Projects: Chicago’s United Center Opens Highly Interactive Fan Store August 17, 2017 by Super User The new 10,000 sq. ft. fan store store at Chicago’s United Center – home to the NBA Bulls and NHL Blackhawks – includes several digital interactive features designed to immerse people in the culture and excitement of the teams. The Madhouse Team Store, in the United Center’s new east expansion area, is there to sell high …
Projects: Transparent Mesh LED Fence Lines Front Of Dubai Mall Aquarium August 16, 2017 by Super User The aquarium attraction at the huge Dubai Mall recently lit up a massive OLED video wall – which looks amazing. A bit lost in the shuffle was a very large transparent LED mesh fence than runs along the base of the front of the big fish tank, below that huge OLED wall. Transparent mesh LED …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Curt Thornton, Provision August 16, 2017 by Super User Hologram is up there with artificial intelligence as one of the most abused terms in tech these days – with all kinds of stuff being labelled as holograms when they’re nothing more than reflections or projections. Provision has been marketing what it calls 3D holographic media for a bunch of years, and while purists might …
Do Some Smart Cities Operators Need To Get Smarter Operators? August 15, 2017 by Super User As Amscreen’s Simon Sugar points out in the tweet below, it’s not like the people behind the smart cities digital OOH interactive screens in the UK didn’t get clues from a sister installation in New York. The InLinkUK interactive stations that are replacing some phone booths around London can easily, it seems, be hijacked to …
Branded Cities Acquires Clear Channel Outdoor Canada August 15, 2017 by Super User Phoenix-based Branded Cities Network has acquired Clear Channel Outdoor’s 50.001% interest in Clear Channel Outdoor Canada, making the company the 100% owner of the Canadian entity and adding to Branded Cities’ North American footprint. This is very familiar territory for Branded Cities’ Chairman and CEO Steve Ellman, who founded the Canadian company and had US-based …
Here’s Who’s All Behind Coca-Cola’s Giant New Robotic LED Board In NYC August 15, 2017 by Super User More information is dribbling out about that giant robotic 3D LED board Coca-Cola switched on last week in Times Square. The vendor list is long, and the one most familiar to the digital signage community is Convergent, which is listed as doing Technology Design and Implementation, Content Management and Monitoring Services. If I was expressly in …
Projects: Fighting Irish Add Giant LED Board, Fine Pitch LED To Renovated Stadium August 15, 2017 by Super User News of a stadium adding a big-ass LED screen in the stands is commonplace, but what’s interesting about an announcement involving the University of Notre Dame is ALL the fine pitch LED being added around the Fighting Irish’s historic football grounds. The university has put in a 54 by 96 foot 10mm board at one end …
NEC Ups Warranty To Five Years On 24/7 Digital Signage Display Series August 14, 2017 by Super User I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about screen warranties, but do think NEC Display announcing some of its pro-grade 24/7 digital signage displays will ship with five-year warranties is out of the norm. The company says four of the models in its P-series will shift from three to five year warranties. “We’re passionate about …
Video: Coca-Cola’s Morphing Times Square LED Board August 11, 2017 by Super User Here’s a different video looking at that morphing 3D robotic display Coca-Cola has switched on this week in Times Square.
IoT And Digital Signage Come Together To Improve Logistics August 11, 2017 by Rich Ventura Guest Post: Rich Ventura, NEC Display Solutions Bain and Company predicts that by 2020, annual revenues for IoT vendors selling hardware, software and complete solutions will exceed $470 B. This massive tech expansion will push deeply into the logistics field, where IoT-enabled devices — utilizing communication protocols such as Bluetooth, RFID, Zigby, and Zwave, to …
