theMART’s Massive Chicago Facade Now Permanently Projection-Mapped (w/ video) October 11, 2018 by Super User What is touted as the world’s largest permanent projection mapping display is now running on the side of Chicago’s theMART, formerly known as the Merchandise Mart. The 2.5 acre south façade of the building (it’s a massive, massive building) is lit up by 34 Christie Boxer 4K30 projectors, generating 1 million lumens to run a …
When Menu Screen Goes Out, Go Back To Print? October 11, 2018 by Super User This is even weirder than the McCafe label thing … A Toronto reader snapped a shot at Yorkdale Mall in Toronto – arguably Canada’s ritziest shopping centre – that had a food court WSR vendor using a whole printed menu sign OVER the digital menu display. This was from about six weeks ago. Cheaper, I …
Now That McCafe Is Using Print Labels And Packing Tape For Digital Menu Messaging??? October 11, 2018 by Super User We noted in August, as spotted by a reader, a McCafe in central NYC that was using electrical tape – instead of CMS software – to delete (OK, hide) menu items on a digital board. That same reader was in the place this morning and noticed: “It has now got paper labels stuck on all …
Curved LCD Video Walls Greets Visitors Atop Calgary’s Iconic Tower October 11, 2018 by Super User The Calgary Tower has been part of the downtown of the western Canadian city for 50 years now, and steadily attracts tourists and locals who ride up to the observation deck to look over the city and, particularly, west to the nearby Canadian Rockies mountain range. The attraction created a theatre room recently at the …
SignageOS Launches Software Bridge For Digital Signage On Raspberry Pi October 11, 2018 by Super User The Czech software start-up signageOS has launched a software platform that enables established CMS software companies to add low-cost Raspberry Pi micro PCs to its range of media player options, without having to assign the necessary development resources to figure it all out and get it running. The custom integration by the Prague company – which …
Digital Header Strips Top Whole Foods’ End-Caps October 10, 2018 by Super User These are end-caps with digital headers being put in by InstoreScreen in Whole Foods stores in the U.S. The grocer uses them to market house brands. They’re LCD screens – custom-manufactured for the job (as opposed to some skinny LCDs which started out as conventional 16:9 screens and were then cut). CEO Henrik Andersson spoke …
Giant 250 Sq. M. LED Dome Fills Part Of Mexican Mall’s Ceiling October 10, 2018 by Super User This is a 250 square meter LED screen that faces down from the ceiling in a central section of a three-level shopping mall in the suburbs of Mexico City. Called The Dome, the installation at the Paseo Interlomas Mall in Huixquilucan, EdoMex runs a series of content pieces designed to be experiential. The project was …
The Digital Signage Future (And Present) Is Managed: Industry Vet Jeff Martin October 10, 2018 by Super User Jeff Martin has been around the digital signage industry for pretty much as long as the industry has existed – running the ops side of some very large retail networks. He was one of the co-founders of SignStorey, which at its peak ran screen networks in a wide range of groceries across the United States …
LED Billboard Barge Starts Cruising Up And Down Manhattan’s Surrounding Waterways October 9, 2018 by Super User New York’s Times Square is a 110% assault on your senses, and a massive tourist attraction, so a barge working the Hudson and East Rivers with an LED billboard on it will probably generate not much more than eye-rolls and shrugs from seasoned residents. This past weekend saw what I think was the maiden voyages …
Suzuki Rolls Out French Dealer Network Using Sony’s Digital Signage Solution. Yeah, Sony … October 9, 2018 by Super User It is reasonable to suggest that Sony has been, at most, on the fringes of the digital signage industry for many years. So it’s interesting to stumble across indications that it 1) has a solution and 2) it’s getting used. From UK-based AV magazine comes news that Suzuki France has more than 100 motorcycle dealerships …
