Here’s More Details And Video From Biggest Immersive LED Attraction In Europe December 22, 2022 by Super User Here’s some more detail, and images, from a new Tornado Hunters theme park attraction in France, which features what’s billed as the largest 360-degree circular LED screen in Europe. The immersive theater for the Chasseurs de Tornades at Futuroscope in Poitiers, France uses some 800 Samsung-manufactured direct view LED cabinets to give the paying audience …
Proto Gets Investment Backing From Ventures Wing Of Auction Giant Christie’s December 22, 2022 by Super User The LA company that somewhat mainstreamed the use of transparent LCDs as kinda sorta but not really holographic displays has got itself an interesting new investor – the venture/investments wing of high-end auction house giant Christie’s. Christie’s Ventures has made an undefined investment in LA’s Proto, on the heels of Christie using the shower stall-like …
Slick Solution Uses AI, Sensors, Projection To Boost Order Pickups At Korean Starbucks Cafes December 21, 2022 by Super User The customer experience kind of falls apart at busier quick service restaurants when guests order their coffees or whatever, and then stand back and wait for someone to holler out their name or order number when their goodies are ready for pickup. I was passing through Boston Logan recently and there had to be 40 …
End To Zero-COVID Policy In China Causing Workforce, Supply Chain Issues Again: Invidis December 20, 2022 by Super User China’s decision to abandon its long-running zero-COVID policy may have eased public unrest, but had other consequences – overburdened hospitals and weakened supply chains for the technologies that drive businesses like pro AV and digital signage. Our German language content partners Invidis have an interesting post up about the implications of China’s big shift, noting …
Cloud based & On-Premises Digital Signage Platforms: What’s The difference? December 20, 2022 by Super User GUEST POST: MARTIN HAGEN, SOCIALSCREEN Anyone weighing digital signage CMS software options will quickly find themselves at a fork in the planning road: use a cloud-based SaaS platform, or install software on the premises and behind the end-user’s firewall. It’s a big decision, and the first thing to sort out is the differences between them. …
Planned Conversion Of Mirage To Hard Rock Casino Clears Nevada Gaming Approvals December 20, 2022 by Super User Anybody that sells specifically into the casino and overall hospitality market will know this, but if that’s just one market being chased you should be aware of a monster opportunity for displays and other gear has cleared approvals for Las Vegas. The Mirage resort has been sold by MGM and the new owner is the …
Dead-Simple Signage Application For Health Care Reduces Interactive To A Button Pad December 19, 2022 by Super User There has never been a shortage of whiz-bangery offered up to make simple visual display tasks more difficult, and probably like many people in this industry, I have seen demos of screen interactions that were portrayed as seamless but in fact just added steps and complexity. I think, particularly, of applications that required pulling out …
Retail Store Tour’s 2023 Retail Trends: Social Media-Inspired Shops And More December 16, 2022 by Super User Retail Store Tours, a NY company that does customized walkabouts focused on retail innovation, is doing a press-only 2023 Retail Trends event next month just ahead of the big NRF 2023 retail trade show and conference in New York. Not going to NRF this time around, but I thought the trends the company will be …
Minneapolis Airport Adds Four Big LG LED Displays For Messaging, Advertising December 15, 2022 by Super User Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has lit up a set of four very large direct view LED displays in concourses that are positioned as airport messaging, but will undoubtedly get monetized via advertising. “Digital displays allow us to maximize the use of overhead space at our exit escalators, which was previously used to hang printed messages. …
Those Giant Swinging LED Doors Are Now Installed At Near-Ready Times Square Development (w/video) December 15, 2022 by Super User That big new LED screen going up in Times Square with an integrated performance stage and swing-in stage doors is getting close to completion, with the doors now installed and working. The performance space is set up 30 feet above street level and will be hidden most of the time in a much larger LED …
