Samsung Officially Launching Its VXT CMS Globally During ISE January 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes 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 TomerMann 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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. …
Visplay, Videri Collaborate On Visual Merchandising System That Snaps Screens Into Electrified Slat Wall January 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes There are companies like Instore Screen and Bluefin manufacturing custom displays that work with the physical set-up of store fixtures, but I don’t recall seeing a set-up that works larger displays into a retail-focused slat wall. That’s one of the modular options that a German visual merchandising company, Visplay, is marketing with a product called …
Big Electronic Shelf Label Vendor SES-imagotag Rebrands As VusionGroup Ahead Of NRF January 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes One of the better-known names in the electronic shelf labels market will have to do some work on building back awareness after announcing a re-brand, with SES-imagotag changing its handle to VusionGroup. The new brand rolls the ESL side of the French company’s business in with a broader solution called Vusion. From PR: SES-imagotag will …
Still Nervous About Boinking Away At A Touchscreen? Put On A Paper Finger Condom January 11, 2024 by Dave Haynes It has been four years – wow – since we all started wondering about this mystery virus coming out China, and since the debate spun up about the safety of touching surfaces, including interactive screens. There were reasonable questions floated about what the rise and spread of COVID-19 might mean for companies that used touchscreens, …
Projection-Mapped Church Show Draws Almost 100K Paid Viewers Over Its Run In Bordeaux January 11, 2024 by Dave Haynes A lot of the recent attention around projection-mapped environments lately has been with commercial attractions – like Illuminarium and Montreal’s Oasis Immersion – but there’s also interesting work going on that delivers experiences but also has broader benefits. A projection-mapped show, mixed with live orchestral music, sold almost 100,000 tickets during a just-finished run at …
Video: Highlight Reel Of Samsung’s CES Booth, Including That Transparent MicroLED January 11, 2024 by Dave Haynes You can get a better look at at what’s arguably the most pro AV-relevant new tech at Samsung’s CES stand in this video, and with it some big hints about what the Korean giant will have at its big ISE stand at the end of the month. There are a few seconds and different angles …
Dise Releases Nex-Gen Digital Signage Playout Ahead Of ISE 2024 January 11, 2024 by Dave Haynes Sweden-based Dise, heavily focused on retail experience management, has announced its “next-generation” playout engine ahead of Integrated Systems Europe, with foundational technology built on HTML5 and offering cross-platform functionality for a variety of devices. “We are very proud to finally be able to show what our next generation playout engine can do,” says Daniel Bloch, …
