KC Office Block Uses Generative Data For A Dynamic Digital Clock Tower April 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a digital clock tower feature on an office building in central Kansas City, using generative art to suggest the time and weather. The LA creative technology shop StandardVision was commissioned by Block Real Estate to develop the new digital display at a top corner of 46 Penn Centre. The Dynamic Weather Clock was …
Shipping Analysis Shows Absen, Unilumin Tops In DV LED Manufacturing Exports April 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes Market data on the DV LED industry can be a little hard to find at times, unless you are a manufacturer that has the budget for research reports that tend to have price tags that include a few zeroes. So I was happy to see the CEO for the Brazil wing of the Chinese LED …
Finally, An LED Light Wand Install That Makes Sense! April 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes My lack of enthusiasm for those madly spinning LED light wands has been noted numerous times in posts here, but I just stumbled on a use-case for the things that I actually think works well. It is for marketing Dyson’s SUPER-expensive air purifiers, and uses two of those light wands to create the effect of …
LGA’s Much-Needed Reno Job Includes Dozens Of New LG Flight And Passenger Info Displays April 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes I haven’t been through New York’s LaGuardia airport since moving to east coast Canada, as what flights that do get out of Halifax to New York head mostly to Newark. Plus COVID. But I’ve been aware that the much-loathed airport in Queens was finally transitioning from the look, feel and state of what you’d encounter …
Country Artist Mines Fans’ Social Media Posts For “Good Day” Digital Billboard Campaign April 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes Lamar is running an interesting digital billboard campaign in U.S. markets that pairs promotion for a country music entertainer’s new album with photos contributed to a social media campaign built around the pay it forward concept. Nashville artist Brett Eldredge recently launched the #GoodDayMovement hashtag campaign, showing fans involved in community projects on Lamar digital …
Digital-Filled American Dream Mega-Mall Struggling To Operate In Covid-19 Era April 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes The American Dream mega mall in New Jersey, just outside of New York City, has been positioned as a glimpse at the future of shopping centers. But the mall’s owners, whacked hard by pandemic restrictions, is struggling just to stay open. The mall’s Canadian owners have had to arrange a special deal with the banks …
Vitec Acquires IPTV Signage Rival Exterity; Plans To Converge Platforms April 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes A pair of IP streaming firms with substantial offers for digital signage have merged, broadening their collective reach and portfolion. The French firm VITEC acquired the Scottish company Exterity, with a plan to converge platforms and leverage a blended engineering team of some 200 around the globe. “Exterity is a respected IPTV and Digital Signage leader around …
Tooshlights Makes Real-Time Toilet Occupancy Data Available For Digital Signs April 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes RH Image: TRAX Analytics Some of the best data integrations that can be done between sensors and systems, and digital signage networks, is tapping into real time data that can visually indicate what’s going on. You’ve likely seen digital signs that show the availability of stalls, overall and floor by floor, in large parkades. Now …
Uniqlo Uses LED Cubes As Animated Brand Identifiers On Store Facade April 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes Large-scale and big budget direct view LED projects tend to get most of the trade press and overall industry attention, but sometimes there are modest projects that are worth calling out – like this one for the Japanese apparel chain Uniqlo. I’m not sure where this is, but Uniqlo has a simple set of 2.5mm …
Raydiant Acquires Staff Motivation Firm, Broadening Workplace Communications Offer April 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes Silicon Valley-area digital signage CMS startup Raydiant has announced its acquisition of Hoopla, a content and tech partner that does what it calls a performance management and motivation platform for workplaces. The company, founded in 2017, was already using Hoopla’s data-driven, gamified, motivation solutions as part of its signage offer, and this certainly broadens Raydiant’s …
