Four Winds Sets Dates For Third Forward Conference June 27, 2017 by Super User Four Winds Interactive is going ahead with a third edition of its annual Forward conference in Denver, the software company’s home city. The Oct. 10-12 event targets existing and prospective clients, but is also pretty good networking for vendors within FWI’s ecosystem. I know companies like Scala and NDS (Netherlands) also do user events, though …
Projects: OLEDs On Walls And Ceiling In Seoul Skyscraper Elevator June 27, 2017 by Super User The elevator that takes visitors to the observatory level of the Lotte World Tower skyscraper in Seoul is lined floor to ceiling, AND ceiling, with OLED displays that for the minute-long ride up immerse people in scenes of the Korean mega-city. The building is 555 meters (123 stories) tall, making it the the world’s fifth …
Dave Needs Women – 16:9 Podcast Summer Plans June 26, 2017 by Super User I’m banking podcasts so they’ll be ready to air over the next few weeks, while I’m on an extended road trip – some interviews and also some advance work that might see World HQ relocated next year. The back-end stats on my cloud podcast host say between iTunes, Google Play, RSS feed apps and the …
Projects: Interactive Kiosk Does Car Dealer Service Desk’s Work After-Hours June 23, 2017 by Super User Via Linkedin, here’s a Ford dealer in Albuquerque, NM using an interactive kiosk that does the work of an auto service desk after hours. The Panasonic Smart Service Kiosk handles drop off and payment, and gives you back your keys after said payment, all (I assume) geared to people who can’t do the drop-off or pick-up …
Back From The Dead: Transparent OLED, This Time Even Bigger June 23, 2017 by Super User Transparent OLED was nowhere to be seen (or at least well-hidden) last week at InfoComm, but the tech is not dead. ZDnet (among many tech sites) is reporting that LG Display has developed a 77-inch transparent flexible display with Ultra High Definition (UHD) resolution. “The development project was backed by South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, …
Projects: World’s Largest Office Block Puts 60-Inch Screens In Its Elevators June 22, 2017 by Super User Elevators is what got me into digital signage waaaay back in 1999, so I am always intrigued by stories of how screens continue to be integrated in elevator cars. The giant Merchandise Mart in Chicago, a commercial building with 4.2 million sq. ft. of floor space, how has screens in 27 elevators – but not small …
Projects: 700-Plus Wide Band Of LCDs At Orlando’s Airport June 22, 2017 by Super User One of the InfoComm Big Canvas sessions I put together last week in Orlando took an in-depth look at the massive video wall steadily being put in place at Orlando’s primary airport. We had Seattle’s Synect, which did the content, RP Visuals, which did the mount structure, and LG, which won the deal for 700 …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: James Fine, Telecine June 21, 2017 by Super User James Fine has been around the digital signage ecosystem since the earliest days. He founded Telecine in the mid-80s to do high-end video production for the corporate sector. By the mid-90s, he was getting into signage, putting networked screens in Quebec casinos. We talk about the early days of the business – like spending $25,000 …
Subway Steps Up Digital Game; Adds Self-Ordering Kiosks, Menuboards June 19, 2017 by Super User Subway is stepping up its digital game, adding self-ordering kiosks and digital menuboards in a bid to reverse three years of declining sales. Bloomberg reports that Subway is testing about 50 self-ordering kiosks that allow people to walk in and tailor their order, instead of doing the back and forth ordering with the worker actually adding …
InfoComm 2017 – Pix From The Floor June 19, 2017 by Super User I’ve posted photos in earlier reports from last week at InfoComm, but here are some more that didn’t find their way into earlier coverage, with comments added: Transparent LED – those mesh screens you can see through – are getting quite good. The content running on this one was vivid. Fine pitch LEDs are being …
