Iowa State’s New Sports Performance Center Uses Digital All Through Facility February 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes I have seen numerous upgrades for US college football programs that packed in a lot of digital signage in the locker rooms, but here’s a project that uses digital throughout a college’s new high performance center for student athletes. It’s at Iowa State – which has completed a 110,000 sq. ft. Stark Sports Performance Center …
Here’s A Pair Of LED Video Walls That Are Both Inside And Outside A Corporate Space January 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to Jamie Finnegan of Media Resources, who posted on Linkedin about this project … Putting LED video walls inside corporate lobbies is certainly not new, and the same goes for LED boards outside of office blocks. But here’s a seemingly unique (or at least rare) set-up that sees a flanking pair of interior …
The Age-Old New York-LA Rivalry Starting To Include LED Boards January 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes We generally tend to think of the Times Square district in New York as the home of spectacular LED ad boards in the United States, but the downtown Los Angeles district surrounding the main sports arena and convention center are starting to give the Big Apple a rival. A property owner, Lightstone, has started putting …
Rome’s Airport Upgrades Check-In Hall With Vast 600 Sq. M. LED Video Wall January 26, 2022 by Dave Haynes The upgraded check-in hall at T1 of Rome-Fiumicino airport now includes what is billed as the largest LED video wall in a European airport – a 600 square meter, L-shaped beast. The 4.8mm pitch display was supplied by the Chinese LED manufacturer LianTronics. I am not sure who bankrolled this – a media company or …
Expo 2020 Exhibit Mashes Up Kiosk, AR, Selfies And Projection Mapping January 26, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Al Wasl Plaza is one of the signature locations at the Expo 2020 exhibition that was COVID-delayed and now running through March in Dubai. There is a lot of technology all through the Expo site, but a Linkedin post via Christie shows a particularly inventive way to blend interactive kiosks, selfies, AR and projection …
LED Goes Mainstream: Now There Are LED Video Walls In Car Washes January 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes If you needed more evidence for your argument that LED video wall technology has shifted from being a specialty product to a mainstream one, consider the Niagara Carwash chain in Germany, which is putting large-ish video walls inside those facilities. The German publisher and consultancy Invidis reports: The branches of Niagara Carwash are intended to …
Projection-Mapping Campaign In London Hints At Countdown Timer Tension For TV Bomb Squad January 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes A lot of the projection-mapping on large buildings has been for special events and longer-term, scheduled public shows, but here’s a case in London in which it was used for a short period to count down to the opening episode of a new TV series. A countdown clock was projected this past weekend on the …
NYC’s JFK Airport Getting $9.5B Terminal One That Very Likely Includes A LOT Of Digital January 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes Huge construction projects present very long lead times and a lot of paperwork and patience for anyone getting involved, but there appears to be some pretty good display technology opportunities for what’s being called a new mega-terminal at New York’s JFK airport. The existing and former sites of Terminals 1, 2, and 3, on the …
Curved, Fine-Pitch LED Video Wall Focal Point For Newly-Opened First Americans Museum In OKC January 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to Craig Keefner of Kiosk Industry, who pointed me to this nice video wall project. The First Americans Museum of Oklahoma is described as the only space in the United States where visitors can have an immersive experience learning about American history through the lens of 39 Tribal Nations, and one of the …
Parisian Mall’s LED Set-up Offers Visual Domination For Marketers January 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes I’d put this in the oldie but goodie category of posts – an LED-lined shopping mall atrium in suburban Paris. I came across a domination campaign being done in Westfield’s Les 4 Temps mall and thought it was very impressive in terms of scale and managing to be visually unavoidable, without being crass about it. …
