Motion Tracking Dynamically Animates St. Louis Arts Center’s Digital Donor Wall December 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes The new University Campus of the Center of Creative Arts in St. Louis, MO has made a 20-foot wide interactive display a visual centerpiece for the multidisciplinary community arts organization, using a motion-tracking system to react to the actions of onlookers. The wall was put together by the Boston-based creative technology firm SOSO. From start …
NHL Team Uses Fine Pitch LED To Replicate Center-Hung Scoreboard In The Locker Room December 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes Kitting out team locker rooms with screen technology has been happening more and more in both pro sports and collegiate sports in the U.S., where blinged-out training areas can help with high school recruitment efforts during campus visits. But I haven’t seen one that takes the visuals from the competition venue into the locker room. …
New Hall At Shenzhen’s Stunning Airport Features Giant LED Halo Screen December 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes We’ve seen halo displays at big sports venues in the US – notably the NFL stadiums in Atlanta and LA – but here’s a version in an airport. This is at Shenzhen’s stunning airport, in a new satellite hall. It’s a three-sided halo screen using Unilumin 3.9mm LED cabinets. The area covers more than 700 …
This Edinburgh Krispy Kreme Has A Doughnut Hole Right In Its Window Video Display December 14, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting application of an LED video display built into the window of a Krispy Kreme shop in an Edinburgh, Scotland urban shopping mall – with three-dimensional creative built around the doughnut hole in the LED wall. The doughnut shop, says software provider embed signage in a YouTube feature, “is a modern take …
UAE Mega-Mall Adds Illusion-Driven Experiential LED Display In Central Plaza December 14, 2021 by Dave Haynes The first wave of anamorphic illusions on LED displays seemed to almost exclusively be associated with booked advertising on media company billboards, with a sprinkling of public art initiatives here and there. Now we’re starting to see these visual tricks – also referred to as forced perspective illusions – showing up as attractions and experiential …
Swedish Solutions Provider Visual Art Wins Deal For 15,000 Screens For Finn Retail Group December 13, 2021 by Dave Haynes Digital signage has matured through the years to a state that networks announced with 1,000s of screens is no longer big, encouraging news, but I still think it’s a pretty big deal to get word of a screen network that would hit 1,500 stores and have some 15,000 displays. The Swedish solutions provider Visual Art …
Low-Rez LED Wall Part Of Art Trail Tied To London’s Wembley Stadium December 13, 2021 by Dave Haynes Here’s a good reminder, if one is needed, that good work can be done without investing six or seven figures in a fine pitch LED video wall. This is a low resolution wall running ambient content on a pedestrian walkway at Wembley Park station, the closest London Underground stop to the big sports and events …
NFL’s Patriots Get OK For $200M+ Upgrades, Including 370-Foot Curved End Zone Display December 10, 2021 by Dave Haynes My gut tells me this colossal display job is already sold, but who knows … The NFL’s New England Patriots have the go-ahead now from the local planning board to do what is estimated as north of $200M in renovations to Gillette Stadium, including a 370-foot-wide, 60-foot-tall curved radius LED highlights and fan-cam board in …
BrightSign, Four Winds Take Over 1,000 End-Point Screen Network For Big Plumbing Supplier December 10, 2021 by Dave Haynes BrightSign and Four Winds Interactive have released details on what would have been a very nice swap-out win for the two companies – updating roughly 1,000 end-points across the wide U.S. network of a big wholesaler of commercial and residential plumbing supplies. A case study brief on the deal suggests the supplier – Ferguson – …
Tech-Filled SoFi Stadium’s CTO Set For Keynote At DSE; Sony In As Sponsor/Exhibitor December 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes The company re-booting DSE as Digital Signage Experience has announced a second keynote speaker for the March trade show and conference – the CTO of a technology-filled new sports stadium in Los Angeles. Skarpi Hedinsson oversees the technology set-up for SoFi Stadium – the home field for the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams AND the Los …
