Vegas Resort’s Giant Sportsbook Screen Taken Out By Heavy Rain, Even Though It’s Inside! August 2, 2022 by Dave Haynes Keeping spare components is rarely a bad idea when it comes to mission-critical technology, and I suspect either the supplier, integrator or operator was happy that was evidently done for the giant screen in the sportsbook of the Circa Resort in downtown Las Vegas. The city doesn’t get a lot of rain, but when it …
Raydiant Launches New Curated Streaming TV Content Via VideoElephant Partnership August 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes San Francisco CMS software firm Raydiant has taken the interesting step of introducing its own streaming TV app for third-party content, working with a video aggregator to make curated broadcast and web content available to supplement the programming schedules of end-user customers. Called RaydiantTV, the app that allows businesses to broadcast semi-live content to multiple …
Video Call Giant Zoom Broadens Digital Signage Capabilities With New Workplace Reservation Functions July 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes It tends to be complicated, time-consuming and expensive for pure-play digital signage software companies to add functionality outside the norms of digital signage, like a CMS adding point of sale software to its overall offer. But it is relatively easy for companies that do other kinds of software to get into basic digital signage, and …
LA Lux Hotel Uses LED Displays As Main Architectural Design Element Of Building July 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes Big LED ad display boards are starting to be commonplace on the sides of mixed-use commercial buildings, particularly those in high traffic locations, but a development in LA has gone beyond the norms with displays that also serve as architectural enhancements. This is Pendry Residences in West Hollywood, a luxury hotel which has a very …
Anamorphic Illusions On LED Displays: The Evolution Of An Art Form July 29, 2022 by Jake Berg GUEST POST: JAKE BERG, RENDER IMPACT Over the last few years, an ancient form of art has resurfaced in the LED display and video content industry. Advancements in LED display technology have given VFX and animation designers a whole new canvas to work on, allowing them to create truly unique viewer experiences. The art form I’m …
LA Digital Billboard Animates Frame, Support To Make It Appear To Float July 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes I’m not 100% convinced by the proposition here, but it’s nonetheless interesting that a digital OOH billboard in Los Angeles goes outside the normal dimensions of a roadside screen by also using LED for the frame and the supporting pedestal. The board is in West Hollywood and is referred to as an “Invisible Frame” – …
Big LED Display Over Stage Collapses During Hong Kong Boy Band Concert July 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of a series of suspended LED displays over a concert stage lost part of its rigging at a boy band concert this evening in Hong Kong, injuring at least two people. A video from the concert shows boy band performers doing their thing on-stage, below a series of rectangular LED displays suspended overhead. The …
Global Pro AV Revenues Forecast To Reach $263B For 2022: AVIXA July 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes With all the tumult out there – from contagions to inflation to war – it’s encouraging to read that the pro AV sector is actually rolling along nicely, with the global revenue total expected to reach $263 Billion for 2022. That’s the read from AVIXA’s 2022 Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (also known as IOTA). …
Washington School District Tiles Large E-Paper Units To Create Digital Display Wall July 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes The e-paper display firm Visionect, from Slovenia, has an interesting round-up post on its company blog noting a wide variety of ways the displays are being used in business and public spaces. It’s useful just to see things like battery-driven, solar-recharged bus stop schedule displays, but what caught my eye was a display wall at …
Calendars, Countdowns Top End-User Choices For Dynamic Messaging July 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes I wouldn’t normally write about what’s selling for a company, but a blog post from the subscription content company Screenfeed is interesting because it gives a glimpse into what type of content end-users are pushing to screens. The company did a Top Five post about what end-users are using out of the no-code dynamic messaging …
