No Crying For Boohoo As Its LED-filled Offices Win Big UK AV Award November 9, 2021 by Super User The UK-based publication AV Magazine does a big awards evening – black tie and the whole nine yards – every year in London, and the 2021 version was the other night. Much of what is handed out is AV stuff that doesn’t have a whole bunch to do with digital signage – think of when …
Branded Cities Touts “Proprietary” DreamRoom 3D In New Toronto DOOH Campaigns; BS Filter Twitching November 8, 2021 by Super User My BS filter is going off in a big way with news from the media company Branded Cities is showcasing “proprietary technology that enables brands to create an immersive world within their ad” at a couple of high traffic digital OOH venues in Toronto, starting today. Maybe it is something new and it just doesn’t …
LED ATM Surround Gets Display-Cased To Stop The Beating November 5, 2021 by Super User When I have done talks about LED displays with different groups I have often related how susceptible they can be to accidental or intentional damage – especially with conventional surface-mounted LED displays that don’t have any sort of protective coating. Exhibit A in my slides has inevitably been a display that is built around two …
LED On Foil Reduces Weight Of Billboard-Sized Building Screen To Just 110 Pounds November 5, 2021 by Super User One of the challenges faced by media companies or building owners who want to put up an LED digital billboard on the top or side of a commercial building is sorting out the engineering implication of the additional weight, and how the screen is mounted. In some cases, there might be additional construction or reinforcement …
Saudi Entertainment Complex Emulates Times Square On What Was A Patch Of Sand Four Months Ago November 4, 2021 by Super User This is just nutty in terms of the scope, scale and speed at which it came together – a massive retail and entertainment complex that went from a big patch of sand in Riyadh to fully operational and ready for the Saudi public in just four months. The Riyadh City Boulevard development opened this week, …
Dallas Aquarium Uses Big LED Backdrop To Enhance New Rainforest Experience November 4, 2021 by Super User There is probably a fancy technical term that has “reality” in it that would apply to this interesting project in Dallas, but I dunno what that term is … extended reality, maybe? Suffice to say the project blends the real deal with supporting visuals done digitally. The Dallas World Aquarium (DWA), which takes up two …
That Familiar Curved LED Screen In Toronto’s Financial District Just Got A Facelift November 3, 2021 by Super User People who work in or regularly pass through Toronto’s financial district will be familiar with the curved LED display that has been parked at a corner of the Bank of Montreal’s office tower for, I’m thinking, at least 15 years. It was one of the earlier LED signs in the city. It’s been upgraded in …
Marathon Oil Uses Fine Pitch LED Sculpture As Visual Feature In New HQ Lobby November 3, 2021 by Super User Houston-based energy firm Marathon Oil’s new headquarters has fine-pitch LED in the building lobby, but it is not the sort of vast video wall that’s increasingly common as a design feature. Instead, it’s a much smaller, but active sculpture. The design firm Sensory Interactive worked with SNA Displays on a pair of flag-like LED monoliths …
New Suburban Toronto Development’s Using Big Low-Rez LED Screen As Luminous Art Wall November 1, 2021 by Super User A development called SmartVMC on the outer edges of Toronto has put in a big low-rez LED video wall to run public art for the many people who spill out of regional buses and the north end of a subway line. The outdoor display is billed as Canada’s largest low rez digital display – “a …
Nike Shanghai Flagship Uses Four-Storey LED Tower And LED Floors For Lebron Skills Challenge October 29, 2021 by Super User This is an interesting blend of semi-transparent LED mesh video walls, LED floor tiles, sensors and real-time visualized data used to create an interactive basketball experience in a Nike flagship in Shanghai. Nike worked with basketball god Lebron James to develop a skills challenge set that aspiring hoopers could inside the store, with sensors lighting …
