Projects: Chico’s In-Store Digital Network Runs On Chromeboxes February 5, 2015 by Super User You know that argument you hear from vendors, that serious end-users with a lot of scale will never go with free software solutions and entry-level hardware? It’s probably true in a lot of cases, but not always. And I think things are shifting, in part because of who is now working with free. As in …
Projects: Helsinki’s Hartwall Arena Adds Screens In Refurb February 2, 2015 by Super User The Harwall Arena in Finland recently went through a modernization program that included 240 new displays located around the facility, all intended to raise the fan experience. The screens were put in and are now managed by local solutions partner iConnect, using ComQi’s EnGage platform on 60 media players. The displays include several video walls, screens located …
Projects: TravelCenters’ Screens Integrated With Back-End Data February 2, 2015 by Super User I’m not what you’d call enthusiastic about the approach the client has taken to content design here – too much, too little, where to start – but I do like back-end integration that Burlington, ON-based ADFLOW Networks has put together for TravelCenters of America. The digital signage CMS company has integrated its platform with the enterprise …
Is Projection Mapping Digital Signage? Nope. February 2, 2015 by Super User I saw a few tweets last night after the Katy Perry lip sync medley halftime at the Super Bowl gushing about how cool the digital signage was at the big game. https://twitter.com/route802/status/562072660897579008 Well … yes, the projection mapping was kinda sorta cool. Seen way better at this game. But yeah, still … However, it was not digital signage. That …
Projects: 800 Sq Ft Curved Display At Fresno Casino January 29, 2015 by Super User Here’s a 38 foot wide by 21 high Nanolumens LED wall set on a curve at the Tachi Palace casino in the Fresno, California-area. It is touted as the largest curved video wall in North America, visible throughout the entire Casino of the Moon. I like the scale, and can only hope this is demo …
Projects: 4K Displays Create Virtual Balconies On Cruise Ship December 31, 2014 by Super User This is pretty wild. The cruise ship giant Royal Caribbean’s new Quantum of the Seas ship has installed 80-inch portrait-mode 4K displays in its interior staterooms (the ones that could never have windows anyway) to create virtual balconies. The displays get a streamed feed – I’m guessing via fiber – from a set of high-def RED …
Projects: Beverly Hills Porsche Dealer Gets Social In Showroom December 18, 2014 by Super User LA-based Enplug – which runs screens solutions built around social media – put together a program earlier this year for Beverly Hills Porsche, which was looking for a way to better engage with its customers on social media, from inside the showroom. They’d been using print, and not surprisingly finding it wasn’t working so hot. …
Projects: Wayfinding At Montreal’s World Trade Centre December 17, 2014 by Super User Long-time Montreal solutions provider iGotcha Media has installed a series of four 47-inch wayfinding kiosks in the World Trade Centre Montréal, for building operator Ivanhoé Cambridge. The centre is a combination of offices, lower level boutiques and cafes, and a hotel in downtown Montreal, across from the convention centre. iGotcha Media’s wayfinding kiosks include: floor plan maps, …
Projects: Welsh Library Projection-Mapped For Christmas December 17, 2014 by Super User This is an eye-popping 10-minute projection-mapping show put together by London’s Projection Studio as a Christmas celebration in a main square of Barry, in Wales. It was bankrolled by the local council. If you stick to the end you’ll see it was a prequel to the turning on of the town Christmas lights. Nicely done,and you …
Projects: PARCO’s Fukuoka Store Builds Screens Into Design December 17, 2014 by Super User PARCO is a Japanese department store group that is part retailer, part landlord – blending its own store space with that of independent retailers. The newest PARCO opened a few weeks ago in Fukuoka with 27 screens – providing shoppers with promotions, wayfinding and up to date information. That information is updated dynamically from external data sources via …
