Miracle Mile Mall In Vegas Starts Lighting New Exterior LED Displays July 10, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Miracle Mile Shops mall that’s part of the Planet Hollywood resort in Las Vegas is nearing the end of a much, much needed facelift – and a big visual feature is new LED displays on the outside, facing the Strip. This is a view of the south entrance, which has added a big SNA …
Tim Horton’s Adds Order Status Displays, LED Halo To Stores July 10, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Canadian coffee chain Tim Horton’s was an early adopter of digital menu displays, rolling them out across Canada and elsewhere long before many of its competitors. And it now appears to be making the welcomed addition of order status screens in busy stores. An industry friend sent me a photo of Timmy’s in Bancroft, …
That Giant Las Vegas LED Sphere Lights Up For First Time: Pix And Video July 7, 2023 by Brad Koerner Guest Post: Brad Koerner On July 4th, the massive video screen on the exterior sphere of the MSG Las Vegas Sphere (or see the sphere’s Wikipedia page) was activated for the first time. Here’s some essential info from Wikipedia: Upon its completion, the Sphere will be 366 feet (112 m) high and 516 feet (157 m) wide at its …
Hollister’s Live Beach Scene Video Wall In Munich Still Active After 10 Years, And It Looks It! July 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes Just a shade more than 10 years ago, shoppers lined up outside a new Hollister store in central Munich to see the California-inspired apparel and marvel at the huge LCD video wall just inside the store glass, showing live video of the Pacific’s waves rolling in Huntington Beach. Ten years later, the screens are still …
Flagship NYC Tiffany Store – The One With Those Vast LED Faux Windows – Had Big Fire This Morning June 29, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of the most ambitious LED video walls in the U.S. may be off for a while after a fire this morning in the basement of the Tiffany & Co.’s newly-renovated flagship store in Midtown Manhattan. Or maybe not … The landmark Fifth Avenue store was just re-opened in April after a lengthy and expensive …
GM China HQ Uses Big Absen LED Walls To Greet, Inform Staff And Visitors June 29, 2023 by Dave Haynes It’s kind of amusing to see multi-zone layouts still popping up on digital signage displays, especially when the display canvas is a premium fine-pitch LED video wall in a corporate lobby. At least there’s no ticker on this big, curving LED set up in the street-level lobby of the Chinese headquarters for General Motors. I’d …
Vericast, Intel Partner On Context-Driven Retail Media Networks Solution June 27, 2023 by Dave Haynes The marketing solutions firm Vericast has partnered with Intel on what’s described as a new, programmatically-enabled digital in-store retail media network, having come out of a trial deployment in 50 c-stores. The solution pairs Vericast’s “intelligent targeting technology” and Intel’s Edge software platforms “to deliver contextually relevant advertising and product information throughout the shopping experience. …
Madrid Nightclub’s Central Feature Is Vast Experiential Dome Built With Conical LED Rings June 27, 2023 by Dave Haynes I go to nightclubs exactly never, so I am something far less than well-informed about the tech being used in these venues. But I am going to assume the breadth of AV technology put in place for a new club in Madrid is, at minimum, on the impressive and ambitious side. This is Fitz, a …
Sao Paulo Bus Stops Add Video Conferencing For Nighttime Comfort And Safety June 26, 2023 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip Kelson Schmitt for pointing this out … It’s unfortunate this is necessary, but noting that, also interesting that a Brazilian out of home media firm has started adding cameras, microphones, speakers and videoconferencing capabilities to transit shelters along routes in São Paulo as a safety amenity for female riders. Eletromidia implemented this set …
Bank HQ Puts In Reactive Digital Koi Pond As Calming Oasis For Staffers, But Tops It With Big TVs??? June 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes My first reaction to this interesting set-up in a common area of a corporate campus is “Hmmm ….” Like tilting my head and rubbing my chin “Hmmm …” Like I get what the bank and solutions providers were going for, but not sure it gets there – creating a reactive digital koi pond that people …
