Prague’s SignageOS Bolsters Americas Presence By Bringing On Industry Vet Arnett August 9, 2021 by Super User I don’t usually do posts about new hires because analytics suggest not a lot of people care, other than the people hired and their new masters. But I’ll note this one, as it reflects a European company bringing on a familiar face to more effectively project itself into the US and Canadian markets. Prague-based SignageOS …
The Digital Storefront At An NYC Zara Is Getting A LOT Of Online Buzz, But You Should Know It’s Not Real August 9, 2021 by Super User This video keeps making the rounds lately on Linkedin and no matter how many technical people jump in with comments explaining how it is just CGI and not really happening at a NYC Zara store, many more people keep gushing on about how amazing it is. Here it is on Youtube, as well: One Linkedin …
Tokyo Olympics Used Projection Mapping In Novel Ways, But The Most Stunning Visual Wasn’t Quite Real August 9, 2021 by Super User If you watched any of the Olympics in Tokyo on broadcast TV or online you would have seen some stunning visual effects. The one that hit me was the projection mapping introductions for the highest profile track events – the 100 metre sprints for women and men. The stadium was darkened and the full length …
LG Using AI-driven Voice Assistants In Mobile Service Provider Stores In Korea August 6, 2021 by Super User Hat Tip Craig Keefner at kioskindustry.org for flagging this … LG’s mobile retail wing is starting to use voice recognition technology from an Israeli startup to act as digital assistant at its mobile phone service provider stores in South Korea. Kardome announced it will install its voice activation technology in 2,000 LG Uplus store kiosks …
Tech Details Emerging On That Flashy New Immersive Media District In London August 5, 2021 by Super User That big, tech-filled “Outernet” entertainment and immersive media district is due to open in London late this year, and some details are coming available about who is behind the big visual display elements . The German firm Ventuz Technology AG has pushed out press information talking about how it is providing the real-time graphics content …
More Consolidation: PE-backed Workplace Solutions Firm Aura Buys UK Integrator Reflex August 5, 2021 by Super User More consolidation news, this time from the UK, where the workplace tech firm Aura has acquired the Reading-based full-service audio-visual integrator Reflex. Aura is a private equity-based company put together from a pair of companies, and is focused on workplace solutions for mid to large-size enterprise companies. Reflex has been around for almost 40 years …
Twin 58-Floor Office Towers In China Are Godzilla-Size LED Billboards At Night August 5, 2021 by Super User When people in New York City raised a major stink about a barge on the river acting as a floating LED billboard, my first thought was that if they were upset with that, they will go thermonuclear when a media company tries to emulate what’s happening in China. Entire office buildings and central business district …
PORTL’s Transparent Displays Being Used By University’s Health Educators To Demonstrate Disorders August 3, 2021 by Super User Much of the attention around the use of transparent displays to show people at life-size dimension, in remote locations, has been focused on sectors like events and entertainment, but a Florida university has identified a very different use-case: healthcare education. The University of Central Florida is using LA-based PORTL’s tricked-out transparent flat panels to show …
Almo Resumes In-Person E4 Experience Road Show Events In US, Starting in Boston In October August 3, 2021 by Super User The AV distribution company Almo Professional A/V is resuming its schedule of AV road shows in cities across the U.S., with organizers undoubtedly hoping the rapidly-rising case counts among unvaccinated Americans will not force those efforts back to online-only. The company has been doing these regional events for years, but they have been online only …
Diversified Continues AV/IT Integrator Roll-Up, Acquiring HB Communications August 3, 2021 by Super User The North American AV/IT integrator business continues to consolidate, with the latest acquisition deal seeing NJ-based Diversified acquiring HB Communications, which is based up the turnpike in Connecticut. Diversified, by most measures the most active and knowledgeable big integrator in digital signage, says buying HB gives it even more of a footprint in the U.S. …
