London Coffee Shop Uses Projection To Create Wall-Filling, Animated Ordering Menus October 26, 2021 by Dave Haynes When industry people think about digitizing menus for the quick service and fast casual restaurant industries, they’re almost certainly thinking about how many flat panel displays will be needed, and where they’ll go. But using projection on the walls behind counters offers an interesting, very flexible alternative solution. This is a coffee shop in London …
AV Vendor Draper Nearing Funds Goal For Wounded US Military Vet October 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to the folks at the AV mounts and gear firm Draper, which is nearing a fundraising goal that would provide a mobility chair to a catastrophically wounded U.S. military veteran. Sue Downes, a mother of two from Tazewell, TN, sustained serious injuries while serving as a Corporal with a military police unit in …
New Midtown NYC Skyscraper’s Top Floors Have Much More Than Just A Great View; Features Immersive, Experiential Observatory October 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes A new tourist ands event destination opened way up high in New York on Thursday – what’s described as the world’s most immersive observatory experience. The ribbon was cut to open SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, a multi-level space put together 1,063 feet above Madison Avenue in midtown Manhattan. The features include immersive art experiences supported, in …
More Evidence LED Video Walls Are Mainstreamed: A Fish Counter At A Supermarket Has Vast Video Wall October 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes Via Invidis It really was just a few years ago when fine pitch indoor LED walls started being marketed by manufacturers, with buyers expressing a lot of excitement … until they learned how much walls like that would cost. Fast-forward to now – in a hyper-competitive marketplace with an almost countless number of manufacturers around …
Kramer, Zignage Partner On Data-Triggered Emergency Alerts For Education, Workplace AV Control Systems October 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes Pro AV gear supplier Kramer Electronics has done a partnership with the digital signage management software firm Zignage that enables a range of emergency notifications to be integrated with Kramer’s VIA and Control platforms for the education and workplace markets. This solution, says PR, will help manage hybrid campuses and workplaces and to escalate alerts …
Philips Hires Schuster To Run Its N.A. Pro Display Business; King Shifts To Hotel TV Vertical October 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes PPDS, the company that markets Philips Professional TV and Philips digital signage solutions, has brought on industry vet to Vince Schuster to run the commercial pro display business and put another pro AV lifer, Joe King, in a new leadership gig running the hospitality TV business. Schuster will be well-known to pro AV people, having …
Not On My Bingo Card: Christie Digital Getting Into Pathogen-Killing Ceiling Lights October 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes The pro AV and digital signage communities know Christie Digital for its projector systems and displays, so it’s slightly odd to see the engineering-led company getting into commercial disinfection products … until you remember who owns Christie. The company, which has a big offices in suburban LA but a main R&D and production facility in …
Appspace Buys Workplace Communications Firm Beezy To Boost Workplace Experience Offer October 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes There has been quite a bit of news lately about digital signage companies being acquired or getting major cash infusions, but here’s a variation on that – a digital signage CMS company buying a company outside the industry to bolster its vertical market capabilities. Dallas-based Appspace Inc. has acquired Beezy, described as a leading digital …
New London Pop-Up Venue Brings TopGolf’s Digital Razzle-Dazzle To Footy October 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes A pop-up venue in London, that you could very loosely describe as TopGolf for football players, is using interactive technologies to measure and celebrate skills. Called METRIX, the site at a shopping mall in the White City area creates a reactive sensory experience for players and fans who want to test or show off their …
Planar Takes Its Displays On Road This Fall For MicroPalooza Tour October 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes In a nod to the travel-hesitant times, Planar is taking its display pots and pans on the road this fall – on what it calls the MicroPalooza 2021 Tour. The Oregon-based display manufacturer is staging a six-city US product tour in November through mid-December that will see its LCD and LED product showroom hauled to …
