PepsiCo Using Big Displays, Projection-Mapping In Experiential Pop-Up For New Nitro Soda April 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes Soft drinks giant PepsiCo is using a combination of projection-mapping, interactive gesture software and large format displays to drive the experience at a pop-up venue opened to drive awareness and buzz for a new version of its flagship soda. The company gas taken over the lounge at the High Roller ferris wheel in Las Vegas …
116-Foot Tall LED Ribbons Front Expanded Phoenix-Area Casino Resort Tower April 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes This a super-nice integration of big LED on the side of a casino resort hotel in the Phoenix area – a 116 foot tall set of wavy 10mm pitch LED ribbon blended with an identifying sign for the property. The LED technology at the expanded Wild Horse Pass casino in Chandler is from Toronto-based Media …
Wavy OLED Video Wall Greets Visitors At AVI-SPL’s New Dallas Digs April 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is the lobby of the new Dallas offices of big pro AV integrator AVI-SPL, which starts the Wow Factor at the entry using a wavy, nine-panel OLED video wall. “We contract for a good deal of high-end signage and content, and there’s no better proof of our skill and ability to think outside the …
Largest Ikea On Planet Needs Dozens Of Displays Just For Cafeteria April 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes I get tired and bewildered just thinking about a 700,000 sq. ft., five-level Ikea. As you might imagine, a store that big needs a lot of screens to do some of the basic work, like sell plates of Swedish meatballs. The first IKEA in The Philippines, along the reclaimed Manila waterfront, opened in November as …
Kids Cancer Ward In UK Uses Playful Projected Characters To Engage Donors April 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes The digital arts collective Universal Everything – which is not easily explained in a few words (so go here) – is behind a really interesting take on hospital donor walls that marries custom creative with short-throw projection and a mobile app for both controls and donations. Parade is described as a playful digital donor wall, …
InfoComm Organizing AV Experience Tours To Show Latest Wow Factor Projects In Las Vegas April 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes It has likely been at least a couple of years since many digital signage industry people have made a trade show pilgrimage to Las Vegas, and a whole bunch of interesting visual experiences have been lit up over that time. That makes the case alone for a series of “Integrated Experience Tours” being organized by …
New Global Lego HQ Includes What Appears To Be A Giant LED-Clad Lego Brick Chandelier April 5, 2022 by Dave Haynes After five years of planning and construction, the new global headquarters of LEGO was officially opened today in Billund, Denmark – with one of the design features being what appears to be a set of suspended four-sided LEDs above a central court that are shaped to look like giant Lego bricks. The whole campus takes …
MLB’s Mets Partner With Samsung To Upgrade Displays, IPTV At Home Park April 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes On the heels of word that the Toronto Blue Jays MLB team has seen its ballpark upgraded with a lot of LED comes news that another team – the New York Mets – have also unveiled a big digital upgrade at their ballpark, Citi Field. The ballpark in Queens has added a bunch of LED …
Delta Airlines Adds 250-Foot LED Ribbon To Its LAX Check-in Experience April 2, 2022 by Dave Haynes The check-in counters in the Delta Airlines section of LAX are getting a much-needed facelift, with renovations that include a 250-foot LED video ribbon behind the counters. The wall – reminiscent of what was done at Orlando’s airport – but with LED instead of countless LCDs in portrait mode – brand the airline, have custom …
Blue Jays’ Home Park Gets $200M Upgrade, Including $6M In BIG LED Screens March 31, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Major League Baseball season opens next week and venues like the home park for the Toronto Blue Jays will be unveiling off-season upgrades – some modest, some ambitious. In the case of the Jays, some $200M has gone into sprucing up what many still call the Skydome. That number includes almost $14 in AV …
