Crowdstrike: A Quarter of a Million PCs Still Inop August 1, 2024July 26, 2024 by Florian Rotberg A week ago, a faulty software update from cybersecurity provider Crowdstrike triggered the world’s largest IT failure. The company has now reported that 97 percent of all affected computers are up and running again – but a quarter of a million are not yet.
Happy Trails To A Retired Craig Marshall, Now Ex Of Omnivex! July 26, 2024 by Super User Happy trails to Craig Marshall, who retired this week after almost 25 years in the digital signage business, all with Toronto-based CMS software firm Omnivex. His now ex-boss Doug Bannister: We know Craig has formed countless relationships over the years with Omnivex customers, partners, and employees, which is why we are making this announcement today. …
French Theme Park Blends Projection Mapping Into New Immersive Water Attraction July 26, 2024 by Super User Here is a fun take on an immersive projection mapping experience in an active water-based attraction – a new addition to the Futuroscope theme park in west-central France. Aquascope is a 6,000-square-metre indoor water park, and it has a crazy set of endlessly-winding water slides for kids of all ages. But the interesting feature, in …
Towering Mesh LED Used As Signature Video Wall In Lobby Of Refurbished Chicago Workplace Hub July 26, 2024 by Super User This is what’s referred to as the signature screen in the lobby of a refurbished office block in downtown Chicago’s South Loop. 801 South Canal is now known as Canal Station, a new workplace hub that encompasses 6-storeys and 850,000-square-foot in a former single tenant office building. It is next to the newly renovated Old …
Demand Appears To Have Dried Up For Large Commercial OLED Displays – Omdia Research Report July 25, 2024 by Super User Demand for OLED displays used for tablets and laptops has spiked this year, but the use of very large OLEDs as public information displays (aka digital signage) has all but evaporated, according to an analysis from the research firm Omdia. Overall, Omdia’s latest Large Area Display Market Tracker for 1Q24 says shipments of large-area OLEDs sized …
How PreVisualization Work Helps Get Video Wall Projects Beyond Wish Lists And Ideas July 25, 2024 by Brianna Morley Guest Post: Brianna Morley, Render Impact In a world where first impressions matter more than ever, businesses are always seeking innovative solutions to captivate their audiences. Utilizing video walls and digital signage to display awe-inspiring content and create visual experiences is one way they are achieving that goal. When it comes to video wall (especially …
Huge 60-foot Projected Wall, Controlled At Touch Tables, Engages Visitors At Pennsylvania Science Center July 24, 2024 by Super User This is a 60 foot tall interactive projection theater now in use at the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, PA – with touch table screens providing controls that drive what’s up on the very large projection surface. It uses eight Christie projectors and the screen rolls up to more than 36 million pixels. Touch …
This New Wingstop In London Looks As Much Like A Blinged-out Nike Flagship As It Does A QSR July 24, 2024 by Super User A fast food chain specializing in chicken wings has opened up its largest UK operation, with an east-end London store that – because of all the AV bling – looks as much like a flagship Nike store as it does a QSR. What is described as the world’s largest Wingstop has tiled menu displays, big …
Digital Signage: Samsung Market Leader for 15 Years July 29, 2024July 24, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Samsung has been the global market leader in the digital signage market for 15 years. According to market researcher Omdia, every third professional display shipped worldwide featured a (removable) Samsung logo last year. In total, the Koreans sold more than 2 million professional displays worldwide in 2023.
Christine Rogers Of AVI-SPL’s XTG Team On The Art Of The Possible With Experiential Display Projects July 24, 2024 by Super User Sixteen:Nine worked with German content partner invidis on its annual digital signage yearbook, which by a mile (or 1.6 km) is the most comprehensive annual look into the industry. That free yearbook has been available for the last few weeks, and we’re now making individual pieces available online – so readers get a sense of …
