Video: Series Of LED Light Strips Create Illusion Of Full Motion Video Ads In Subway Cars May 14, 2024 by Dave Haynes I was a bit surprised to come across a post this morning about a company pushing the idea of using a series of digital light strips in subway tunnels to create the illusion of full motion ads in the windows of passenger cars. It is an idea and technology that’s been around for perhaps 20 …
Late Night Interactions On Digital Portal Near Dublin’s Pubs Get Predictably Salty May 14, 2024 by Dave Haynes Lotsa buzz happening about a digital portal that links people on the streets of Dublin with people on the streets of New York City. The idea is to connect people from across great distances, and crowds have gathered to wave at each other, play rock paper scissor or do dance-offs. I doubt many people would …
Sphere’s Backers Get Full Ownership Of Key Tech Supplier, Directional Audio Firm HOLOPLOT May 13, 2024 by Dave Haynes One way for a high-profile attraction to deal with other projects “inspired” by the originally is to partially or fully influence or control the businesses of key technology suppliers, especially those supplying somewhat unique solutions. Sphere Entertainment, the company behind that giant, much-Instagram’d LED ball in Las Vegas, has done a deal to realize full …
Why, Despite VXT, I Am Grateful To Samsung May 13, 2024 by Jason Cremins Guest Post: Jason Cremins, Signagelive Samsung is now a formal competitor to digital signage software providers. It has released its VXT platform and communicated clearly with the market that it is going alone to win direct business. However, this was not always the case. In 2013, Marc Benson (our CTO) and I were approached by Samsung UK to attend a briefing at their Chertsey, UK. …
Video: LED Ribbon Display At Jacksonville’s Airport Cleverly Manages TSA Screening Area May 10, 2024 by Dave Haynes I wrote back in February about the 100 feet of Nanolumens LED ribbon on a bulkhead wall over the entries to TSA security screening at Jacksonville, Florida’s airport, and how it was set up to do things like locating different screening lines and also run background content specific to that day. Heres another video, from …
REACH Boosts Ad Capabilities Via Integrations With Major Programmatic DOOH Platforms May 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes Digital signage and DOOH were, for many years, intermingled terms, but they kinda went off on their own tracks about 10-12 years ago. Now they’re starting to intermingle again, likely because of the big spike in interest and activity involving the in-store screens aspect of retail media networks. I’m seeing lots of stuff lately suggesting …
Swiss Startup Tests LED-Fronted Ball Caps That Turn A Crowd Into An Aggregated Sign May 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes Tip of the hat to AV Interactive for writing about this … If I had to characterize my opinion on this, it would involve a big, long hmmmm … A Swiss startup called Dynavisual put little LED screens on ball caps worn by 98 fans who were at a European Handball match in Switzerland, with …
Short List For Digital Signage Summit Strategy Awards Announced; T-Minus Two Weeks For Weisse Beer And Sausages May 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes I am undergoing a Navy Seals-like training regimen to get my body ready for giant pretzels, sausages and 1L weisse beers when I am through Germany in a couple of weeks, to attend and do a little panel moderation at the two-day Digital Signage Summit (DSS) Europe 2024 in Munich. The event starts two weeks …
Planar Meets Tight Cybersecurity Standards For Pair Of “Smart” Connected Display Families May 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes Security questions are now pretty central to planning and sourcing technologies for display networks, however the focus would quite logically be on the most obvious points of vulnerability – the software, servers and play-out hardware. But what about the displays, if they’re connected and termed as smart? Specialty display manufacturer Planar has announced a couple …
This Company Has A Meeting Room Sign Solution, That Doesn’t Need The Signs May 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes Atlanta CMS software firm Visix was an early adopter of meeting room sign technology, using tablets and then adding e-paper displays. Now the education and workplace-focused company has a no-hardware option that does pretty much everything an organization might need to book meeting and work spaces, but built around QR codes and web apps. The …
