Digital Explainer Screens Key Parts Of First Whole Foods “Just Walk Out” Store February 25, 2022 by Super User High-end grocery retailer Whole Foods Market has opened its first store using Amazon’s frictionless Just Walk Out Shopping technology – a 21,500-square-foot store in Washington, D.C.’s Glover Park neighborhood. The store, which opened Wednesday, is the first of two Whole Foods Market stores expected to open this year that use the cashier-free technology developed by …
That Giant Vegas Sphere, With 160,000 Sq, Ft. Of LED, On Track To Open Next Year February 24, 2022 by Super User There are many, many examples of big projects – especially in places like Las Vegas – that get announced but either never happen, or take a very long time to go from PR to built and opened. But that giant orb just off the strip touted to have the largest LED screen on Earth is …
Hughes Wins BurgerFi Deal Bundling Digital Signage With Network Infrastructure, Managed Services February 24, 2022 by Super User Here’s a good example of how a service provider can win digital signage deals by also bringing a lot of other capabilities to the dance – Hughes Network Systems enabling the guest experience in the BurgerFi restaurant chain by providing all the networking technology, signage software and managed services. The fast casual chain and a …
A Regular Billboard Pylon Won’t Do When It’s Beside “The Most Beautiful Building On Earth” February 23, 2022 by Super User Large format Digital OOH LED displays along roadways tend to big rectangles stuck atop or on the sides of buildings, or perched above a utilitarian pole or column, so it’s a bit unusual to see a set-up that looks like it came out of a creative design studio. In this case, the extra effort and …
Outdoor Mesh LEDs Now Bright Enough For Daytime Applications February 17, 2022 by Super User Semi-transparent mesh LEDs that have mainly been used in windows or inside buildings are now a combination of bright enough and light enough to retrofit buildings and use as 24/7 advertising and marketing machines. Manufacturers used to tell me mesh LEDs were great for nighttime, but didn’t necessarily have the lighting power to overcome direct …
Projection-Mapped Illuminarium In Atlanta Sweats Asset By Adding Immersive Bar To Experiences February 15, 2022 by Super User Temporary and permanent indoor projection-mapping experiences are starting to grown common in big cities – large, open spaces like old loading docks and storage rooms in which the walls and floors are painted in edge-blended motion and still graphics. The main business model for these spaces is as large-scale art spaces that people can walk …
Subtle Mini Projection On Tabletop Fixture Helps Market Lab-Grown Diamonds February 14, 2022 by Super User A lot of what gets attention these days in digital signage and pro AV has to do with scale – the biggest this or that. Here’s something quite effective in retail at small, almost miniature scale. It’s a tabletop projection display by Dallas-based Glass Media for the lab-grown diamond brand Clear Origin. I don’t have …
Digital Displays Evolving From Trade Show Add-Ons To Main Components In Stands February 14, 2022 by Super User It was about four or five years ago when rental LED displays came up enough in visual quality and durability and down enough in price to make them feasible as backdrops, headers and feature walls in trade show exhibits. Back then, you’d see them here and there – and mostly as add-ons, save the biggest …
New Elevator Test Skyscraper In Atlanta Clad With 8-Storey Mesh LED February 11, 2022 by Super User The German elevator company TK Elevator (old name was ThyssenKrupp) has opened a new North American headquarters and test facility in NW Atlanta that features a 420-foot test tower and an eight-floor-tall semi-transparent mesh LED. The mesh LED is being touted as the largest of its type on a building in the U.S., and it …
Wing Stop Rolls Out Smart Digital Menu Displays Across Growing UK Footprint February 9, 2022 by Super User It now seems odd to see a QSR chain that is NOT using digital menu boards and other displays in their stores and in drive-thrus, but a deployment of screens across the UK estate of a wings and fries chain is interesting on a couple of counts. Wingstop UK (managed by Lemon Pepper Holdings ltd) …
