Spokane’s New Rapid Transit Line Relays Real-Time GPS Location/Stops To Riders September 5, 2023 by Super User The kind of live positioning visuals motorists routinely use for getting around are being applied to transit rider information screens in Spokane, WA, using technology from Nebraska-based Nanonation. The Spokane Transit Authority has launched a real-time on-bus display system on its rapid transit fleet that relays accurate location information to paying riders. Unlike most transit …
Almost 30 Christie Laser Projectors Used To Bathe New Toronto Immersive Venue In Visuals September 1, 2023 by Super User Those are Christie projectors being used at the new Toronto location of the immersive experience company Illuminarium. The new venue in Toronto’s Distillery Historic District, an old Victorian-era warehouse quarter near downtown, uses almost 30 Christie RGB laser projectors to bathe the 13,500 square foot space in visuals. From PR: Illuminarium at The Distillery District …
Screenly Launches Headless-Serverless Edge Apps Solution Tuned To 3rd-Party Software Developer Needs August 31, 2023 by Super User London-based CMS software firm Screenly has launched a variation on its platform called Edge Apps, expanding on the idea of headless CMS solutions that use the bones of a platform but leave the presentation and transactional layer to the customer’s software team. CEO Viktor Petersson walked me through what he was planning when when we …
Retail Analytics Firm VSBLTY Evolves Digital Cooler Line; Has LOI To Buy Shelf Nine Grocery Screen Network August 30, 2023 by Super User The Philly retail analytics firm VSBLTY continues to operate in ways seemingly very different than competing firms that use AI and machine learning technology to measure and log consumer activity – growing out a transparent chiller display door product and acquiring a grocery-focused ad screen network. The company has been marketing transparent LCD cooler doors …
Global Pro AV Industry Forecast To Grow At 5.6% CAGR Through 2028, When It Will Be $400B Business August 29, 2023 by Super User The pro AV industry is forecast to add nearly $100 billion in revenue over the next five years, reaching $402 billion in 2028, according to AVIXA’s 2023 Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA). “This year’s update to the pro AV industry forecasts shows a return to a rate of growth that would have been considered …
CMS Software Firm Rise Vision Adds Managed Media Player Hardware Subscription To Offer August 29, 2023 by Super User The CMS software firm Rise Vision has gone into the hardware business, introducing a bundled subscription offer aimed mainly at the education sector that includes a fully managed media player. “Rise Vision manages the media player software, provides technical support, sends out advanced replacements if an issue can’t be fixed over the phone, and upgrades …
Hall Technologies Sees Big Executive Team Changes; VP Technology Now CEO August 29, 2023 by Super User The Pro AV infrastructure firm Hall Technologies has elevated its VP Technology to the CEO post. Pro AV industry veteran Ken Eagle has been with Hall Technologies since July 2021 and is replacing Jason Schwartz, who was CEO since 2020. Hall Technologies CFO Matt Kingsley will also take on additional leadership responsibilities, in the wake …
LG’s New North America HQ Near NYC Features 100s Of Digital Signs And Pro Displays August 25, 2023 by Super User LG has pushed put PR about its new North American headquarters in a wooded area along the Hudson River, in Englewood Cliffs, NJ and in the immediate orbit of New York City. Korean rival Samsung also has its US head office in New Jersey and near the Big Apple. They are about 10 minutes apart …
Dutch Smart Glass Lets Air Travelers Play Pong, Grows Biophilic Leaves As Active Glare Control August 24, 2023 by Super User I’ve been paying attention to a Dutch startup called VideowindoW because of its interesting approach of manufacturing digitally-embedded building glass that runs media but also doubles up as active glare control. The company promotes several use cases as it looks for early adopters, but the most obvious and compelling one is for windows in mass …
Fuel Dispenser Manufacturer And Kiosk Software Firm Partner On Self-Ordering Option At Gas Station Pumps August 23, 2023 by Super User Screens on gas pumps have been developed into an advertising medium, most notably by market leader GSTV, but now a manufacturer of fuel dispensers has partnered with a kiosk software company on a set-up that puts self-service C-Store ordering out in gas station forecourts. A company called Dover Fueling Solutions (or DFS) has partnered with …
