LA Startup Toli 360 Marketing Interactive Try-On Mirror Displays … For Home Use July 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes A small LA start-up called Toli 360 is marketing interactive full length bedroom mirrors as AI-driven shopping malls that would allow consumers to source and try on clothing at home – borrowing on what has mostly been a concept in retail for the last few years. While there have indeed been flagship stores and stores-of-the-future …
Touchscreens Represent Biggest Slice Of $18B Revenue Pie In Digital Signage July 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes The biggest revenue generator in the digital signage hardware side of Pro AV right now is, surprising to me at least, the interactive/touchscreen market, according to new research from the research firm Omdia. 2022 industry revenues are forecast to hit $18B, and Omdia suggests more than a third of that revenue went to investments in …
LED On Film Getting Tighter And Brighter July 5, 2022 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to industry vet Alan Brawn, who noted this transparent LED tech on Linkedin … As he said in sharing this, transparent LED on glass is getting steadily tighter and generally better. A Chinese firm, Shenzhen MVX Device, has started marketing Muxwave transparent LED displays that can have pixel pitches as tight as 4mm …
Outfront Now Has About 1,000 Livecard Digital Posters On NYC Commuter Rail Cars July 1, 2022 by Paul Fleuranges GUEST POST: PAUL FLEURANGES, OPEN TO WORK I took the Metro-North Railroad out of New York City recently, and as I rode along the Harlem Line, I noticed my train car was outfitted with OUTFRONT Media “Livecard” digital screens. The screens were installed inside the door vestibule area of a set of M-7 cars — …
Delta’s Parallel Reality Display Now Running At Detroit’s Airport June 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes That very interesting new take on display technology – called Parallel Reality – is now live at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, informing Delta passengers about key, personalized flight information. The proposition is that up to 100 people can look at this big display at the same time and see personalized flight information tailored to their unique …
Sharp NEC’s New NaviSense AI Platform More About Actionable Insights Than Instant Content Triggers June 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes When I was at InfoComm earlier this month, I had a quick walk-thru and chat at the Sharp NEC booth and asked, among a few things, about a new computer vision platform called NaviSense that was being demonstrated. Was this, I asked, an evolved version of the ALP platform developed and marketed by NEC just …
Lenovo Launches Workplace Solutions Suite That Includes Digital Signage And Desk Booking June 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes I’m not sure if this global or more local, but computing hardware giant Lenovo has started marketing what it calls a Workplace Solutions portfolio that rolls in digital signage and workspace booking capabilities. The launch is keyed to Hong Kong, but comes out of Lenovo Asia Pacific. Hong Kong is the global head office for …
Daktronics Actively Testing Large Format, Fill Color Outdoor E-paper Displays With Dutch Firm Etulipa June 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes LED display giant Daktronics is part of a small consortium actively testing a new kind of reflective epaper display that supports full color and video, and works reliably outdoors. The electro wetting display display technology was developed by a small Dutch company, Etulipa, and is being tested and evaluated both in South Dakota (where Dak …
Smart City Technology Firm SmartLINK Rebrands As RoveIQ June 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes A Cincinnati-area company focused on smart city applications has changed its brand in a move designed to more closely align with its solutions. The net result is smartLINK is now known as RoveIQ – a nod to the idea that people need guidance when they are out wondering in physical spaces like city centers. “The …
LG Buys Way Into EV Charging Station Solutions, With Eyes On Custom, Screen-Included Stations June 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes LG Electronics has acquired a South Korean electric vehicle (EV) charger solutions provider called AppleMango, with its eye on developing charging stations that in some or many cases will get paired with outdoor-rated information displays that instruct usage but also open up monetization opportunities. The acquisition is a joint venture with a pair of companies …
