Using AI For Illustrative Images For Signage And Marketing, Getting Better, But It Has A Ways To Go Still October 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes I tried back in the summer to use Midjourney to create illustrative images for blog posts, and the results would be best described as Salvador Dali-esque. Now the other main generative AI image tool Dalle has version 3 available, via Microsoft’s Bing browser, and it is noticeably better – bit not quite there if industry …
Luxury EV Maker Uses 255-Inch “The Wall” As Design Tool October 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes Video walls that add bling to high-end auto showrooms is now commonplace, but here’s a case of a premium LED wall being used behind the scenes to help designers develop and tweak the look of new models in development. The Lucid Group has a 255-inch version of Samsung’s flagship The Wall product in its design …
ISE Opens Registration For 2024 Show In Barcelona October 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes Speaking of registrations (DSE mixer ticketing just launched this morning), Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) has opened up visitor registration today for ISE 2024 in Barcelona. Mike Blackman, Managing Director of Integrated Systems Events, the company that puts on the event for owners AVIXA and CEDIA, says the show in late January-early February will be the …
Registration Now Live For 2023 Sixteen:Nine Mixer At DSE October 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes Registration is now live for the DSE 2023 SIXTEEN:NINE DIGITAL SIGNAGE MIXER on Sunday, December 3rd in Las Vegas. This in-person event is the perfect opportunity to meet or re-connect with the people and companies in the digital signage, DOOH and pro AV ecosystems. It is associated with the annual Digital Signage Experience trade show …
420 Of Those Madly-Spinning LED Sticks Create Big Visuals In Las Vegas Sphere Atrium October 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes I’ve never been able to work up the level of trade show attendee enthusiasm I see for those madly-spinning LED light sticks, mainly because moving parts inevitably fail and conventional display products can often do a better job for many of the suggested use cases. But there are times when I think it can work, …
DSF’s NYC Cocktails And Controversy Event Next Week Focused On AI And Digital Signage October 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation is running an evening mixer and panel next week in New York, at the front end of what has been rebranded as Out of Home New York. The “Cocktails & Controversy” session next Monday will focus on the topic of “AI and Digital Signage – Myth, Marvel or Magic?” My friends …
A Close Look At Transparent LED Foil In Retail, And A Broader Look At Digital In London’s Revitalized Battersea Development October 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of the work stops I wanted to make while in London recently was the revitalized and re-imagined Battersea Power Station, a huge decommissioned structure along the Thames and just up-river from the central part of the city. It is now a multi-purpose development – with the turbine hall turned into retail and food, and …
Hologram-ish Transparent LCDs Embedded In Korean Delivery Truck October 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes LED displays on rolling delivery trucks, running ads, is familiar in big cities like Las Vegas, but here’s a very different take on that approach – a truck rolling around the streets of Seoul with a pair of big transparent LCDs integrated into the cargo box. I have no idea what’s being advertised here – …
Digital Signage Helps Spanish Ham Chain Convince Travelers That Vending Machine Sandwiches Can Be Edible And Tasty October 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes Buying sandwiches out of a vending machine normally reads like an act of starving, eat-something-or-die desperation, but a new digital signage-backed vending set-up at Barcelona’s main airport actually looks tempting. Enrique Tomás, the world’s largest ham chain, has launched a set of 30 GO!urmet vending machines at strategic points throughout the airport, offering a range …
In Praise Of Boring Digital Signage October 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes Giant, big dollar display installations tend to get a lopsided amount of attention in this industry, so I always like to point out that some of the best work being done borders of profoundly boring – because they’re jobs done with narrow but valuable purposes. My recent trip to the London, UK area involved no …
