You Know LED Is Getting Mainstreamed When Big Fine Pitch Displays Go In Sports Bars October 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes A sure sign that Direct View LED display tech is getting mainstreamed is a new case study showing a big, three-sided display cube over a sports bar in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Now keep in mind this is a bar adjacent to Lambeau Field, home of the storied Green Bay Packers NFL team, but still … …
Canadian Pro AV Integrator Westbury Goes Into Receivership October 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes COVID-19 has killed more than a million people globally, and it has also taken out companies of all sizes. One of the latest casualties is Westbury National Show Systems, one of the largest pro AV integrators in Canada. The Toronto-area company was placed in receivership on October 9 on application by its banker, BMO, saying …
Cineplex Digital Media Launches Machine-Learning Smart Digital Signage Content Engine October 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes Toronto-based Cineplex Digital Media has started marketing a new data-driven retail optimization platform called FLEX SmartEngine – using machine learning and a variety of data inputs to boost sales for stores and QSR operators. The built-in-house platform steadily analyzes what’s happening in and around physical stores to generate and deliver messaging based on shifting circumstances …
Levi’s Opens Digitally-Rich NextGen Stores In US, China October 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes Levi Strauss & Co. has started opening what it is calling its NextGen stores – new shops built around personalization and digital. The San Francisco-based apparel company put one of the first stores of this new format in the epicenter of digital – Silicon Valley – and in a mall where price is probably not …
Broadsign Strikes DOOH Ad Tech Partner Deal With Spain’s TAPTAP Digital October 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes Integrations is kinda the name of the modern game if you’re doing targeted Digital OOH as a vendor or network operator, and Broadsign – arguably the most active digital signage CMS in advertising – has been steadily developing partnerships, including a new one with Madrid-based TAPTAP Digital. The partnership means Broadsign’s Reach Supply Side Platform …
Another Anamorphic LED Public Art Board Surfaces, This One In China October 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a big wrap-around DV LED display on the corner of an urban shopping plaza in Chengdu, China, using 3D animation techniques to create the illusion that a Star Trek ship is emerging from the building. The set-up is VERY reminiscent of a board in Seoul that also also shows public art. You will …
Ultraleap Debuts Free Software To Make Existing Touchscreen Devices TouchFree October 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes The UK tech start-up Ultraleap – which markets technology that merges camera-based hand-tracking with haptic feedback – has released free software it says enables existing touchscreens to go touch-free. The qualifier in that is to make the TouchFree software work, operators will need to add on a $250 camera/sensor or a $90 controller gadget. The …
AVIXA, DSF Forge Education Partnership In Wake Of DSE’s Demise (Inc. Video) October 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes The trade association AVIXA and the members-based Digital Signage Federation (DSF) have done a partnership that will see it bring expert-level digital signage education content to the global Pro AV group’s trade shows and events. AVIXA is also taking some steps to smooth out some of the financial hit taken with the demise last week …
Survey: Few End-Users Have A Solid Grasp Of DV LED Display Tech October 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes I’ve already had a diverse bunch of companies contribute to the survey I am doing to shape an updated report on direct view LED, but would certainly welcome more. Among the questions asked and answered is the level of awareness and understanding among partners and end-users. “Every end-user is a little different, but as a …
Climate Change Exhibit Creates Video Tunnel With 112 OLEDs October 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a video tunnel using open-frame OLED displays, some curved, for a climate change awareness exhibit called The Glacier – part of an exhibition at Klima Arena in Sinsheim, Germany. Says Sovanta, a German software company involved in the project: The walk-in exhibit is an extraordinary experience: With its help, visitors experience a leap …
