To Zone … Or Not To Zone June 21, 2022 by Kris VanSlyke GUEST POST: KRIS VANSLYKE, SPECTRIO The ability to create zones on a screen layout, and show different material in each of those zones, is very common across digital signage platforms. But it’s a capability that should only be used with careful thought. Here’s why … With some exceptions, digital signage is a glance medium. People …
Korean Firm Marketing LCD In Film As Projection Screen June 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of my routines at trade shows – revived recently at InfoComm – is doing a big walk of an exhibit hall and going first to the back and sides, bypassing the big booths up front and in the middle. That tends to avoid the crowds at the start of a day, but some of …
Tech Joint Venture Touts New Digital Signage Options, Applications For Inside Commercial Jets June 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes Airports were among the earliest adopters of digital signage, for air traveller communications, and those venues continue to add more and more displays to tell people what to do, where to go and how much time they have. But the only approximation of digital signage on commercial jets has been the use of seatback displays …
Delta Air Lines Turning On Its First Parallel Reality Display At DTW Before Month Is Done June 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes Delta Air Lines plans to switch on what it calls the first-ever Parallel Reality display on Concourse A at Detroit’s airport at the end of this month – offering a way for up to 100 people to see content personalized to each viewer, at the same time. Huh? What? The technology was developed by the …
Ukraine’s President Zelensky Appears At Multiple EU Conferences Via One Of Those Hologram-Ish Set-Ups June 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes There is absolutely a gimmick side to the hologram-ish set-ups that are a bit like shower stalls with a transparent LCD front to them, like showing spinning NFT art or allowing people to pose for selfies with long-deceased rappers. But there are times when these displays can be quite powerful, and really the only way …
Digital Signage Japan Wraps Up Near Tokyo, Pulling An Estimated 30,000 Attendees June 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes Here’s a video glimpse of Digital Signage Japan, which was running the last three days at an exhibition center in the general orbit of Tokyo. The video was pulled together by an online publication focused on e-readers, so the commentary gets a little whiny about the absence of e-paper products at the exhibit stands. There’s …
Samsung Slowing Manufacturing As Global Economy Hiccups And Sputters June 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes A shaky global economy and EVERYTHING else going on lately has evidently compelled tech giant Samsung Electronics to temporarily halt new procurement orders and asking multiple suppliers to delay or reduce component and part shipments, reports the news organization Nikkei Asia. Samsung’s slowdown applies to a range of components across multiple product lines, including displays. …
Europe’s Largest LED Ceiling To Light Up Manchester’s Iconic Printworks Venue June 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes An old newspaper building block in Manchester, UK that was re-imagined as a multi-tenant entertainment venue is getting an upgrade with what will be the largest LED ceiling in Europe. The entire common space ceiling inside of Printworks will be 900 sq. meters of ceiling-suspended LED – a lightweight, fire-rated set of modules/cabinets provided by …
Sony Has Grown Software Partner Ecosystem From Two To 34 In Last 18 months June 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes There was a time not very long ago, at all, when I would walk into a Sony booth at a trade show and try to sort out what the company was even doing in digital signage, besides selling very nice LCD and microLED displays. That has changed, rather dramatically. The Japanese manufacturer, particularly in the …
Looking Glass Adds A Jumbo 65-Inch Display To 3D Holographic Family June 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes Image Credits: Jay Howse / Looking Glass Factory Another thing a little lost in the PR blizzard around InfoComm was news out of Brooklyn last week that those small Looking Glass 3D desktop displays now have a very big brother – a 65-inch version. Looking Glass Factory suggests its new 8K display is 5X larger than any other …
