Miami Start-up Smart Matter Launches AI Assistants For Digital Signage June 8, 2023 by Dave Haynes There’s a LOT of talk in the digital signage, DOOH and pro AV ecosystems about integrating AI into many aspects of day-to-day workflows, and just like all kinds of specialized smartphone apps and desktop extensions have popped up with AI toolsets, the same will likely happen with these sectors. Coming on the scene, starting today, …
Epson Touts New Short-Throw Projector That Can Blast 160 Visuals From Inches Away June 8, 2023 by Dave Haynes I’d need to be much more of a projection nerd to appreciate most of what Epson is touting as its must-see products for its presence next week at InfoComm in Orlando, but there was one new advance I can easily get my head around – a short-throw projector that can blast a 160-inch diagonal image …
Firefly Gets Beyond Pure DOOH Ad Sales; Enters Joint Venture Providing Tech To Abu Dhabi Media Firm June 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes Anyone who has run a digital OOH ad network has learned, sometimes the hard way, that it looks easier than it is to make an business viable – even more so when the technology set-up is expensive and technically challenging. So it is intriguing to see the Silicon Valley star-up Firefly, which puts digital displays …
BrightSign Partners With Chinese Display Giant TCL On New Variant Of Smart Commercial Displays June 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes Integrators and solutions providers who use a lot of BrightSign boxes to drive displays will soon have an option for a series of “smart” displays that have built-in BrightSign media player boards – a move that in theory makes these embedded displays an alternative to the smart displays made by numerous commercial screen manufacturers. The …
It’s Now Possible To Map And Project On Moving Objects In Real Time June 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes Projection mapping has steadily grown easier and better through the years, and is now at a point that a software-hardware technology stack can do all the work to accurately map and project on moving objects … in real time. It was not all that long ago that mapping a stationary object – like a building …
New Peerless-AV System Touted As Removing Time, Hassles Of Mounting LED On Anything-But-Flat Walls June 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes Av solutions firm Peerless-AV’s shiniest new object at InfoComm 2023 next week will be its new and now-shipping universal LED video wall mounting system the company says takes much of the time and pain out of getting walls to look right on uneven vertical surfaces. Called the SEAMLESS Kitted Series Universal dvLED Mounting System (DS-LEDUNV), …
Interactive Display Helps L’Oreal Marketers Demo AI-Driven Make-up Matching Experience June 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s an example of a beauty brand using interactive digital display totems to drive experiences at an event. Last month in Toronto, for an event focused on promote L’Oreal’s True Match Foundation, solutions provider Big Digital worked with MacIntyre Communications on an AR experience driven by a large interactive display, lighting and an app-loaded tablet. …
Intuiface Evolves Software To Allow Its Interactive Experiences To Run On Third-Party CMS Platforms June 5, 2023 by Dave Haynes The French software firm Intuiface has announced new advances with its platform that enable more powerful interactive solutions that can work within third-party digital signage content management systems. Starting today, says the company in PR, interactive digital experiences created using Intuiface can run within five popular digital signage frameworks: BrightSign BrightAuthor and BrightAuthor:connected, Navori, Appspace, …
Proto Tilts Its Hologram-Ish Display Stalls To Landscape Mode For Virtual Meetings Use June 5, 2023 by Dave Haynes The company that introduced the concept of hologram-ish virtual presence transparent LCD displays, and spawned numerous firms “inspired” by the idea, has started showing an interesting variation that turns the unit on its side for virtual meetings. Proto has a post and video up on Linkedin and Twitter that shows its shower stall-like enclosure set …
Video: Etulipa’s CEO Demos, Explains Electro-Wetting Reflective Display June 5, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s a good, detailed look at those reflective displays from the Dutch start-up Etulipa – done as a video interview with CEO Has Feil during the SID’s recent Display Week trade show and conference in LA. The interview is by a video blogger – Charbax – who attends and records interviews at dozens of trade shows. …
