Saudi Entertainment Complex Emulates Times Square On What Was A Patch Of Sand Four Months Ago November 4, 2021 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
Here’s A Very Clever Use Of Those LED Light Wand Thingies, For Generative Art October 27, 2021 by Dave Haynes I have hugely mixed feelings about those madly spinning LED light wand thingies that always seem to attract attention at trade shows. I think they’re gimmicks with short-term stopping power. I worry about any electronics in busy spaces that has moving parts, and these things spin like fans. And I dislike how they’re called holograms, …
Digital Signage Greets Trick Or Treaters At The Doorstep With This Clever Home Project October 26, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is very clever, though more than a little weather-dependant in its execution. Mathew Meiers of the longtime digital signage CMS firm Rise Vision rigged up a flat panel screen on his front porch to hand out treats for Halloween – with the on-screen content carefully lined up to match a skeleton that sits behind …
Functionality Beats Wow Factor, For A Change, In Use Of Big Sony Premium LED Wall October 26, 2021 by Dave Haynes Here’s a case of a premium fine pitch video wall going into a business for functional reasons, as opposed to many of the Wow Factor jobs that are mainly intended to impress viewers in places like corporate lobbies. It’s a curved Sony Crystal LED wall being used by an aerospace contractor to review drawings and …
London Coffee Shop Uses Projection To Create Wall-Filling, Animated Ordering Menus October 26, 2021 by Dave Haynes When industry people think about digitizing menus for the quick service and fast casual restaurant industries, they’re almost certainly thinking about how many flat panel displays will be needed, and where they’ll go. But using projection on the walls behind counters offers an interesting, very flexible alternative solution. This is a coffee shop in London …
