Atedra Spins Out Adstanding As Standalone Programmatic DOOH Business June 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes Writing about programmatic platforms for Digital OOH networks tends to make me a little antsy, because the ad sector has its own terminology and there’s a lot to both learn and decode. What I do know is that just like there are lots of CMS software options for end-users looking to put messages on screens, …
Thinking About A Digital Signage RFP? Don’t Do It! June 27, 2022 by Brandon Mullins GUEST POST: BRANDON MULLINS, SPECTRIO Let’s be honest: RFPs are kind of awful, for everyone involved. Requests For Proposals have long been the go-to process for sourcing and selecting technology providers for organizations of all sizes. But they’re time-consuming, hyper-bureaucratic and very often not all that effective in discovering the most suitable solution and provider. …
Here Are Details And Video Of That Stunning Lenticular LED Wall At Rebuilt Laguardia Airport June 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes If you get past the sheer wonder of New York’s LaGuardia Airport going from quite awful to quite nice, one of the true highlights of Delta’s brand new Terminal C is a grand-scale fine pitch LED mural that welcomes passengers into the departure hall. It was designed to borrow on the concept and delivery of …
AOPEN’s New Ace Series Pushes New Chrome OS Flex Capabilities June 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of the interesting outcomes of Google’s Chrome OS Flex software is that companies like AOPEN, which has long been selling Chrome OS-based media players intended for digital signage, can now market new boxes that are not necessarily pinned to a specific operating system. The Taiwan manufacturer, part of the Acer Group, has started touting …
Microsoft’s Azure Face AI Platform Phasing Out Emotion, Identity Measurements June 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes Microsoft is phasing out some key capabilities of its Azure Face audience detection and measurement system, such as identifying age range and gender and the emotional state of viewers. These are commonly marketed capabilities of the computer vision companies active in the digital signage sector, touted as ways to understand the characteristics of people who …
Company Adds Screens To Anti-Theft Totems Common At Retail Gateways June 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes A Vancouver, BC-area company is marketing a display totem product for retail that, interesting, doubles up as a loss prevention tool. Just about any consumer will be familiar with vertical totems that shoppers need to walk though as they exit a store, with embedded electronics in the devices doing what’s called Electronic Article Surveillance loss …
Digital License Plate Vendor Reviver Wins Partial Approval; Adding Texas To States That Can Use Them June 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes A company built around the idea of replacing stamped metal license plates with connected, e-paper versions is starting to gain some traction – with U.S. state government clearance to sell and use them in Arizona, California, and Michigan, and now approval for them on commercial vehicles in Texas. Based near Sacramento, Reviver uses e-paper technology …
1M Daily Commuters Take A Color Bath At Tokyo’s Hyper-Busy Shinjuku Station June 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes Just stumbled on this 2021 project from Montreal’s Moment Factory – a grand-scale synchronized multimedia experience in the east-west passageway of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station, the world’s busiest transit hub. Called The Colour Bath, the project combines video displays with audio and sync’d lighting for content that changes throughout the station’s 24/7 days. Transforming the tunnel into …
Samsung Canada Adds Moneris Payments Terminals To All-In-One Kiosks June 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes Partners are important at the best of times, and they’re particularly important for a technology company trying to wedge its way into established business systems and processes like payments – so a deal Samsung’s Canadian wing has worked out with a payments company should help market the electronics giant’s new-ish retail kiosk. Samsung’s all-in-one kiosk, …
Steel Giant’s VIP Bus Has Windows Overlaid With Transparent OLEDs June 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes All the information is in Korean and doesn’t give me many answers when translated, but I was nonetheless intrigued by this Youtube video of a bus specially kitted out with transparent OLED displays in all the windows. It was done by Hyun Sun Display, a Korean specialty display and integration company for Posco, a huge …
