SF-based CMS Firm Raydiant Closes $13M Series A Raise February 1, 2021 by Super User There have been a few acquisitions lately, like Screenscape being picked up by Spectrio, but there is also investor money for backing existing companies in growth mode. San Francisco-based cloud CMS software firm Raydiant announced it has closed $13 Million in Series A financing co-led by 8VC and Atomic, and also backed by actor Mark …
Jakarta Integrator Gets Beyond Rectangles With Curvy, Ribbon-Stripped Lobby Video Wall February 1, 2021 by Super User This is a nice example of using flexible direct view LED modules to work with curves and make a relatively small video wall visually interesting. It is in the lobby of the Jakarta-based AV systems integrator V2 Indonesia, and is using the flexible product from Hong Kong-based Lighthouse. I like the curves, but also the …
How the Digital Signage Industry Can Benefit from Servitization February 1, 2021 by Super User Guest Post: Thomas Fraser-Bacon, Allsee Technologies When a company adopts a servitization model, it’s shifting from a product-based business model to a services-based one. The term was first coined in the late 1980s to describe how manufacturers needed to offer more than just goods if they were to survive in spite of the manufacturing declines …
New Gensler Austin Office Pairs Fine Pitch With LED Sticks For Unique Reception Display January 31, 2021 by Super User The global architecture, design, and planning firm Gensler puts an understandable premium on design, so it’s no surprise the reception area of the company’s Austin, TX office has a cool, very different LED video wall as its centerpiece. The display provides the Austin team with an ability to set the office vibe, but also work …
Horse Auction Firm Uses Data-Driven LED Displays For Running Sales Events January 30, 2021 by Super User This is not the most exciting use case I’ve seen for digital signage, but as noted endless times, useful and efficient is often more meaningful than Wow Factor jobs. In this case, it’s a horse auction company that uses DV LED screens, BrightSign boxes, and live data feeds to show the state of affairs on …
inLighten’s Orbit Puts Multiple Promos On Screen At Once; Then Makes It Interactive January 29, 2021 by Super User Stumbled across this interesting retail application by the upstate New York digital signage CMS and solutions firm inLighten. It’s very reminiscent of the wave of social media visualizations from a few years ago that scraped Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest feeds to put various posts on to a digital canvas, and give them a little …
LCD Display Prices Continue To Rise. Here’s Why … January 29, 2021 by Super User Graphic: LCD TV Panel Prices January 2020 – June 2021 – Source: DSCC I’m hearing from some industry friends that LCD display panel prices are rising – which on the surface likely seems incongruous, given the economic slowdown and widespread indications that a lot of 2020 and 2021 display projects went on hold because of …
Iceland’s National Theatre Upgrades With Digital Promo Posters On Art Deco Facade January 29, 2021 by Super User Here’s an effective use of outdoor digital displays used as replacements for print posters – in this case at the National Theatre of Iceland, in Reykjavík. Last summer, according to a case study from screen supplier Peerless AV, the theatre’s technical team were tasked with finding an alternative to the old traditional static signage at …
Video: Dancing Bodies Latest Public 3D Art On That Seoul LED Display January 29, 2021 by Super User This is the very latest public art piece developed for that big wrap-around Samsung LED display in a Seoul shopping district. The video, like previous ones, was created by the Seoul digital shop D’strict. Like the others, it’s amazing. The piece is described this way: “We hope for a world where people with diverse values …
Giant Trapezoid LED Display Turns Guangzhou Development Into City Landmark January 28, 2021 by Super User There’s a lost in translation element to this video about the use of multiple big LED displays at this commercial development in Guangzhou, China, but even though I’m not totally clear on what’s going on with the “cave” part of the project, it is inarguably impressive. The DV LED displays from Chinese manufacturer Absen were …
