The Largest MicroLED Display In Latin America Lights Up, But It Probably Doesn’t Look Like What’s In The PR November 29, 2022 by Super User This is either very cheeky or just lazy – press about a big LED video wall installation that probably isn’t as big as the supplied photos from Samsung suggest. I came across news that a shopping mall in Bogota, Colombia had lit up what is billed as the largest Micro LED screen in Latin America, …
Massive New Saudi “Aerotropolis” Will Likely Be Using A Lot Of Digital Signage, But Not For A Few Years November 28, 2022 by Super User If your digital signage company is comfortable chasing opportunities that could take years to close, and probably involve a lot of paperwork and different kinds of negotiations, a massive new airport in the money-is-no-real-barrier land of Saudi Arabia may intrigue you. The Saudi government today announced plans for what will be called King Salman International …
Barcelona Digital Exhibit Uses Real-Time Data To Visualize City’s Elements And Surroundings November 25, 2022 by Super User I really like visualized data installations – not only because of creative output but the way they allow big video wall installations to always look different, based on incoming data. But what I’ve not liked, at times, is how it’s not often clear why the visuals are shifting and transforming, based on the data inputs. …
Global Digital Signage Awards Release 2023 Shortlist; Mixer Targeted Ahead Of ISE Week Dinner November 24, 2022 by Super User There are 39 companies shortlisted as finalists for the global Digital Signage Awards 2023, which will be announced (fingers crossed, tired of you COVID) during ISE week in February in Barcelona, Spain. Here’s a list of the companies on that list – a notable aspect being how there is a wide variety of countries represented …
Museum Down Under Uses In-Glass LED To Mark, Promote Sharks Exhibit November 24, 2022 by Super User This is a nice application of in-glass LED, marking and promoting a short-term exhibition about Sharks at the Australian Museum in Sydney. The instal was put together by Aussie solutions provider Lymlive, and was lit up in September. Lymlive installed a 9 meter wide by 3 meter tall (roughly 30′ by 10′ for the metric-impaired) …
London Rail Company Testing Boring But Useful Passenger Info Screens November 22, 2022 by Super User Last week at Digital Signage Experience in Las Vegas, I had a number of conversations about what’s happening in the industry and use-cases that I found interesting. What I tended to say I was attracted to thing applications a lot of people would regard as boring. Giant LED displays, super-skinny OLEDs and interactive jobs are …
Qatar Adds Connected E-Paper Transit Displays To Help Guide World Cup Visitors November 22, 2022 by Super User Given that the Qatari government has spent about $220 billion on infrastructure for the World Cup tournament now underway, the cost of digitizing bus stops on Qatar’s mass transport system with e-paper displays would have been a rounding error. London, UK-based Papercast won the tendered bid to equip stops with e-paper displays that provide real-time …
San Francisco Adds Three New DOOH Display-Filled Subway Stations November 22, 2022 by Super User One of the things that’s always surprising when I pass through the Bay Area is how awful the subway system is, given how it is a world capital of technology. But that is starting to change. The central transit terminal is a big, tech-filled wonder that feels like a nice airport, and now the city …
Here’s The “Dizzie” Awards List From DSE 2022 November 22, 2022 by Super User Back at my desk now after a delayed-filled return trip from Las Vegas and Digital Signage Experience, which at the end of the second day announced the winners of its 2022 DIZZIE awards for project and creative excellence. The 2022 DIZZIE Award Winners: Corporate Environments Verizon at The Hub on Causeway Presented to: NBBJ | …
Newark’s New Digitally-Rich Terminal A Gets Previewed November 16, 2022 by Super User Ribbons have been cut and the press and other interested parties have now had a look at the new 33-gate Terminal A at Newark International Airport – the first new terminal at Newark in almost 50 years. The terminal won’t be ready for passengers for a few more weeks, but all the visual stuff is …