Outform Showing Digital Mannequins At EuroShop That Borrow On Those Transparent Hologram-Ish Displays March 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes The retail design and visual merchandising firm Outform is at the giant Euroshop trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany this week showing, among many things, an interesting variation on those shower stall-like transparent LCD displays. In this case, the life-sized units are being marketed as Digital Mannequins, as opposed to (not really) holograms. The Miami-based company’s …
New KC Airport Includes Digitally-Driven Simulation For First-Time And Anxious Fliers March 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes The brand-new terminal at Kansas City International Airport has, like most new and reno’d airports, a lot of digital display deployed around its sprawling footprint, including some 300 feet of fine pitch Nanolumens LED used to designate and locate airline check-in. But there’s also a super-interesting component that uses digital displays as part of an …
Fine Pitch LED Walls Create Virtual Aquarium At IT Giant’s NYC Offices March 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes Aquariums have been used as office lobby decor for decades, but LED video wall technology has now matured and lowered in cost to a point that big virtual fish tanks can maybe go in instead – likely saving on a lot of maintenance and food for the fishies. The IT firm World Wide Technology has …
Live Performers Pair With Movement Tracking On Video Wall On The Absolutally Walkway March 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes I’ve seen companies like Zuzor at digital signage and AV trade shows demonstrating movement tracking experiential software for video walls, and thought it was interesting, but couldn’t come up with many real-world use-cases other than eye candy for little kids and extroverts. But here’s one that uses that sort of tech to to pair brand …
Mark Ossel Explains The Whys And Hows Of The Global Signage Alliance, And Its Ties To Samsung March 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes When I was doing my initial recon walk through the many halls of ISE a few weeks back, I went by a stand that was highlighting something called the Global Signage Alliance, which was unfamiliar to me and made me curious. The stand’s occupants weren’t there, and I was on the go, so I never …
17-Year-Old NEC Screens Still Happily Working Away At Vienna’s Airport February 28, 2023 by Dave Haynes Photo: Oliver Bauer, Sharp/NEC When it comes to flat panel displays, the general rule of thumb seems to be that they’ll last roughly five years before the screens will be due for replacement. So it is interesting to read about some displays that have been hard at work for 17 years … and counting. Our …
Pro Flat Panel Demand In US Softened Q3-4 2022: PMA Research February 27, 2023 by Dave Haynes LA-area research firm PMA Research says demand for commercial flat panel displays softened in the second half of last year as supply chain issues cleared up and order backlogs were all fulfilled. PMA, which describes itself as the worldwide market information experts on large displays, released that summary out of its latest half-yearly All-Displays sell-through …
NoviSign, Partners Create Spin-Out JV Company – ReaLo – Focused on Turnkey Digital Retail Solutions February 24, 2023 by Dave Haynes Three Israeli companies that all come at retail from differing angles have partnered on a new firm, called ReaLo, that makes end-to-end retail marketing/merchandising services available to customers. ReaLo, says PR, will support its customers end to end from the planning stage, through implementation and installation and up to ongoing full support, using its unique …
PPDS Studios Opening Up In EU, UK And US To Support Sellers, Inspire End-Users February 24, 2023 by Dave Haynes The company marketing Philips digital signage and related pro AV solutions has started building and opening a series of showroom/demo/meeting spaces across Europe and North America under the handle PPDS Studios. Intended to support partners like system integrators, consultants, distributors, AV/IT designers/architects), as well as end customers, PPDS Studios have already opened in Amsterdam, Madrid, …
R&D Work Suggests Metasurfaces Could Supplant LCD; Boosting Resolution, Halving Power Needs February 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes University researchers in the UK and Australia are collaborating on the development of a new kind of engineered material that would be much thinner than LCD technology, boost resolution 10-fold, and use half the power. Researchers at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, the Australian National University (ANU), and the University of New South Wales …
