Planar Launches Virtual Studio Initiative, With Fine Pitch LED Supplanting Green Screens For Movie Shoots June 16, 2021 by Super User Planar is the latest large format display company to sense and go after the rapidly emerging virtual production business – which sees big direct view LED displays replacing green screens on film and broadcast production sets. There is a lot of inertia around this use-case for fine pitch LED because a flat or rounded studio …
Samsung Gets Its Outdoor Terrace Prosumer Signage Displays UL-Certified … For Visibility June 16, 2021 by Super User Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certifications are a big aspect of consumer and business technology sales and marketing, with integrators, solutions providers and end-users tending to not buy product that doesn’t come with UL safety test certifications. UL certification is VERY common in digital signage, but I have not previously seen the testing and certification applied to something …
Huawei Flagship Stores In EU Using LED Chandeliers As Design Centerpieces June 15, 2021 by Super User The retail design firm Lonsdale is doing some interesting work with what is described as LED chandeliers in Huawei retail stores in Europe. The Chinese tech manufacturer’s flagship stores in Paris and Berlin have tall LED sculptures as centerpieces in the store design – with custom LED strips, clad with mirrored frames, suspended vertically and …
iiyama Builds Startup nsign’s CMS Into Its Smart Digital Signage Displays June 15, 2021 by Super User The Japanese professional display manufacturer iiyama has signed an exclusive agreement with the Barcelona-area start-up nsign.tv to build its CMS software into the displayco’s Android-driven smart screens. The nsign.tv platform features will ship with iiyama digital signage displays sizes ranging from 43 to 86 inches. nsign.tv bills its offer as “a complete Communication Platform (CPaaS) that permits brands to leverage …
Store-filling LED Wall Lights Up Chocolate Ship in Schiphol Airport June 14, 2021 by Super User Big DV LED video walls in retail are growing increasingly common, but in many cases the visual impact is limited by the sheer size of the store. Here’s a case where the LED is almost as big as the store, so it has a massive visual impact. It is the new Tony’s Chocolonely store post-security …
Tropical Birds Appear In Open Air Bar’s Trees, Using Spinning LED Light Wands June 14, 2021 by Super User Those madly spinning LED light wand thingies don’t make a lot of sense to me in a digital signage industry that tries hard to not use tech with moving parts. But once in a while I come across an application where they make sense and are effective. There have been a couple of interesting applications …
McDonald’s Sued Over Use Of AI In Drive-Thru Lanes June 11, 2021 by Super User QSR giant McDonald’s is being sued in its home state over its use of AI-driven recognition technologies in the drive-thru lane, with the court file citing invasion of privacy. The customer is arguing that McDonald’s company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by not getting prior approval before using voice recognition technology in the …
Chipotle Using Digital Signage To Speed Up Back Of House Order Prep June 10, 2021 by Super User These may be common and I just haven’t come across them, but I was intrigued watching a video interview with QSR chain Chipotle’s CTO, talking about making a big pivot to digital when COVID hit. Just about every restaurant had to adjust in a serious way, but it is a bigger challenge for companies that …
Workplaces Reworked Special Report Now Available For Free Download June 10, 2021 by Super User Workplace was already a major vertical market for the digital signage industry prior to COVID-19, and even though the pandemic has triggered rethinks and reboots on where and how we all work and collaborate, just about everything suggests digital signage technologies will continue to be a key to impactful workplace communications. While home offices will …
Userful AV Over IP Visual Networking Platform Now Formally Includes Digital Signage June 9, 2021 by Super User Calgary-based software firm Userful has added a digital signage content management system to its range of “visual networking” applications. The company has been around the digital signage industry for several years, but has mainly been known for an evolving, network-driven video wall platform. The new Emerald Signage application sits at the front-end of the company’s …
