Verizon Discontinues The Digital Signage Service You Maybe Didn’t Know Existed March 7, 2022 by Super User Large telecoms companies have a history, all over the place, of entering the digital signage market with big plans and then, after it doesn’t work out, slipping quietly out the side door. The latest variation on this tale involves US telecoms giant Verizon, which has let its ecosystem and customers know it has shut down …
More Evidence Google Is Coming Back To Digital Signage: It’s A DSE Sponsor Now March 4, 2022 by Super User Google raised a lot of eyebrows about seven years ago when it booked and kitted out a big footprint booth at the old Digital Signage Expo, but that was about a big a splash or impact the tech Godzilla made on the industry in the months and years that followed. Now the company appears to …
New Lisbon Hotel Makes Projection-Mapped Garden-Patio Its Main Draw March 4, 2022 by Super User Permanent projection mapping jobs are growing common for a bunch of technical and cost reasons, to a point that the technology and creative can now be used for efforts like the ambient entertainment at a hotel. This is the enclosed garden-patio area of the Lumen Hotel in Lisbon, which now runs a daily “Light of …
14 LED Columns, Lighting, Wind-Driven Walls, Sync To Deliver Arrival Experience At Palm Springs-Area Resort March 3, 2022 by Super User It’s logical to think about the experience at a venue starting when visitors walk through the front doors, but it can actually start in the moments when people come on the property. That’s the thinking behind what’s termed the arrival experience at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa outside of Palm Springs, CA, which now …
Vancouver’s Ynvisible Says Its New E-Paper Displays Cut Energy Usage In Half March 3, 2022 by Super User Energy consumption and form factor are two of the key attributes of e-paper displays, so it’s notable when a company announces it has developed a version of it’s product that cuts power usage in half and has what it says are the thinnest, lightest displays on the market. Vancouver, BC-based manufacturer Ynvisible Interactive says its …
LED Mainstreamed: New Tribal Community Center In Wisconsin Has 13 Big LED Displays March 3, 2022 by Super User A deployment of screens at a community center in upstate Wisconsin won’t set any pulses racing for what was done or what’s on the screens, but it is interesting in terms of the scale of the job and the owners. The Forest County Potawatomi Native American band Indian opened an ambitious community center in late …
Electrosonic, Igloo Vision Partner On Projection Mapping For Workspaces March 2, 2022 by Super User The PR needs to be read a few times to cut through all the marketing blah-blah-blah stuff, but if you stick with the effort, you learn the experience-focused pro AV integrator Electrosonic has developed a partnership with Igloo Vision to kit out workplaces with immersive collaboration spaces – rooms filled floor to ceiling with visuals. UK-based …
STRATACACHE, NCR In Strategic Partnership For Services, Software In Hospitality Sector March 1, 2022 by Super User Payment systems giant NCR has reached a partnership with STRATACACHE that sees it marketing the CMS software company’s capabilities but also providing on-site field services in North American and globally. It’s a big deal on both sides, as STRATACACHE is the incumbent software provider in some giant chains like McDonalds, while NCR’s point of sale …
Immersive Floor-To-Ceiling LCDs Greet Lift Users At Edinburgh Shopping Mall March 1, 2022 by Super User My introduction to digital signage was almost 23 years ago (23 years???!!!) when I walked into an office tower elevator in downtown Toronto that had been kitted out with a small LCD screen up in one corner, and having seen how people all stared at that screen, I was convinced there was something there and …
Hackers Appear To Have Disabled Russian EV Chargers; Leaving Anti-Putin Messages March 1, 2022 by Super User Along with putting messages digital billboards that might be seen by Russian soldiers, enterprising Ukrainians (or people supporting them) are finding other ways to raise their objection to the invasion of their country. Motorists with electric vehicles found it impossible to charge their cars at public EV charging kiosks on motorways outside of Moscow because …
