Interactive Video Has Possibilities On Retail Floor November 14, 2014 by Dave Haynes In the ever-blurring lines of digital marketing and in-store digital marketing, I could see how the sort of click code shown here as an interactive video would work very nice on the right shop floor. This is actress Anna Kendrick goofing around in an extended length promo video for designer Kate Spade. The slick thing here …
Goget Updates Slick Meeting Room Display System November 13, 2014 by Dave Haynes Analytics tells me a lot of site traffic comes in week to week based off a running post I do about meeting room signage options, and one of the companies I list just issued a great looking update. Sweden’s Goget has released Room Display 4, an Android-driven software and hardware platform that looks to do …
Samsung Makes Its Move: Beacons for Android, No App Required November 12, 2014 by Charles Regula Guest Post: Doug Thompson, Dot3 Samsung will launch the Samsung Placedge Platform at their developer’s conference tomorrow, and with it will cut out the need for an app to detect beacons. Instead, Samsung will provide a sort of uber-application that sits at the device layer, detecting beacons and pushing messages via a shared service. They invite …
Planar Reports Strong Digital Signage Sales Growth November 11, 2014 by Dave Haynes Portland-based specialty display manufacturer Planar Systems, Inc. has reported its year-end financial, showing big year to year growth in sales on digital signage products. For fiscal Q4, total revenue increased 17% year on year to $53.6 million compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013. Revenue was driven by a 42% increase in sales of Digital …
Projects: L.A. Interactive Fan Zone November 10, 2014 by Dave Haynes The home area for the Los Angeles Kings (hockey) and Clippers (hoop) now has a new fan zone set-up aimed at driving fan engagement. The LA Interactive zone launched Saturday night at the Staples Center on the venue’s main concourse. The set-up includes a 6-by-13 foot LED video wall, an 8-by-5 foot Ultra HD video wall, three …
BenQ Reinvents Commercial Digital Signage. Ok, Sure, Uh-huh, Pffft. November 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes So one of the things I said to the crowd of architects, public space designers, creative producers and graphic designers who were at Xlab yesterday was that it was in their interest to try to stay current on emerging technologies and be sufficiently equipped to look past the hype and bullshit. And there, in my inbox …
Projects: North America’s 1st Transparent High-Rez LED Wall November 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes Vancouver integrator 10net has lit up what it’s touting as the first permanent install of China’s GWS Technology that’s a mash-up of LED curtains and glass. The install is in the head office of BlueShore Financial in North Vancouver. It uses a 5 mm pixel pitch LED array that instead of having a black block finish in …
Screenfeed Fires Up Sports Central November 4, 2014 by Dave Haynes Syndicated content packager and publisher Screenfeed is rolling out a very slick new service today called Sports Central. It’s a dynamic infographic service that goes way the heck beyond what normally gets presented as sports content for digital signage. Most digital sign networks present sports news and scores in the dreaded ticker format, or as …
Aislelabs Issues Comprehensive Study On Top Beacon Tech November 3, 2014 by Dave Haynes Toronto start-up Aislelabs, which uses a cool mash-up of WiFi and beacons for retail analytics, has issued a terrific prime and study on beacons that looks at everything from design to spoof protection. The report is called: The Hitchhikers Guide to iBeacon Hardware: A Comprehensive Report by Aislelabs. While the title suggests it is just …
Projects: World’s Biggest Hi-Rez LED Ceiling, And That’s Just The Start In Building November 3, 2014 by Dave Haynes A huge building in the southeast China city of Zhongshan has opened up with a massive focus on LED lighting. Called Star Alliance, the place is a LED lighting brand center and LED lighting effect experience showroom. The building has a huge LED canvas on the ceiling, on the top of lighting pods, and draping …
