Digital Pour Your Own Beer Stations Now Online At DC Sports Arena October 15, 2018 by Dave Haynes The main sports arena in the Washington, DC area has unveiled a completely new and upgraded venue and dining experience that includes new signage, wayfinding, and a couple of interesting interactive screen experiences – like pour your own beer stations. The renovations at Capital One Arena cost some $40 million and were ready in time for the …
For This Video Wall, The Dreaded Blue Screen Really Is A Feature October 15, 2018 by Dave Haynes This would have to be the first time I have seen the dreaded Windows Blue Screen Of Death used as a an artistic element … During the recent Paris Fashion Week, the Balenciaga fashion’s show featured a runway that was fully surrounded by LED panels, including curved ones for overhead. Based on the video, the …
Salt Lake Theater Complex Makes Big LED Part Of Both Promotions And Productions October 13, 2018 by Dave Haynes A longtime performing arts center near Salt Lake City has made LED displays a huge part of its new $75 million complex. The Hale Centre Theatre at Mountain America Performing Arts Centre, which opened its new home a year ago, uses big LEDs on the facade to promote productions, in the lobby near concessions, and most …
Intuiface Launches Creative Experts Program October 12, 2018 by Dave Haynes The French firm Intuiface has announced an interesting new partner program squarely aimed at interactive and experiential content designers. The Creative Experts program involves companies that offer experience content design services – who can be connected with end-users or other partners who effectively need someone to design and deliver what shows up on screens. Participating freelancers …
theMART’s Massive Chicago Facade Now Permanently Projection-Mapped (w/ video) October 11, 2018 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
