Proto Launches RetailSage, Pairing Hologram-ish Displays With Conversational AI January 18, 2024 by Super User The company that originated (as far as I can tell) the idea of using transparent LCD displays as life-sized hologram-ish visual illusions has now worked conversational AI into its expanding product offer. LA-based Proto, known in its earlier days as Portl, was at NRF in New York earlier this week and announced what it calls …
ISE 2024 Sixteen:Nine ISE Mixer Sponsor Profile – Ergonomic Solutions On How And Why It’s A World Leader In Advanced Technology Mounting Solutions January 18, 2024 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is coming on very quickly, and Sixteen:Nine is again doing a Barcelona version of the networking mixers it has been doing since forever. The sold out event happens because of eight great sponsors who help cover the considerable costs of the evening, including tapas and an open bar. I like to thank …
Oh The Irony: A Windows Pop-Up Error Message On The Big Screen Of A Microsoft Store January 18, 2024 by Super User Pop-up Windows error messages on digital signage and digital screens has been a source of regular amusement in this industry for many years, but it is particularly funny when the pop-up message is on a big screen above the entry to a Microsoft store. This is in New York – at the Fifth Avenue location …
PPDS Launches Free Content Creation And Scheduling App For Its B-Line “Business TVs” January 17, 2024 by Super User PPDS has added entry-level, on-premise CMS capabilities to update and manage content on its Philips B-Line series of 4K Business TVs – enabling users to create and schedule content off of a new and free app called PPDS Publisher. The B-Line series – available in 43 to 75-inch variants – involves 16/7-rated consumer TVs that …
Almost 3,000 Computer-Controlled Tiles Mimic Sea’s Motions In This Giant Kinetic Sculpture January 16, 2024 by Super User This is not digital signage, and more an alternative to the big LED visuals that have been schemed into newly-built experiential environments in the last few years. Like big video walls, this project uses real-time data to drive the visual experience. It’s a giant kinetic sculpture that encompasses a grand staircase on a new cruise …
STRATACACHE, Scala Push Deeper Into Retail With New Ordering And Checkouts Capabilities January 16, 2024 by Super User The long-running digital signage software platform Scala has been focused in recent years on retail as its main vertical – and that’s even more the case now with the launch of what’s been called Scala Commerce. It’s a suite of in-store consumer self-service and service automation platforms tuned specifically to the retail, hospitality and closely-related …
Samsung Officially Launching Its VXT CMS Globally During ISE January 15, 2024 by Super User Samsung has been previewing and talking about its new digital signage software solution for the past year, but now the Korean technology giant is officially launching the product and giving VXT a longer name – Visual eXperience Transformation (VXT) Platform. The platform is billed as being a cloud-native CMS that combines content and remote signage management …
Stop Talking, Start Doing! – Navigating The AI Revolution In Digital Signage January 15, 2024 by Tomer Mann Guest Post: Tomer Mann, CRO, 22Miles Since last year’s artificial intelligence boom, companies across the digital signage landscape have been hurrying to realign their brand with modern demand. New and legacy brands alike have published position whitepapers on AI best practices, re-packaged existing features under an “AI” heading on their websites or sought ways to …
ISE 2024 Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profile: How StratosMedia’s Data Flow Engine Automates Creation And Display Of Content To Screens January 15, 2024 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is coming on quickly, and Sixteen:Nine is again doing a Barcelona version of the networking mixers it has been doing since forever. The sold out event happens because of eight great sponsors who help cover the considerable costs of the evening, including tapas and an open bar. I like to thank and …
Missed This: Perch Was Acquired By Raydiant Back In Sept. 2022 January 12, 2024 by Super User Old news, but not to me – the San Francisco software and solutions firm Raydiant acquired Perch back in September 2022. I missed that, but had been wondering recently what had become of NYC-based Perch, which was early in the game packaging up interesting lift and learn merchandising solutions using sensors, overhead projection and displays. …
