Screenfeed Launching Automated, Localized Alerts For Digital Signage Networks January 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes The subscription content firm Screenfeed is launching a new automated alert product that will automatically interrupt regularly-scheduled screen content to make viewers aware of impending emergencies, as they develop. The system can be configured to make, for example, screens in a public school system flash alerts when a tornado threat comes up. It can be …
LG’s CES2020 News Adds 48-Inch OLED TV; Talks More About 8K January 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes LG has had its press conference at CES this morning, and while there was lots of cool consumer stuff, it was more about appliances and gaming than about displays – though there was lots of talk about OLED, as you might expect. No real signage-ish stuff to report, however. There is now a 48-inch OLED, …
Cincinnati’s Museum Center Adds 35-Screen Digital Signage Network January 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Cincinnati Museum Center in guess-what-city has added 35 digital signage displays around the historic Art Deco-era site that face visitors for information and staffers for corporate communications. The unique multi-museum complex is located inside Union Terminal, a converted transit station and National Historical Landmark that has gone through substantial renovations and expansions in recent years. The 35 endpoints …
Samsung Launches More MicroLED, Portrait Mode TV At CES2020 January 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes The massive CES consumer gadgets show is on this week in Las Vegas, and there are plenty of poor souls from this industry who are obligated to be there this week – dealing with endless line-ups for everything and supply/demand hotel pricing that sees terrifying places like Circus Circus charging $300+ a night. The argument …
Abu Dhabi Tourism Puts AR On 40-Foot Picadilly Lights LED Board January 3, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is what has been celebrated as the Largest Augmented Reality Screen media campaign done to date – an AR piece done for the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism in London’s Picadilly Circus. The AR activation was done for two weeks last month on Ocean Outdoor’s 40-foot Picadilly Lights board in that famed …
Israeli Start-up Touts Smart Audio Delivered As Sound Bubbles To Signage Viewers January 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes An Israeli company has started touting digital signage as a good use case for its smart audio technology, which uses computer vision to detect faces, accurately position ears, and send discrete sound bubbles with audio messaging that only the viewer hears. It’s a variation on those focused speaker systems that have been around digital signage …
Looking Ahead To 2020 December 31, 2019 by Dave Haynes It is 1 pm in Nova Scotia, a Nor’easter is going to brush by world HQ, and I am thinking my afternoon coffee may have a little Bailey’s in it. Yes, drinking on the job … Some years, I do a look back and a best of. Frankly, 2019 was so nutty-busy I haven’t got …
Food Court Vendor Uses Tape, Paper And Scissors to Update Digital Menu Displays December 30, 2019 by Dave Haynes Every so often I will get an email and pix from a reader who has spotted a food concession – usually – that has resorted to a manual fix for a digital problem. I have unavailable menu items hidden by tape and entire displays covered by paper … and everything in between. But I had …
White Castle’s New HQ Has Vast Interactive Wall, Projection-Mapped Throne December 30, 2019 by Dave Haynes The longtime burger chain White Castle has moved into new HQ digs in Columbus, Ohio that factored in a lot of tech to set the company tone and also tells its story. The building has a pile of traditional AV and collaboration systems, but in the public areas like the lobby, Detroit-based solutions firm Bluewater …
Florida Grocer Opens Seed To Table Concept Store With 100+ Screens December 30, 2019 by Dave Haynes A new grocery in Naples, Florida – heavily focused on locally grown and sourced product – has more than 100 screens deployed around the floorplate. Arguably the most visually compelling component – from what I can see in videos and still images – is one set of stocked shelves that has 32 feet of LCD …
