Navori Debuts Built-In-House, AI-Based Audience Measurement Platform February 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Swiss CMS software firm Navori has taken the interesting step of developing its own AI-driven audience measurement software, pairing it with the company’s long-established digital signage CMS software. Called Aquaji, an computer vision-based marketing analytics software is aimed at the retail and QSR sectors, and for digital out-of-home advertising networks. As with the third-party computer vision toolsets already in …
Reflect Makes Its Digital Signage Platform An Xperience February 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes Dallas-based digital signage software firm Reflect Systems has announced a series of upgrades, enhancements and additions to its platform, most notably what customers and partners see when they log in. ReflectView, the company’s enterprise-class digital signage software, now works with something called Xperience, which runs off a browser. Says Reflect: Xperience provides an intuitive, compelling …
Samsung’s V/X Live Virtual Conference Set for March 4th February 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes We’re still months away, probably, from having safe in person events, so some of the largest manufacturers and distributors are filling the gap with virtual events – including a session by one of the biggest vendors out there, Samsung. The electronics giant has organized a special one-day virtual conference on March 4th, called Samsung V/X Live. …
New E-Sports Venue Planned For Toronto Likely To Need A Whole Bunch Of Digital Display February 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes Attention LCD/LED display biz dev people …. A planned sports and entertainment venue in Toronto – geared to and backed by an e-sports company – looks to be a prime home to a lot of display technology when the lights go on and the doors open in about four years. A company called OverActive Media …
Universal Symbols Suggested For Screen-based Health, Safety And Weather Alerts February 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes An industry consortium called the NextGen Video Information Systems Alliance (NVISA) has put out what it calls a recommended practice document on how to best display emergency alerts based on easily-discernable graphical elements. The group makes the case that weather, health and safety warnings can be more impactful and accessible if alerts that go out …
Stratacache Adds To Real Estate Portfolio With New Multi-Use Building Near Chicago Clients February 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes The digital signage solutions provider STRATACACHE continues to buy up real estate, the latest the purchase of a 100,000 square foot facility in suburban Chicago the company plans to make a research and support center. The building purchase is on the heels of CEO Chris Riegel buying a vacant Corning facility he’s spinning up as …
Denver’s Expanded Airport Adds Big Digital Info Screens At New Gates February 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes The frequent flyer blog The Points Guy has a post up about the expansion of the terminal at Denver’s sprawling airport, and what caught my eye was the way the airport, and perhaps United Airlines in collaboration, are doing the gate information signage. Digital screens doing “GIDS” screens is not new, but in the last …
IAS Acquired By Another Illinois AV/IT Firm, Pearl Technology February 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes IAS Technology, a Central Illinois pro AV solutions provider, has been acquired by another Illinois tech services firm, Pearl Technology. “Adding IAS to our core capabilities positions us for future growth across the nation and brings even more services to current customers,” says Gary Pearl, chairman/CEO of Pearl Companies. “We also look forward to additional …
This Crazy Spherical LED Art Ball Pulses And Shape-Shifts February 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes It can be a struggle, at times, to try to describe some of the more arts-oriented AV visual experiences that come on my radar, and that is particularly true with an LED/robotics/sensor sphere thingie called Morph. It is a modular, kinetic, AV ball that is touch sensitive and pulses for interactivity. Says one description: Morph …
LG Going Heavy On Selling DV-LED In Bundled Solutions February 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes LG seems to be taking very seriously the whole notion of bundled, pre-sized DV LED display bundles, announcing 25 new ones this week. LG has created 25 unique Direct View LED display bundles that include both indoor and outdoor DVLED displays with Full HD to 8K Ultra HD resolution and sizes from 81 inches to …
