Video: Profile Of Saco, The Montreal Company Behind The LED-Filled Las Vegas Sphere October 6, 2023 by Super User The suppliers behind some of the highest profile digital display projects often don’t get much marketing mileage out of their closed deals, because the client doesn’t allow or greatly restricts PR about te job. But the company behind the big new Sphere in Las Vegas seems more relaxed about it – with several suppliers this …
Virtual Models Prowl Projected Catwalk In Dutch Fashion Show October 5, 2023 by Super User This isn’t really digital signage, but an interesting application of technologies used for signage – a fashion show that uses a variation of the Pepper’s Ghost illusion to create a virtual runway/catwalk at a Dutch fashion show. A start-up called Future Front Row developed the show for Amsterdam Fashion Week. Pepper’s Ghost is an illusion …
420 Of Those Madly-Spinning LED Sticks Create Big Visuals In Las Vegas Sphere Atrium October 3, 2023 by Super User I’ve never been able to work up the level of trade show attendee enthusiasm I see for those madly-spinning LED light sticks, mainly because moving parts inevitably fail and conventional display products can often do a better job for many of the suggested use cases. But there are times when I think it can work, …
A Close Look At Transparent LED Foil In Retail, And A Broader Look At Digital In London’s Revitalized Battersea Development October 3, 2023 by Super User One of the work stops I wanted to make while in London recently was the revitalized and re-imagined Battersea Power Station, a huge decommissioned structure along the Thames and just up-river from the central part of the city. It is now a multi-purpose development – with the turbine hall turned into retail and food, and …
Digital Signage Helps Spanish Ham Chain Convince Travelers That Vending Machine Sandwiches Can Be Edible And Tasty October 3, 2023 by Super User Buying sandwiches out of a vending machine normally reads like an act of starving, eat-something-or-die desperation, but a new digital signage-backed vending set-up at Barcelona’s main airport actually looks tempting. Enrique Tomás, the world’s largest ham chain, has launched a set of 30 GO!urmet vending machines at strategic points throughout the airport, offering a range …
In Praise Of Boring Digital Signage October 2, 2023 by Super User Giant, big dollar display installations tend to get a lopsided amount of attention in this industry, so I always like to point out that some of the best work being done borders of profoundly boring – because they’re jobs done with narrow but valuable purposes. My recent trip to the London, UK area involved no …
ClearChannel Cuts Deal To Clad Las Vegas Westin With Giant LED Walls Ahead Of F1, Super Bowl October 2, 2023 by Super User The F1 race coming up in a few weeks in Las Vegas has triggered an investment by the media company ClearChannel in a set of giant displays on a big hotel just off the strip. Clear Channel Outdoor has partnered with the Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa to have three jumbo displays running in …
The Sheer Scale Of The LED Screen In That Now-Opened Sphere Concert Venue Is Mind-Blowing October 2, 2023 by Super User There have been many, many posts and observations about the unmissable visual impact of the LED-clad Sphere lighting up behind the Venetian in Las Vegas, but now the venue is live inside – with launch concerts featuring Irish rock giants U2. The concert and events theater at what’s called Sphere at the Venetian is 580,000 …
London’s Outernet Immersive (And Free) Visuals Experience Continues To Impress And Draw Crowds October 2, 2023 by Super User One of the sites I really wanted to see a second time while in London was the Outernet development in the center of the city, on the fringes of Soho and beside the Tottenham Court Road Station on the new-ish Elizabeth Line subway. It’s pretty amazing. The Now Building, the primary venue that has some …
Reminder: Get Your Entries In For The Global Digital Signage Awards; Sept. 30 Submission Deadline September 18, 2023 by Super User Submissions for the global Digital Signage Awards need to be in by the end of this month, and as a main media sponsor and the person behind the awards categories, I wanted to remind companies about the deadline and reinforce the rationale for entering. There are some big changes in place for the awards categories …
