The Mapist Debuts As New Interactive Wayfinding Option November 18, 2019 by Super User Another wayfinding/mapping option has emerged in the marketplace – this one a collaboration between software developers in Spain and Pakistan. I had a note from Nabeel Salem, a Pakistani developer who has been doing software and game development for the last 10 years. Earlier in the year, a developer gig came up for building an …
175-Foot Wide Curved LED Marquee Lights Up At North End Of Vegas Strip November 14, 2019 by Super User If you know Las Vegas, you probably know the intersection on the Strip down by the Venetian, Fashion Show Mall and Treasure Island resort. Like much of the Strip, this area seems to steadily evolve, and the corner that is part of TI has just lit up a huge, curved LED board touted as the …
LG Display Reports Big Loss; 3rd Bad Quarter In Row November 14, 2019 by Super User LG Display has reported a big loss in its recent Q3 earnings release, its third bad quarter in a row – forcing out the longtime CEO, prompting a round of voluntary departures and most interesting in the context of the commercial display business, the start of a move away from LCD. LG Display reported a …
Start-up Firefly Starts Using 2mm LED For Rideshare And Taxi-Top Ad Screens November 13, 2019 by Super User The Silicon Valley media start-up Firefly, which puts car-top media screens on taxis and ride-share cars, has started using 2mm pitch LED displays that it says delivers 4X the visual crispness of competing display systems. The new product – called Sunrise – supplants previous car-toppers that used 4mm pitch LED. This will sound nerdy, but …
More Trouble With Timmie’s Menu Boards November 13, 2019 by Super User A reader sent along this photo shot this morning while on the way to work in the pedestrian walkway system that runs below street level in Toronto’s business district. The Tim Hortons screens at 55 University aren’t dead, though one is in a bad way. The software appears hung up, so instead of mission-critical menus, …
Five Ways Digital Signage Elevates Employee Experience November 13, 2019 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Curtis Campbell, HughesON As margins in retail continue to be a challenge, and retailers also wrestle with the pressure from Amazon and other eCommerce competitors, as well as the Buy Online, Pickup In Store movement, traditional retailers are looking to focus on the shopper/customer experience to deliver additional value to draw customers into …
Low Rez LEDs Make Big Visual Impact At Revitalized Montreal Office Block November 13, 2019 by Super User I think there is pretty widespread affection for the idea of energizing a building lobby with an LED-filled feature wall, but equally widespread horror at the cost of doing that. Some of the projects that have been done to date – like the work in the lobbies of Salesforce and Netflix – are amazing visually, …
LED Fills Entire Wall At Regional Bank’s Newest Branch November 12, 2019 by Super User This is a screen grab (video in embedded tweet below) of a direct view LED video wall being tested at a branch of Amerant, a regional, Florida-based community bank. The fine-pitch LED fills the rear wall behind the customer service counters and wraps around a doorway. It is reminiscent of what has been happening in …
Drone-Based Light Show Puts Giant Atop Skyscraper November 11, 2019 by Super User Photo composite from Daily Star (UK) This is much more entertainment and spectacle than signage, but nonetheless a really interesting application of technology to form an animated display. Somewhere in China – not quite sure which big city, and there are many – a drone-based light show has a skyscraper-sized figure atop a skyscraper. This …
Intel Opens Screen-Filled Smart Building Near Tel Aviv November 11, 2019 by Super User Intel recently opened an awfully nice, screen-filled development center in Petach Tikva, Israel – which is an eastern suburb of Tel Aviv. The 800,000-square-foot, 11-story building brings together 2,000 employees who had been scattered in eight buildings across five campuses. What caught my eye is all of the meeting room sign and directory tech, as …
