BMW Has Plans To Actually Sell Cars Clad In Changeable E Ink Full-Color Film September 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes Hat tip to German content partner invidis for noting this … here’s my take: When E Ink worked with BMW to make a demo car to clad a vehicle with a color-changing film, it was widely regarded as an interesting bit of trade show booth eye candy for the throngs of gadget-lovers meandering the aisles …
Remember How Outdoor Displays Were Going To Locate And Manage Curbside Pickups During Pandemic? September 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes Readers may recall how at the height of the pandemic, there were some display technology companies suggesting retailers would be adding high-brightness outdoor totem displays in their parking lots to better guide and manage the process of mobile pick-ups – parking in assigned spots and staff sporting N-95 masks coming out to load up shoppers’ …
MiniLED-lit TVs Overtaking OLEDs In Premium Display Market: DSCC Research September 3, 2024 by Dave Haynes TVs and commercial flat panel displays are different things, but much of the technology and manufacturing are the same, so it’s interesting and instructive to see who and what is gaining in global TV sales. Research and events company DSCC’s latest update of its Quarterly Advanced TV Shipment and Forecast Report (paywalled, you need a …
Taiwan’s HANNspree Starts Marketing Energy-Sipping Reflective “ecoVISION Paper Displays” August 30, 2024 by Dave Haynes Taiwan-based flat panel display manufacturer HannStar, through its HANNspree division, has started advance marketing on what it calls an ecoVISION Paper Display – a reflective digital display that consumes up to 80% less power than traditional LED-backlit display panels. There are versions for e-readers and specialty monitors, but also a pair that have digital signage …
Cranky Virtual T-Rex Greets Visitors To Down Under Dino Museum Show August 29, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Melbourne Museum in Australia is using three big transparent LCDs tiled side-by-side to create the hologram-ish illusion that a rather cranky 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus named Victoria is greeting visitors to a new dinosaur exhibition. Victoria the T. rex is an interactive exhibition starring the real fossil skeleton of a 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus named Victoria. The show …
Eyefactive Adds User Analytics To Interactive Platform August 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes The German interactive touchscreen software provider eyefactive has added analytics to its multi-touch content management platform, giving AppSuite customers detailed information about usage behavior on their interactive software projects. Now, says the Hamburg company, all user interactions on the device can be recorded and evaluated in various business intelligence tools such as Microsoft PowerBi or …
Samsung Shows R&D Prototype Of A MicroLED Display That Can Bulge And Bend August 27, 2024 by Dave Haynes Samsung’s R&D team showed off a prototype last week at a Korean display nerds conference of a microLED display that is stretchable, capable of bulging by as much as 25% more than its normal size and state. The demo was at the International Meeting on Information Display (iMID 2024) conference, which looks like a more …
Houston’s PickleJar Enhances The Digital Signage Toolset In Its Broader Live Music Venue Tech Offer August 26, 2024 by Dave Haynes A Houston company is going at the model of putting revenue-generating digital signage in bars from a different angle – making it part of a broader software and managed services model for bars that operate as live music venues, that includes e-commerce engines for ticketing and tips for performers. PickleJar Entertainment Group says an enhanced …
New Cosm LED-Driven Shared Reality Venues Put Sports Fans In Primo Virtual Seats At Live Games August 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes Immersive is one of the more abused and misapplied pro AV terms out there, but a fast-growing entertainment company in LA is opening up what it calls shared reality venues that look very much like they genuinely immerse customers in viewing experiences – whether that’s live sports or custom-shot and edited films. The first location …
Chick-fil-A Opens Atlanta-Area Drive-Thru-Only Store With No Pre-Sell Or Menu Displays August 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes It’s a bit premature to see a newly-opened Chick-fil-A drive-thru restaurant as a worrying trend, but a new two-story, four-lane operation that’s opened in the general orbit of Atlanta is certainly noteworthy for the near or total absence of the promo and drive-thru menu displays that are typical in the North American fast food business. …
