Research: Nearly 11 Million Meeting Rooms Out There – Digital Door Signs, Anyone? May 16, 2018 by Super User UK-based Futuresource Consulting has pushed out new research focused on the corporate market and looking at the rise of technology such as digital meeting room signs. “Over the past 5 years, Futuresource has been tracking the corporate meeting room technology space and the landscape has evolved rapidly, with the market demanding a broader spectrum of feature …
Projects: An LED Veil And LED Floor Energize Kuwait City Mall Expansion May 15, 2018 by Super User This is a series of gorgeous curved displays in The Avenues mall, a mega mall in Kuwait City. The project, called Electra, was put together by the solutions provider StandardVision in a new part of the shopping center. There is a 360 degree, 600 square meter immersive LED video veil and an interactive LED floor. All …
Chatbot Platform Finds Its Way Into Retail Digital Signage May 15, 2018 by Super User Chatbots are growing increasingly common online, but a pair of companies have teamed up to take that experience to digital displays at retail shelves. A Lyon, France start-up called Botescope has worked with the Raspberry Pi-centric CMS firm Screenly to develop a solution that pairs and controls screens with mobile devices through conversational “smart agents.” …
Sony Shipping Six New Signage-Ready 4K Displays Running Android TV May 14, 2018 by Super User Sony continues to seemingly nibble around the edges of the digital signage business – kinda sorta in it, but not in any big or consistent way. The company has had system on chip smart displays since at least 2013, but has not really gone after a smart signage play in the way rivals like Samsung, …
2018 InfoComm Lookahead: 336 Exhibitors Say They’re In Digital Signage, But … May 11, 2018 by Super User I am starting to wrap my head around InfoComm, which is coming up in early June in Las Vegas. It’s not a show I attend to see new stuff. I go to spend the poking around time that I never get during Digital Signage Expo. It is mostly about display technology and related stuff, like …
How To Use Digital Signs To Boost Your Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies May 11, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Jill Perardi, Visix With millennials now the dominate group in the workforce, organizations are looking at what makes them tick – what they expect, what gets them engaged, and what encourages them to stick around at a job for longer than a year. One of the things this group says is very important …
The Rise Of Next-Generation Digital Spaces May 10, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Joe Rabah, RMG Networks Imagine that as you enter an airport, there is a personalized message welcoming you, and then further tailored messaging accompanies you throughout your shop, bar and restaurant visits. Then it finally directs you to your departure gate, where you arrive fully informed and having enjoyed a variety of targeted …
Reminder: DSF Mixer In Austin Tonight May 9, 2018 by Super User A last reminder that the Digital Signage Federation is holding a Meet and Greet mixer tonight in amazing Austin, Texas. It’s at the JW Marriott Austin, which is right downtown near the river. The address is 110 East 2nd Street. The bar opens at 6 PM and the presentation will begin around 6:40 PM. The …
16:9 Podcasts: Alan Brawn On Educating The Digital Signage Masses, & Talking Some Off The Business Ledge May 9, 2018 by Super User One hell of a lot of the people involved in some way with the digital signage business – as a vendor or end-user – have spent a day or more learning the fundamentals from Alan Brawn. With his son Jonathan, Alan runs a small San Diego-based consulting firm that has been heavily focused for the …
Google Announces Lean Version Of Android To Power “Things” Like Smart Displays May 8, 2018 by Super User Google yesterday announced a new service called Android Things, described as a minimal version of the Android operating system that is widely used in digital signage, on media players and in some display manufacturers’ system on chip displays. The intention for Android Things is IoT devices like smart appliances and personal assistants – the latter which …
