Hologram Expert Daniel Smalley On Why We’ll Colonize Mars Before We See Displays That Really Are Holograms November 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes I’m not sure why seeing all the product references lately to holograms makes me a little crazy, apart from the simple fact that none of them really meet the definition. It’s not like that’s the one term marketers abuse. We’ve seen bezel-less displays that had bezels. MicroLED displays that aren’t actually microLED. And on and …
London Rail Company Testing Boring But Useful Passenger Info Screens November 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes Last week at Digital Signage Experience in Las Vegas, I had a number of conversations about what’s happening in the industry and use-cases that I found interesting. What I tended to say I was attracted to thing applications a lot of people would regard as boring. Giant LED displays, super-skinny OLEDs and interactive jobs are …
Qatar Adds Connected E-Paper Transit Displays To Help Guide World Cup Visitors November 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes Given that the Qatari government has spent about $220 billion on infrastructure for the World Cup tournament now underway, the cost of digitizing bus stops on Qatar’s mass transport system with e-paper displays would have been a rounding error. London, UK-based Papercast won the tendered bid to equip stops with e-paper displays that provide real-time …
There’s A Lot Of Trade Show Marketing Power In Getting Right To The Point November 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes It drives me nuts when I walk around trade shows and see software companies with stands that don’t make it immediately obvious what they do on the stand’s backdrops or headers, so I made a point of telling the Kitcast guys they did a great job at DSE last week of making it super clear …
San Francisco Adds Three New DOOH Display-Filled Subway Stations November 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of the things that’s always surprising when I pass through the Bay Area is how awful the subway system is, given how it is a world capital of technology. But that is starting to change. The central transit terminal is a big, tech-filled wonder that feels like a nice airport, and now the city …
Here’s The “Dizzie” Awards List From DSE 2022 November 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes Back at my desk now after a delayed-filled return trip from Las Vegas and Digital Signage Experience, which at the end of the second day announced the winners of its 2022 DIZZIE awards for project and creative excellence. The 2022 DIZZIE Award Winners: Corporate Environments Verizon at The Hub on Causeway Presented to: NBBJ | …
Day 2 DSE Impressions: Two Shows Will Be Joined Up November 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes The company that acquired the assets of Digital Signage Expo when it went under does numerous trade shows and conferences, among them one aimed at the live events and attractions industry, and when DSE spins back up a year from now, it will be in the same hall with that show. So you can walk …
DSE Day 1 Impressions: “The Industry Showed Up” November 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes Long day, late night, four cocktail parties and a “just one” nightcap that went multiple, so this will be quick, as I need to head back out … Jonathan Brawn, who has been in this industry possibly longer than old, old me, had what I thought was a really solid observation about the re-boot of …
Pretty Sure That Was Best DSE Mixer Yet November 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of the staffers at the Hard Rock Cafe hangs out at the welcome area offering assistance and usse a little handheld clicker-counter thingie to log how many people come in for the mixer, and while I didn’t the final-final count, it was north of 300. By all reports, to me and others, it was …
Streaming Digital Art Platform Loupe Launches Business Version Aimed At Digital Signage November 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes A streaming digital artworks platform called Loupe, based in Atlanta, has launched a business version of its service that can be used for digital signage and related use-cases. Loupe for Business is described as “an affordable solution for out-of-home business verticals from hospitality to healthcare to bring distinctive art streams into their lobby, offices, lounges …
