Study Suggests High Affinity For Digital Messaging Displays In Patient Care Environments October 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes Selling non-medical technology solutions into the health care sector is long and involved at the best of times, but in the COVID-era even more so. But health care presents what is likely a big opportunity for companies who decide to go after it with solutions that directly address operational pain points. The e-paper giant E …
LED Mesh Displays In Windows Turn Iconic Madrid Bank Building Into Media Facade October 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a flagship Caixabank branch in Madrid, in Plaza Colón, that uses much of the facade of a Norman Foster-designed building as a screen. The digital aspect used see-through mesh LED displays in the windows, and there is a LOT of full-wall LED inside the branch, all running custom experiential content that does not …
High School Student Hacks Entire School District’s Screens, Then Rickrolls Viewers October 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes Here’s a cautionary tale for anyone running an enterprise-level digital signage network: an Illinois high school student managed to take over the digital signage and other IPTV-connected screens across a full school district back in April. But instead of running naughty videos, he rickrolled them. A post on WhiteHood Hacker details: On April 30th, 2021, …
Video Wall-Filled Bus “War Room” Sitting Unused In New York: Report October 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes Photo: NY Post The public transport authority for the city of New York opened a flashy, video wall-driven command and control center in Brooklyn a a couple of years ago, but those big screens have few or no viewers because the bus dispatch “war room” is already falling apart, the New York Post is reporting. …
Workspace Design Giant Unispace Acquires Experiential Content Shop Downstream October 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes In another sign that companies specializing in workplace design need digital experience chops, Unispace has acquired the Portland-based experiential design firm Downstream. Unispace, which is based in Sydney, Australia but has offices all over the place, says it has bought a firm that is great at integrating interactive digital and physical experiences in global tech …
Private Investment Firm Buys Majority Stake In BrightSign October 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes The PR kinda low-balls the story here, but BrightSign has new owners. The announcement says the private investment firm Graham Partners “has made a significant investment” in the digital signage hardware firm BrightSign, but the headline on the release says Silicon Valley-based BrightSign has ‘accepted’ majority investment. “The investment,” the announcement suggests, “is expected to …
Bowling Lanes Go Experiential With Projection-Mapped Lanes And Real-Time Ball Tracking October 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is not digital signage, but the tech applied and the underlying software applications are very similar. A company based in Orlando has started delivering a product and service called Unreal Bowling, which uses projection mapping to light up the lanes in bowling alleys with interactive content experiences and breathe new life into a decades-old …
Invidis Releases 2021 Version Of Its Excellent, EU-Focused Digital Signage Yearbook (And It’s Free) October 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes Munich-based digital signage consultancy and publisher Invidis has, for many years, produced an excellent annual report looking at the state of the industry in the European market, and the 2021 version just came out this week. The good news is it is a free download, and there is an English language version along with one …
Korean Mega-Mall’s 72-Foot Atrium Video Wall Controlled By Smartphone App In Environmental Campaign October 14, 2021 by Dave Haynes The press release borders on impenetrable, but the accompanying image for news about a short-term video wall creative piece in South Korea makes it worth noting. The 22-metre-tall LED video tower in the central atrium of the Starfield Hanam shopping mall started running an art piece yesterday that is controlled, at least in part, by …
AVIXA Pushes Out Details On Virtual Side Of InfoComm Show October 13, 2021 by Dave Haynes AVIXA has been working hard to convince both buyers and sellers that it is safe to be in Orlando in just a couple of weeks (Oct. 27-29) for its pro AV trade show InfoComm, but has announced fuller details on the virtual side of the show aimed at pro AV buyers and sellers who will …
