Mall Uses Displays, Creative To Create Virtual Elevator Ride For Kids To See Santa December 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to Jay Leedy at Sony for pointing out … And a note … it’s not clear this is running this year. It might be be news from a few years ago, as a reader suggests in the comments. Whatever the case, the application is interesting and well done. AND … it may not …
Scala’s New V13 Platform Includes Much-Requested Windows 64-Bit Support December 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes The CMS software firm Scala, one of the oldest companies in the industry, has announced a major version release of its flagship platform: Scala Enterprise version 13. The new code rolls in a series of features that resellers and customers were after, notably Windows 64-bit player support. “The motivation behind the content chosen for Scala …
Sony Has Developed Its Own Device Management Toolset For Its Smart Pro Displays December 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes Anyone in digital signage or pro AV who has ever had ops in his or her title will know easy and pretty user experiences are nice, but what can really matter in selecting the right software and hardware solution is boring stuff like device management. Some CMS software companies have always had it, while many …
Blending LED Walls Into Public Spaces With Intentional Content Design December 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes GUEST POST: JAKE BERG, RENDER IMPACT What first comes to mind when you think of an LED screen? Is it a simple digital sign used to convey an advertising message, or is it a completely customizable blank canvas with endless opportunities to create remarkable viewing experiences? Hopefully the latter, as LED experiences have evolved significantly, …
Famed Man City Football Club Adding AI Crowd Intelligence Tech To Boost Gameday Experiences December 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes A technology partnership with Cisco appears to be paying off for Detroit-based computer vision firm WaitTime, which will see its real-time crowd intelligence platform installed and activated at one of the higher profile venues in global football: Etihad Stadium, home of the Premier League club Manchester City. The agreement to use the WaitTime technology, says …
Tizen Smart Displays Now “More Than Capable” Of Doing Most Digital Signage Work: Lab Tests December 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes Independent testing done by the software firm signageOS suggests Samsung’s current line-up of “smart” LCD pro displays are “more than capable” of meeting the playback quality demands of typical digital signage deployments, getting a 91/100 rating in the US-Czech company’s new report. The goal of this report, says signageOS, was to analyze the performance of …
48-Foot Wide Fine Pitch LED Wall Tracks Oil And Gas Ops In Kazakhstan December 5, 2022 by Dave Haynes When fine pitch LED video walls first started being marketed by pro AV companies, control room displays were touted as an obvious application – with the qualifiers that the pitches probably had to tighten and costs have to lower significantly before there were going to be many buyers. Both those issues have been resolved, with …
The Largest MicroLED Display In Latin America Lights Up, But It Probably Doesn’t Look Like What’s In The PR November 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is either very cheeky or just lazy – press about a big LED video wall installation that probably isn’t as big as the supplied photos from Samsung suggest. I came across news that a shopping mall in Bogota, Colombia had lit up what is billed as the largest Micro LED screen in Latin America, …
PARTTEAM, OEMKIOSKS Develop Interesting Modular Take On Ad-Driven “Street Furniture” November 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes A lot of different specialty display manufacturers have developed variations on digital out of home street furniture displays that have added components they then marketed as “smart city” displays, but I haven’t seen one that takes the same approach as the NOMYU series from the Portugal-based interactive systems manufacturers PARTTEAM and OEMKIOSKS. The partner companies …
Massive New Saudi “Aerotropolis” Will Likely Be Using A Lot Of Digital Signage, But Not For A Few Years November 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes If your digital signage company is comfortable chasing opportunities that could take years to close, and probably involve a lot of paperwork and different kinds of negotiations, a massive new airport in the money-is-no-real-barrier land of Saudi Arabia may intrigue you. The Saudi government today announced plans for what will be called King Salman International …
