Sphere Gets It First Big Booking For A Corporate Event March 20, 2024 by Super User When the Sphere in Las Vegas went up and then opened, all of the attention was on the multimedia show on the exterior and the “residency” of U2 for a series of concerts played with the giant LED backdrop on the inside. But like any venue, it needs a steady stream of activity to pay …
22Miles Starts Marketing AI Assistant To Help Attendees Find Their Way Around Big Trade Shows March 20, 2024 by Super User Atlanta-based digital signage software and interactive digital solutions firm 22Miles has started marketing what it calls a Tradeshow AI Assistant, a tool for interactive screens and smartphones that uses a chat bot and wayfinding to help attendees find their way around big footprint events. Called the “first of its kind,” the assistant uses a 22Miles-built …
Generative Art By Refik Anadol On Huge Video Wall Opens NVIDIA’s Big GTC Event March 20, 2024 by Super User Tech giant NVIDIA, whose fortunes have rocketed withe the rise of crypto and AI, had its NVIDIA GTC (short for GPU Technology Conference) this week in Silicon Valley – kicked off with a rock concert-like keynote at a packed 18,000-seat pro sports arena. There was a pile of news and insights about AI chips and …
1,200+ Suspended Acrylic Rods Form Projection Curtain At Guinness Storehouse Shop In Dublin March 20, 2024 by Super User Sixteen:Nine’s European content partner invidis has a post up about a temporary exhibition at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, and its use of digital in telling the story of the famous dark pints of stout beer. The exhibit looks great, but what intrigued me is the use of projection on suspended acrylic rods in the …
That Vast Digital Canopy In A Refurbished Manchester Leisure Complex Has Switched On March 20, 2024 by Super User Photo Credit: SWNS That big digital ceiling in Manchester, UK has now been switched on, with the re-opening of a refurbished Printworks. The entertainment and leisure complex went through a £21million upgrade, with the visual centerpiece a 1,000 sq. meter digital canopy – called Printworks SkyLights – that spans the three internal streets and the …
Las Vegas Sphere To Host InfoComm Kick-Off Event In June March 19, 2024 by Super User When I was chatting late last year with the AVIXA folks about doing another mixer at InfoComm for June 2024, I suggested the ideal night would be the eve of the show opening. I was told, vaguely, that another event was in the works for that night that would create a significant conflict. Something at …
Boring Is Beautiful: Schiphol Airport Relays Arriving Baggage Status For Passengers Waiting At Carousels March 19, 2024 by Super User I was chatting the other day with an industry veteran who shares my possibly strange affection for what I call boring digital signage – data and sensors-driven information that is pretty much the polar opposite of on-screen eye candy. It’s just content that informs and guides. Here’s a really good example of that … screens …
Loop Media Board Shows Door To Most Of C-Suite, Starts Layoffs, In Wake Of Ops And Finances Review March 19, 2024 by Super User The LA-based connected TV service Loop Media – which makes free, ad-supported content channels and digital signage functionality available to businesses – has bingo’d most of its C-Suite and laid off some staff in an effort to slow its burn rate. Jon Niermann is stepping down as CEO, but retaining a board seat, and COO/CMO …
Lufthansa and LG: 4K-Screen at Every Seat March 25, 2024March 19, 2024 by invidis Redaktion The digital signage industry is grappling with sensors on every screen; in air transport, airlines and service providers on short-haul flights are testing a new generation of in-flight entertainment systems with intelligent screens on every seat. Focusing on personalizing content and connecting to passengers own devices. Aerq – a Lufthansa Technik and LG joint-venture – …
Key-Copying Kiosk Company Has Ad Network Of More Than 4,200 Screens In US Retail March 18, 2024 by Super User Anyone who has been in the digital signage industry for a few years knows how there are always newbie entrepreneurs excited about launching networks that put screens on all kinds of things, in all kinds of places. And anyone who has been in the digital signage industry for a few years knows very few of …
