Sightings: Projection Mapping In Montreal September 13, 2013 by Super User I have been up in Montreal the last couple of days and out last night in this terrific city having dinner with clients/friends in the arts district, much of which is now lit up by large format projection systems. Several buildings in the area have been 3D-mapped and are now permanently lit at night with …
Projects: TD Canada Trust Video Wall August 21, 2013 by Super User There’s nothing new about video walls but this one – for an ATM bank in Toronto’s TD Centre concourse – caught my idea because of the shape, which has a two-faced header. Not sure, but think this would be a STRATACACHE (look Chris, I did ALL CAPS!) software job. It’s a very high traffic area, …
Sightings: Transparent LCDs Done Right January 29, 2013 by Super User I followed a link to some unrelated video from the show floor at ISE in Amsterdam, which (as often happens online) took me somewhere else and to this piece of video. This company, TransLook, does the much-copied transparent LCD thing, but does content way, way better than most of what I have seen out there. …
Right Idea, Wrong Tech January 24, 2013 by Super User Digital wayfinding and meeting room events notifier touchscreens make a lot of sense in places like jumbo convention centers, and Denver’s beautiful facility (boy I wish the LVCC was more like this) has a pile of them all over the place. They look good, until you get close. Many of the screens were in a …
Why? January 24, 2013 by Super User I have seen this thing a few times now looming above the doors for the shuttle cars that move people around Denver’s airport. Too high. Showing the same mountain adventure stuff over and over. Great airport (except for it being located just outside Minneapolis – my God it’s way out of ton), but these screens …
These Digital Screens Are Just Trash January 22, 2013 by Super User Walking through a food court a downtown Vancouver office complex, looking for a critical first coffee of the day, I came across a set of back to back digital screens – one of several sets in the place. All they do, unless things change later in the day, is tell people how to use …
Spotted: Video Wall Embedded in Scotiabank’s Giant Branding Wall November 29, 2012 by Super User Jeff Wismer of Toronto’s Cineplex Digital Solutions posted a tweet and pic (@jeffwismer) from a new branding wall at the Scotiabank branch at Yorkdale, arguably’s Canada’s toniest shopping mall. It’s an array of four 55-inch LG LCD panels. It’s also a great example of how a big canvas can work with you or against you. …
Pinch Smart Devices For Free-Form Video Clusters November 2, 2012 by Super User I haven’t worked out in my head how this could apply to digital signage, but new software developed by researchers at the Tokyo University of Technology definitely has some intriguing possibilities. Called Pinch, it’s an interface that connects the displays from multiple touch devices together. When a user places a thumb and index finger on two …
Spotted: Royal Bank ATM With Flanking Ad Screen October 5, 2012 by Super User Saw this in my local Shopper’s Drug Mart (Canadian drug chain) while I was in buying feed for the caribou … I’ve seen lots of attempts to put ad screens well above an ATM, and wondered how many people actually noticed them. This is the first time I have seen an ATM with a display …
NBA Tweets Taken For Spin With Interactive Wall August 28, 2012 by Super User The NBA used a nice interactive social media wall to welcome fans at a pop-up facility that ran in London’s Covent Gardens during the 2012 Olympics. The goal of NBA House was to feature the league, attract new and existing fans through the day, and also be a base for VIP and partner hospitality events. …
