Public And Retail Digital Experience – Play The Long View For Best ROI September 22, 2017 by Alan High Guest Post: Jeff Doud, MaxMedia Today’s consumers expect an experience. They don’t want to be sold stuff. Instead we should offer relevant lifestyle with usable chunks of information to provide context. Customer experience is more important than offers, discounts, direct messaging or raw branding efforts. Studying methods to engage customers with a soft touch is …
NanoLumens’ Cope Honored As Atlanta’s Veteran Entrepreneur Of Year September 21, 2017 by Super User Congratulations to NanoLumens founder and CEO Rick Cope, who was named 2017 Veteran Entrepreneur of the Year this morning by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, in partnership with the Metro Atlanta Chamber. Cope was one of six business leaders cited across different categories, at an awards ceremony held at the Georgia Aquarium. “I am honored and humbled by …
NEC Beefs Up Open Pluggable PC Line-Up For Digital Signage Displays, Projectors September 21, 2017 by Super User NEC Display Solutions has beefed up its line of Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) compliant computers that plug into the backs of displays and offer a Windows-based alternative to the increasing numbers of smart system on chip displays being sold in the digital signage market. The OPS computers now all include 64-bit Windows 10 Pro and …
Projection-Mapping Turns Vancouver Bridge Into Virtual Salmon Run September 21, 2017 by Super User This is the last weekend to see what appears to be an amazing projection mapping effort on the underside of one of Vancouver’s main bridges The Cambie Bridge’s underside is transformed into a wild B.C. river that shows the journey of migrating sockeye salmon in a 25-minute show, using cinematography from three B.C. rivers that …
Hamptons’ Art Museum Uses LED Walls To Make Waves With Exhibition September 20, 2017 by Super User Via Installation A gallery in the ritzy Hamptons area of Long Island, NY has an exhibit running right now that builds big LED screens into the mix to show a series of digitally-generated waves. There is a pair of 15mm pitch LED walls on the gallery exterior visible to visitors and passing motorists, showing waves …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: David Labuskes, AVIXA September 20, 2017 by Super User I was in the Washington, DC area last week for what turned out to be the rebranding of Infocomm as AVIXA – a loose acronym for the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association. The trade association had invited me, and a pile of other trade journalists, for a press conference and follow-ups about … something. They …
Video: Largest Outdoor 8mm LED Board On Planet September 15, 2017 by Super User Here’s video from that monster wraparound 8mm LED board that sparked up in Times Square this summer. Located at 701 7th Avenue (aka 20 Times Square), the wrap-around main screen is 91’4″ high and 186’4″ wide. Manufacturer/integrator SNA Displays says that makes it the largest 8mm outside LED board on the planet. The NFL will …
Screenscape Ranked Among Fastest-Growing Companies In Canada September 15, 2017 by Super User The guys at Screenscape in beautiful little Charlottetown, PEI got some good marketing news this week – being named among the fastest-growing companies in Canada by Canadian Business magazine. Screenscape was ranked: #118 among the fastest growing companies in Canada #2 among all Atlantic Canadian companies #34 among all software companies The magazine has been …
These Digital Screens Spit At You September 15, 2017 by Super User This is a public art installation somewhere in Switzerland. A water spout is sync’d with the content so it looks like the subject on the screen spitting out water is flying off the screen. Best opinion I can muster is: Hmmmm …. A public installation in Switzerland by Marck. Contact us for more info or …
NEC Europe Partners With Screenly, Canonical On Raspberry Pi-Powered Digital Signage Displays September 15, 2017 by Super User The European wing of NEC – NEC Display Solutions Europe – has done a partnership that sees certain NEC pro-grade digital signage displays ship with embedded Raspberry Pi modules, running Ubuntu Core Linux and pre-loaded with the Screenly’s CMS player software. The solution uses NEC’s P and V Series 40–55 inch large format displays and modular …
