Canadian Start-Up VueReal Demos Tech That Prints MicroLED Displays As Fine As 30,000 Lights Per Inch March 28, 2023 by Super User When you start to get into the technical weeds on emerging display technology, you learn all kinds of mind-wobbling things – like R&D work to print super-premium microLED displays in kinda sorta the same way as commercial print shops do photos, documents and signs. A company in Waterloo, Ontario (the Kitchener-Waterloo area south of Toronto …
LED China’s Two Versions For 2023 Each Expecting 2,000 Vendors, 80K+ Attendees March 28, 2023 by Super User To get a sense of the sheer scale of the LED display manufacturing ecosystem in China – and the many, many companies who only or mostly sell domestically – consider that the two main trade fairs this year for that sector will each have about 2,000 vendors. A little confusingly (there are long-winded explanations but …
MediaVue Founder and CEO David DeGiorgi (1954-2023) March 27, 2023 by Super User Sad news out of New England: the founder and CEO of the media play-out hardware and software services company MediaVue Systems has passed away. David DeGiorgi died on Saturday after a 16-month battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer. He passed peacefully, surrounded by his family, and is survived by his sisters, Debbie and …
Dutch Master’s Painting Comes Alive In New Coke 3D DOOH Spot March 27, 2023 by Super User This is a fun little “activation” at a Brazilian airport that pairs a famous painting and consumer brand, using anamorphic illusion creative on a 90-degree corner LED billboard. The 17-century Vermeer’s masterpiece “Girl with a Pearl Earring” comes alive in creative on a DOOH display owned and cold by JCDecaux at São Paulo’s Guarulhos International …
Dutch Start-up Videowindow’s Smart Glass Turns Glare Control Measures Into “Biophilic” Art March 24, 2023 by Super User This is very cool … smart architectural glass that does glare control wth nature-themed digital art. The Dutch startup VideowindoW has started marketing its Biophilic Glare Control – patented technology that can create a dappled natural light experience by rendering a canopy of leaves that is tied in to light sensors and VideoWindow’s software. Biophilic …
Proto Gets Canadian Patent For Its Hologram-Ish Video Display Device And Method March 24, 2023 by Super User The company that first came up with the concept of using large transparent LCDs to create hologram-ish visual experiences has added Canada to its patent profile, building off the US patent it secured last year. LA-based Proto Inc. says its display and communications platform has had its 2022 USPTO patent recognized by the Canadian Intellectual …
Appspace Ties In Workplace-Focused Platform With Logitech’s Office Technology March 24, 2023 by Super User The software firm Appspace has long leveraged partnerships with larger (and sometimes much larger, like Cisco) technology firms to open doors and chase deals with enterprise-level customers. With the company’s heavy focus now on what it calls workplace experience, Appspace is doing the work to integrate with hardware partners, including ones its customers might see …
Hotel Near Disneyland Uses Displays, Projection To Make “Grand Magic” In Lobby March 24, 2023 by Super User The hotels sector has long been an active investor in digital signage, but with the notable exception of casino resorts, most properties have paid for projects that would be described as modest. Like a video wall behind the check-in and directory displays. Then there’s the Grand Magic Hotel near Disneyland Paris … Schroders, the investment …
Neuroscience Research Establishes Linkage Between DOOH Ads And Social Media Campaigns March 23, 2023 by Super User The UK-based out of home media firm Ocean Outdoor has released insights developed from neuroscience research that establishes cause-and-effect linkage between splashy, flashy creative spots on billboards to social media versions. Ocean says its exclusive neuroscience research released this week “establishes how premium digital out of home (DOOH) primes and optimizes social media campaigns, elevating …
XUSC Plans London Networking Event April 13th For UK Digital Signage Crowd March 23, 2023 by Super User I’m not sure if this is tied to a conference or trade show of some sort, or just a fun thing to do, but the other guy who does digital signage networking events is doing one in a few weeks in London. Bryan Meszaros and his company Open Eye Global are doing a version of …
