Twin Cities Airport Using LED Medallions At Curbside, Check-in To Help Guide Travellers January 5, 2023 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to Craig Keefner, who runs the Kiosk Manufacturer Association, and has a detailed post up about the digital signage built into upgrades at the sprawling airport in Minneapolis-St. Paul. I did a post last month about four large LG LED displays in the terminal, but Keefner adds a lot more detail as well …
New LED Ceiling In Paris Office Block Works With Building’s Unique, Curvy Interior December 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes Let’s finish off 2022 on a positive note – highlighting a terrific creative job at a renovated building in Paris that respects and works with the building design and is not just a big screen filling a large interior space. This is 21 rue Châteaudun, an 1930s office building in Paris that was influenced by …
Growth In Retail Media Networks Tops 2023 Forecast By Foot Traffic Analytics Firm December 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Silicon Valley-based foot traffic analytics firm Placer.ai has produced an interesting white paper looking at 2023 retail trends, putting at the top of its list expected growth in retail media networks. Retail media networks, long a staple of the digital world, are becoming an increasingly important part of the brick-and-mortar environment – and the …
ISE Expects 1,000+ Exhibitors, About One-Third Include Digital Signage In What They Do Or Sell December 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes The organizers of Integrated Systems Europe say the 2023 edition of the show – the first in a few years to be somewhat close to normal – say they expect to host more than 1,000 exhibitors, including about 120 first-time exhibitors. A quick check of the exhibitor list, sorted by category, shows some 330 exhibitors …
Here’s More Details And Video From Biggest Immersive LED Attraction In Europe December 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
