Witnesses In The Case For Digital Drive-Thru August 30, 2021 by Super User One of the arguments I have been making in the last year or so about COVID and digital signage is how the pandemic really reinforced how valuable instantly or easily updated messaging was to retailers, restaurant operators and venue managers. Here’s a classic case of what happens when you don’t have it – from a …
Chromeboxes Are Still Out There, And Being Used On Digital Signage Jobs August 30, 2021 by Super User There was a time, a few years back, when hardware devices running Google’s Chrome operating system were thought in some circles to be a next big thing in digital signage – because the devices were relatively inexpensive, used an OS based on the latest web technologies, and were backed by a top three global tech …
Dutch Wholesaler Fills New Customer Experience Center With 46 Flat Panels August 27, 2021 by Super User The Dutch wholesaler Technische Unie has lit up a new 450 sq. m. interactive experience center that uses 46 large flat panel displays to inform and inspire industry partners. The Eindhoven company has been around since 1880 and works with more than 700 suppliers worldwide, with 280,000 SKUs associated with technical installation materials for housing, …
Full Building Brand Experience Goal Of Re-opened Kia 360 In Seoul August 27, 2021 by Super User Hat Tip Invidis for tipping me on this … The South Korean car manufacturer Kia has redesigned and reopened a dedicated brand experience building in Seoul, dubbed Kia 360 and filled with digital displays that showcase its vehicles, as well as mobility solutions. The space was previously known as BEAT360, but having the brand name …
It Takes 12 Techs And Seven Days To Service, Optimize That Huge New LED Wall At The LVCC August 26, 2021 by Super User The deployment and field services firm USSI Global has pushed out an interesting press release about its role in dealing with that massive video wall that’s been lit up in the lobby of the new part of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Samsung has already put out a lot of material about the 4mm LED …
NYC Artist Brings Above-Ground View Into MTA Subway Cars In Guerilla Projection Mapping Effort August 26, 2021 by Super User Via DesignBoom, Hat Tip David Title Suppose you could sit in a subway car, look up at the ceiling, and view the passing scenes at street level. That’s the core idea behind a very clever art project done on a subway car’s ceiling on the New York system, using projection mapping to blast motion images …
Swiss Timepiece Firm Uses Super-Nice Mosaic LCD Video Wall In NYC Store To Drive Its Brand August 25, 2021 by Super User This is a great example of how LCD can still do a fabulous job as a signature video wall – a mosaic with sync’d content in a New York store of the Swiss luxury timepiece firm Bucherer. Eric Buterbaugh of New York-based content Show+Tell posted the video (below) on Linkedin, but he is a master …
Digital Projection Says Never Mind To AV Trade Shows In N.A. For Balance of 2021, Citing COVID Risks August 25, 2021 by Super User There’s no end of speculation about the fate of AV and digital signage trade shows this fall, as the Delta variant continues to clobber people who could be vaxxed but, bewilderingly, don’t want to get jabbed. The home technologies trade show CEDIA is still set to go next week, but with way, way fewer stands …
NanoLumens Broadens Offer, Adds Fixed-Size All-In-One LED Display Bundles August 25, 2021 by Super User Atlanta-based LED manufacturer NanoLumens has joined the growing list of display makers who have broadened the product line to include all-in-one bundled displays. NanoLumens had its start, like most LED companies, with larger, free-form tiled LED module systems that could be built to conform to whatever dimension was necessary – ideally a large dimension with …
Asian Fast Food Chain Itsu Does COVID-driven Pivot To Self-Service Order Screens And Meal Status Displays August 24, 2021 by Super User The pandemic has forced a lot of fast food and fast casual restaurant operators to rethink how they operated – from adding drive-thru capability to reducing the amount of staff-to-customer interactions. What the Asian-inspired Itsu chain is doing in the UK is a good, though certainly not unique, example of how those kinds of restaurants …
