To Zone … Or Not To Zone June 21, 2022 by Kris VanSlyke GUEST POST: KRIS VANSLYKE, SPECTRIO The ability to create zones on a screen layout, and show different material in each of those zones, is very common across digital signage platforms. But it’s a capability that should only be used with careful thought. Here’s why … With some exceptions, digital signage is a glance medium. People …
India’s Pickcel Adds To 80K Screen Footprint With Fitness Club Deal June 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Indian economy is among the Top 5 in the world – larger than France and the UK – so it is reasonable to assume it could be an opportune market for digital signage technology. While there are some western CMS software companies that outsource development to India, it’s still rare to bump into a …
Korean Firm Marketing LCD In Film As Projection Screen June 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of my routines at trade shows – revived recently at InfoComm – is doing a big walk of an exhibit hall and going first to the back and sides, bypassing the big booths up front and in the middle. That tends to avoid the crowds at the start of a day, but some of …
Tech Joint Venture Touts New Digital Signage Options, Applications For Inside Commercial Jets June 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes Airports were among the earliest adopters of digital signage, for air traveller communications, and those venues continue to add more and more displays to tell people what to do, where to go and how much time they have. But the only approximation of digital signage on commercial jets has been the use of seatback displays …
Delta Air Lines Turning On Its First Parallel Reality Display At DTW Before Month Is Done June 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes Delta Air Lines plans to switch on what it calls the first-ever Parallel Reality display on Concourse A at Detroit’s airport at the end of this month – offering a way for up to 100 people to see content personalized to each viewer, at the same time. Huh? What? The technology was developed by the …
Ukraine’s President Zelensky Appears At Multiple EU Conferences Via One Of Those Hologram-Ish Set-Ups June 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes There is absolutely a gimmick side to the hologram-ish set-ups that are a bit like shower stalls with a transparent LCD front to them, like showing spinning NFT art or allowing people to pose for selfies with long-deceased rappers. But there are times when these displays can be quite powerful, and really the only way …
Pavilion In Chinese Mega-City Park Animates Its Front With LED-Embedded Glass Curtain Wall June 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a nice use of LED embedded in building glass at some sort of pavilion building in a massive city park in Chengdu, a mega-city in the Sichuan province of China. The whole front face of the building is curtain wall glass, made up of some 100 glass panels, with 14 different sizes. The …
Digital Signage Japan Wraps Up Near Tokyo, Pulling An Estimated 30,000 Attendees June 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes Here’s a video glimpse of Digital Signage Japan, which was running the last three days at an exhibition center in the general orbit of Tokyo. The video was pulled together by an online publication focused on e-readers, so the commentary gets a little whiny about the absence of e-paper products at the exhibit stands. There’s …
Samsung Slowing Manufacturing As Global Economy Hiccups And Sputters June 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes A shaky global economy and EVERYTHING else going on lately has evidently compelled tech giant Samsung Electronics to temporarily halt new procurement orders and asking multiple suppliers to delay or reduce component and part shipments, reports the news organization Nikkei Asia. Samsung’s slowdown applies to a range of components across multiple product lines, including displays. …
iSite Media Makes Sports Arena Restrooms Its DOOH Medium June 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes People who have been in the digital signage industry for a long time experience a lot of deja vu – seeing ideas come and go, and then come back again. And again. Many, many companies have seen restrooms in restaurants, bars, sports and entertainment venues and casino resorts as an opportune location for digital out …
