127 Linear Feet Of Samsung’s The Wall Fill Thai Real Estate Sales Center March 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes This would have to be among the largest deployments to date of Samsung’s The Wall – the display giant’s MicroLED-ish premium LED video wall product – now lit up at a Thai property development pavilion. It fills all four walls of a presentation center for a huge, eco-themed property development going up in Bangkok called …
Plans For A London Twin Of That Giant Vegas Sphere Clears Key Approvals Hurdle March 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes That giant multimedia sphere going up in Las Vegas could eventually have a twin in the east end of London, as plans for an MSG Sphere recently cleared another approvals hurdle in England. MSG Sphere London is backed by Madison Square Garden’s MSG Entertainment division, the same company behind the one in Las Vegas that …
US Grocer Startup Includes Touchless Self-Checkout In Frictionless Experience Mix March 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes A U.S. grocery start-up that’s pairing healthy foods with frictionless shopping is including touchless self-checkout screens as part of its technology mix. Called Nourish + Bloom Market, the Georgia-based company has plans to include self-checkout terminals that use hand-tracking hardware and related software from Ultraleap as part of the shopping experience. The store is billed …
ASU Management School Uses LED Halo, Suspended Globe, At New Building March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is an early look at the new home of the Thunderbird School of Global Management’s building at Arizona State University, and a lobby/common area that is visually dominated by LED displays. The school in downtown Phoenix is 75 years old this year and it is marking that with a grand opening and anniversary celebration/reunion …
Swiss Timepieces Store In Vegas Blends Physical With Digital In Clever Window Display March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes Via Sixteen:Nine’s German content partner invidis … Back when traveling was routine, I tended to stay at the Wynn in Las Vegas, because I’ve long been on some mailing list from the casino resort that regularly offers me room rates that actually work within a pay-my-own-way travel budget. So I have walked countless times down …
Vendor Alert: Adidas Opening Tech-Filled “Halo” Flagship In Downtown Toronto March 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes Adidas is opening its first “halo” flagship store in downtown Toronto this summer – a whiz-bang immersive store that will likely be filled with visual displays, particularly if the first halo store in Dubai (photo above) is the inspiration. Retail Insider reports that the “concept store merges several of the Adidas sub-brands under one roof …
Shanghai Subway Adds 112-Meter-Long Fine Pitch Led Wall Along New Concourse March 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of the underground walkways between subway lines in central Shanghai now has a 112-meter-long fine pitch LED video display running along one wall. Yes, a 2.5mm pitch LED wall longer than the length of a football field – American or soccer. The LianTronics display is in the transfer passageway of Lujiazui station, on Shanghai’s …
Revitalized Toronto Union Station Adds More LED, LCD Video Walls March 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes The main commuter rail and bus hub in Toronto – Union Station – has been undergoing renovations for the past 10 years, and as new common areas have been spruced up, they’ve opened with more and more digital components, including LED video walls for ad spots and messaging. The latest area released at the station …
New Lisbon Hotel Makes Projection-Mapped Garden-Patio Its Main Draw March 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes Permanent projection mapping jobs are growing common for a bunch of technical and cost reasons, to a point that the technology and creative can now be used for efforts like the ambient entertainment at a hotel. This is the enclosed garden-patio area of the Lumen Hotel in Lisbon, which now runs a daily “Light of …
14 LED Columns, Lighting, Wind-Driven Walls, Sync To Deliver Arrival Experience At Palm Springs-Area Resort March 3, 2022 by Dave Haynes It’s logical to think about the experience at a venue starting when visitors walk through the front doors, but it can actually start in the moments when people come on the property. That’s the thinking behind what’s termed the arrival experience at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa outside of Palm Springs, CA, which now …
