PARTTEAM, OEMKIOSKS Develop Interesting Modular Take On Ad-Driven “Street Furniture” November 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes A lot of different specialty display manufacturers have developed variations on digital out of home street furniture displays that have added components they then marketed as “smart city” displays, but I haven’t seen one that takes the same approach as the NOMYU series from the Portugal-based interactive systems manufacturers PARTTEAM and OEMKIOSKS. The partner companies …
WOO Sets 2023 Global Out Of Home Ad Industry Congress For June 7-9 In Lisbon November 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes The 2023 World Outdoor Organization Global Congress is now set for Lisbon, Portugal on June 7-9 at a hotel and conference centre in the heart of that city. The event includes an opening reception, 1.5 days of presentations and a full social program that includes an annual awards presentation and gala dinner. Wood is self-described …
Massive New Saudi “Aerotropolis” Will Likely Be Using A Lot Of Digital Signage, But Not For A Few Years November 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes If your digital signage company is comfortable chasing opportunities that could take years to close, and probably involve a lot of paperwork and different kinds of negotiations, a massive new airport in the money-is-no-real-barrier land of Saudi Arabia may intrigue you. The Saudi government today announced plans for what will be called King Salman International …
Barcelona Digital Exhibit Uses Real-Time Data To Visualize City’s Elements And Surroundings November 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes I really like visualized data installations – not only because of creative output but the way they allow big video wall installations to always look different, based on incoming data. But what I’ve not liked, at times, is how it’s not often clear why the visuals are shifting and transforming, based on the data inputs. …
Forehead-Scratcher: Mall Adheres Print Directory Over Digital Version November 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is just sad to see as we approach the end of 2022 – a big shopping mall operator resorting to a print wayfinding directory and affixing it directly to a big, what-would-have-been expensive high-brightness outdoor digital totem. An industry friend provided this photo from a higher-end outlets mall in Orlando, run by Simon, which …
Global Digital Signage Awards Release 2023 Shortlist; Mixer Targeted Ahead Of ISE Week Dinner November 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes There are 39 companies shortlisted as finalists for the global Digital Signage Awards 2023, which will be announced (fingers crossed, tired of you COVID) during ISE week in February in Barcelona, Spain. Here’s a list of the companies on that list – a notable aspect being how there is a wide variety of countries represented …
Museum Down Under Uses In-Glass LED To Mark, Promote Sharks Exhibit November 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a nice application of in-glass LED, marking and promoting a short-term exhibition about Sharks at the Australian Museum in Sydney. The instal was put together by Aussie solutions provider Lymlive, and was lit up in September. Lymlive installed a 9 meter wide by 3 meter tall (roughly 30′ by 10′ for the metric-impaired) …
Partnership With SignageOS Almost Doubles Sony’s CMS Platform Ecosystem November 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes Sony has become a very different player in the digital signage since it brought on some people very familiar, experienced and connected in the sector – Rich Ventura first, then Jay Leedy and probably some others I am forgetting (SORRY!) Before they got involved, I could not name a mainstream CMS partner working with Sony, …
The Little Looking Glass Displays Are Very Cool, But Not Sure About A Market For The Bigger Versions November 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes With a podcast today about holograms, it’s as good a time as any to provide some impressions after finally having an in-person look at the hologram-ish displays from Brooklyn-based startup Looking Glass, which had a stand last week at DSE. I am of two minds …based on the product offers. The little units that have …
Muxwave Shows A Super-Thin Transparent LED Display You Really Could Call A Screen November 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes Way, way in a back corner of the LDI live events technology show – which was running at the same time as DSE last week in Las Vegas – a Shenzhen company called Muxwave was showcasing what it called a transparent LED video wall product. It wasn’t transparent, but it was at least as transparent …
