Pop Star Olivia Rodrigo Makes Live Appearance At LA Target Store, But Does So From NYC … Using Transparent LCD Tech April 1, 2024 by Dave Haynes I have my doubts about some of the use-cases I have seen for those shower stall-like transparent LCD box thingies marketed by Proto and a growing number of other companies you might say were “inspired” by the hologram-ish tech the LA company cooked up. But here’s a recent project that I think works well … …
Energy Calculation: One LCD Consumes Roughly Same Energy As 240 E-Paper Displays April 1, 2024 by Dave Haynes The main selling proposition of e-paper technology companies is that their displays consume just a fraction of the energy needed to drive conventional LCD-based displays. That’s well established, but it is nonetheless interesting to see the difference calculated … The Slovenian tech firm Visionect has years been focused on e-paper displays and supporting technologies, and …
40-Meter-Tall Projected Wave Filled Interior of Reimagined Gas Storage Tower In Germany April 1, 2024 by Dave Haynes Here’s an interesting use of blended projectors that create 40-meter-tall visuals on a screen inside a gas storage cylinder that’s been made into an exhibition space near Essen, Germany. The Wave, as it is called, is paired with a translucent screen on the floor to deliver some 1,200 sq. meters of underwater-themed visuals, as part …
Research Firms Futuresource, BCC Merge March 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes Research companies aren’t what leap to mind when there’s word of mergers and acquisitions, but we have a second one in the last few months involving firms known for watching and quantifying the pro AV sector. UK-based market research consultancy Futuresource Consulting and Boston-based market research firm BCC Research have announced a strategic merger. “There …
Mimo’s Flashcast Device Aimed At Simplifying Mass Notifications Across Complicated Screen Networks March 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes The small form-factor display manufacturer Mimo Monitors has started marketing the beta release of a little box that’s designed to do rapid alerts across digital signage and other, similar kinds of large footprint networks. Called Mimo Flashcast, the little sub-$140 box puts a visual alert overlay on screens – based on auto-triggered messaging pushed by …
Video From Shakira Pop-Up Concert Shows How That Combo DOOH Billboard And Stage In Times Square Works March 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes Colombian pop star Shakira did a pop-up show in New York’s Times Square on Tuesday night to launch a new album, and that’s relevant here because the show was done using the hybrid DOOH billboard and concert stage at the TSX Broadway complex. That’s the building that has a stage with swing-in doors and a …
Rejuvenated Brooklyn Paramount Theater Uses Projection To Drive Lobby Experience March 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes The nearly 100-year-old Brooklyn Paramount Theater has reopened as a concert venue this week, with one of the main visual features ambient projections on a lobby ceiling in the ornate building. Live entertainment company Live Nation has put millions into restoring and rebooting the venue, which started out as a cinema, then became a famed …
BT, Global Expanding High Street Ad Totem Network In UK By As Many As 2,000 Sites March 27, 2024 by Dave Haynes UK telecoms giant BT Group and its business partner Global are evidently finding success with a conversion of payphones on public sidewalks to what it calls Street Hubs – display totems that have multiple functions but exist mostly to run DOOH advertising. The companies have announced that up to 2,000 more conventional BT payphones and …
Neil Chatwood On How Omnivex Makes Actionable Data The Key To Its Digital Signage Work March 27, 2024 by Dave Haynes Using data is pretty much integral to just about any ambitious and involved digital signage network being spun up these days, but for a lot of vendors and their customers, it’s still a relatively new concept and approach. That’s definitely not the case for the Toronto-area CMS software firm Omnivex, which has been around for …
Uniguest, Allbridge Partner On Chasing, Servicing Hotel, Senior Living Sectors March 26, 2024 by Dave Haynes Nashville-based Uniguest has long been focused on the hospitality and senior living industries for its technology solutions, including digital signage and in-room TV, so it makes sense that is has signed on a reseller partner that also sells what it calls property technology into the same sectors. Allbridge, is now a Uniguest Digital Engagement Platform …
