Postar App Drives Digital Signs Via iPads And Chromecasts June 20, 2015 by Super User A little UK start-up has launched Postar, an iPad app that allows small business owners to build a simple digital sign message on the tablet and then run it on larger screens using $39 Chromecast HDMI sticks. Postar says it is focused on micro business operators, like indie coffee shops and boutiques. Users download the app for free off …
InfoComm Booth Profiles: LG June 17, 2015 by Super User Here’s what LG says about why people need to swing by its booth (#1529) when the doors open this morning on infoComm 2015 in Orlando. 1 -Why do people going to InfoComm need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? LG Electronics USA (booth #1529) is unveiling a brand new powerful and …
Projects: A Movie And A Craft Beer June 15, 2015 by Super User Flix Brewhouse is an interesting movie theater chain in that it pairs the big screen with the tall glass – the latter used for the output of the micro brewery that Flix runs onsite. Yes, you can sip a craft beers and watch a flick in a theatre. This is second only in awesomeness to …
InfoComm Booth Profile: Baanto June 12, 2015 by Super User InfoComm is just a few sleeps away and I suspect some of the tech who pull the booths together are already sweating it out down in Orlando. Toronto-based touchscreen specialists Baanto has a crew going down, and you’ll find the company at booth 5742. Here’s why John La, the company’s Director, Product Marketing, says attendees should …
Projects: Tiny Virtual Chef Fires Up Meal For Belgian Diners June 12, 2015 by Super User This is brilliant – projection mapping, using a custom animation on a guest table at a Belgian restaurant. A tiny chef pops out of a virtual hole in the table, and proceeds to fire up a grill and start cooking. The whole thing is projection mapped and is a great representation of how that tech …
UK’s Crystal Display Launches See-Through LED Digital Signage Windows June 12, 2015 by Super User UK-based Crystal Display Systems has launched an interesting spin on LED curtain walls – tighter resolution windows that can be cut to any size and used on shops or inside buildings as decorative dividers. The transparent LED windows are made up of horizontal slats of LEDs that when all lit up can produce decent looking …
SpinetiX Adds Entry-Level DiVA Player June 11, 2015 by Super User The Swiss company SpinetiX came on the market several years ago with a nice, teeny solid state media player and software platform, and pretty quietly built up its business in Europe and globally since then. It’s been a while since the firm has released a new hardware product, and that changes next week at InfoComm. The …
Projects: CAA Store Lounge Gets Wrap-around Digital Wall June 11, 2015 by Super User Maybe five minutes up the road from my world HQ and Live Bait shop is a new Canadian Automobile Association office, with a shiny new, very nice 90-degree video wall. The CAA store just opened this spring in Burlington, and the centrepiece for this new CAA concept store design is a nine-screen wrap-around video wall. There are …
Projects: Toronto’s Scotia Plaza Refreshes Concourse Level With Digital Displays June 11, 2015 by Super User Toronto’s Scotia Plaza is the head office building for one of the big five banks in Canada, and located on the underground walkway system that inter-connects most of the city’s downtown financial district. On that “PATH” level, the bank has always had a set of TV monitors showing financial news, but the bank has worked …
Ayuda Bags Static And Digital Management For Germany’s Largest OOH Firm June 11, 2015 by Super User Web stats suggest contract wins are down there with new hire announcements as posts that generate the least amount of reader activity, so I don’t cover them munch – but this contract win is big and impressive. Montreal’s Ayuda Media Systems has won the deal to handle ALL of the media management – static and …
