation is a 280-foot wide 4mm pixel pitch LED wall running along a concourse, driven by 12 sync’d HD outputs from players that …
Orlando Airport Investing Big On Passenger-Facing Digital Signage August 9, 2016 by Super User Orlando International Airport continues to invest heavily in digital displays to improve the look and experience. The Orlando Sentinel has a story up about a $146 million makeover underway, and targeted to be complete by late next year, that will include a band of tiled displays behind the ticket counters at the departures level. The …
Projects: Have A Look At The Largest Outdoor LED Wall in South China August 1, 2016 by Super User Massive LED billboards are by no means found only, these days, in world capitals and insane places like Las Vegas. This is a an 1,855 square metre LED wrapped around a building in the south China city of Shantou, up the coastline from Hong Kong (if that helps). Touted as the largest outdoor LED in south …
Projects: Charlotte Pizza Joint Uses Interactive To Engage Waiting Customers July 30, 2016 by Super User This is an interesting take on using digital signage to deal with lengthy dwell times in a fast casual restaurant setting: an interactive display patrons can monkey with while their custom pizza bakes in the nearby oven. When Zablong Pizza opened in Charlotte, NC earlier this year, the operators wanted an interactive experience from the time people walked in. So …
Projects: Turning Stone Casino Makes Digital Part Of Guest Experience July 27, 2016 by Super User I’m outside of Syracuse, NY for part of this week, hanging out at Seneca Data’s annual Partner Connect conference, held at a casino resort. First time at the conference, which is really well packaged and executed – something that probably makes sense because the Syracuse-based pro computing solutions company is populated by persnickety engineers and …
Board The Queen Mary For A Digital Signage Tour, Aug. 10th July 20, 2016 by Super User Digital Signage Expo is planning an informal tour and mixer on the Queen Mary cruise liner, which has been a part of the Long Beach, CA waterfront for many years as a working museum hotel and restaurant. The August 10th event will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on the ship. At rush hour, it’s about a three …