First Waterfalls, Then Aquariums, And Now There Are Digital Campfires March 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes Display technology has been set up to emulate all kinds of things – from waterfalls to virtual ceilings and digital chandeliers – but I think this is the first time I have seen screens clustered together to emulate a campfire. It is in the Frankfurt flagship of the outdoor’s-focused retailer Jack Wolfskin, a German brand …
Endangered Kelp Forests Get Replicated On Big SFO LED Display March 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes Virtual aquariums have been used before for large-scale LED video walls, as have virtual waterfalls, but a new digital piece running in one of Salesforce’s office towers in San Francisco relates to a cause. The CRM giant is running a public art video piece on the big, 90-degree corner SNA Displays LED in the Salesforce …
Hologram-ish Transparent LCD Used To Virtually Greet, Guide Visitors At Amsterdam Office Complex March 10, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s an interesting real world application of those shower stall-like, hologram-ish transparent LCD units – making a life-sized and live host available to visitors at a building, even though the host is located in another part of town. The Dutch start-up Holoconnects worked with D&B The Facility Group to set up what’s called a holobox …
Pittsburgh’s NHL Arena Owners OK $30M In Upgrades, Include New LED March 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes It looks the LED display deal is already locked up, but flat panel display and software firms maybe – repeat maybe – still have a sniff at some of the $30 million just approved for upgrades to PPG Paints Arena, home of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins. Sports Business Journal reports that the authority that owns …
Slovak Bus Line Kits Out New Terminal With 80+ Passenger Update Screens March 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes Several new or updated airport terminals have come online in the past year kitted out with displays that help inform and guide passengers, and it’s the sort of thing that can also serve other mass transport hubs well – like this new bus terminal in Slovakia. The new bus station in the Nivy shopping center …
Renovated Hugo Boss Store Adds Split Flap Display To Shopper Experience On London’s Regent Street March 8, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s an example of an electro-mechanical display being used in high-end retail for interesting and different messaging, in this case for a newly renovated HUGO BOSS store on Regent Street in London. It is supplied by Vestaboard, a Silicon Valley start-up that specializes in split flap displays that share the same core design and operating …
London’s Transport Authority Expanding LED-based Countdown Signs; Testing Interactive And E-Paper Signs March 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes The integrated mass transport authority for the UK’s capital city area – Transport For London (TfL) – is adding 300 more of its simple LED countdown displays to routes this year, and also started trials of e-paper displays on bus stop poles and interactive full color displays inside bus shelters on one route. Beginning this …
16 Sq. Meter MicroLED Wall Greets Shoppers At Belgian Mall March 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes I’ve not seen or read a lot of PR about actual deployments of super-premium microLED products like Samsung’s The Wall, but there are indeed end-customers out there, including this shopping mall near Antwerp, Belgium. It’s at the Waasland Shopping Center and is measured at 16 square meters. It appears to be fixed along a corridor, …
Now There’s An Acronym For Something That Isn’t Really A Thing: FP3D Billboards March 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes Now media companies are getting into the flawed habit of calling their advertising displays something they’re not. Abu Dhabi-based BackLite Media sent me PR about its winning the concession to deploy new digital billboards at a flashy new waterfront destination in the city state – trumpeting how the “new range includes a curved screen, which …
Magic Mirror At Sydney Mall Transforms Shoppers Into Human Bouquets March 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes My gut tells me interactive, gesture-based displays in public spaces only tend to engage little kids and extrovert adults, but perhaps compelling creative and the right strategy get more people involved. Consider this “activation” done last year for a shopping mall in the north end of Sydney, Australia. The media production shop Vandal was engaged …
