Calgary Uses Electronic Signs To Validate Its Bike Lane Network July 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes I’m not sure I’d call this digital signage, but I guess like electronic shelf labels it kinda sorta is. Whatever the proper distinction, it’s interesting. This is a semi-digital totem on a sidewalk along a roadway in downtown Calgary, in western Canada. Like a lot of cities, Calgary has a growing network of dedicated bike …
There’s Digital Signage From Bow To Stern On This New German River Boat July 9, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Guest Post: Florian Rotberg, invidis A media ship is an unusual idea. But the concept of a floating newsroom, a stage for live journalism and a digital signage location for events has become established. The Pioneer One has been sailing on the Spree in Berlin for two years now. Now a sister ship, the Pioneer …
Lift And Learn Retail Application Cleverly Doubles Up As Stock Level Counter July 4, 2024 by Dave Haynes People who have been in this industry for many years are likely amused, as I have been, when software and solutions companies demonstrate what they call new and innovative “lift and learn” applications for retail with the same kind of enthusiasm they’d have if they’d invented fire or figured out cold fusion. On-screen content triggered …
New Sydney Retail Development Has What’s Touted As Biggest Curved LED Screen In Southern Hemisphere July 2, 2024 by Dave Haynes The shopping mall component of a flashy new mixed-use development in Sydney, Australia sports what is described as the longest digital, curved retail screen in the southern hemisphere. The Halo is a 40-foot wide LED that wraps around the bulkhead of the stairway into what’s called Mall 88, a retail precinct in Sydney’s Lower North Shore. …
Projection In SOHO NYC Building’s Windows Celebrate And Market NBA Finals June 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes Here’s a nice example of how the windows of vacant storefronts are once again being used as short-term digital out of home ad tools, projecting on specialized film to fill the windows with video and motion graphics. This is an interactive campaign that ran on the street-level windows of a building in New York’s SOHO …
Walmart Canada Testing LCD Ribbon SmartShelves That Show Pricing AND Consumer Reviews June 27, 2024 by Dave Haynes Walmart’s Canadian operation is running an interesting trial program at its biggest store in the country – using LCD ribbon displays in the crackers section of the grocery department as digital price tags, but also as product reviews. The crackers section has 28 feet of ribbon displays, and pulls consumer product reviews – let’s assume …
Dubai Retailer Lines Store’s Upper-Level With Semi-Transparent LED Display Tech June 27, 2024 by Dave Haynes A home furnishings retailer in Dubai is using those semi-transparent, wafer-thin LED displays on the upper levels of its store. What’s interesting here is how the set-up enables the retailer to create something of digital billboard, without impairing the view in or out of the main level of the store. The LED wafers are attached …
Big Projection-Mapped Space Helps Tell Tiffany & Co. Story At Tokyo Exhibit June 25, 2024 by Dave Haynes Here is a vey nice example of indoor projection mapping done this spring in Tokyo to showcase the product and story of Tiffany & Co. at a special exhibit. The jewelry house developed and ran Tiffany Wonder, a special immersive experience at the Tokyo Node Gallery on the 45th floor of an office tower. The …
Saudi’s Qiddiya Giga-Project Adds Plans For Sci Fi-Looking Performing Arts Center June 24, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Saudi giga-project outside of Riyadh – called Qiddiya City – has now added a digital-heavy performing arts center to the list of ambitious and expensive projects at various stages of development. Announced today, new of the center comes on the heels of several other entertainment, sporting and cultural attractions for the area – including …
Video: Retailer Good American’s Screen-Filled LA Flagship June 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes I wrote back in January about retailer Good American’s display-filled flagship store at the Westfield Century City Mall in LA, and now the tech company providing the displays and management software has pushed out a video that does a good job of showing the what, why and hows of the set-up. Samsung provides both the …
