Sodaclick Adds AI-Driven Voice Interaction Platform To Its Content Solutions May 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes The London-area content creation start-up Sodaclick has expanded from providing SaaS-based HTML5 tools for on-screen creative into AI-driven voice interaction for screens. The particularly interesting wrinkle here is that the two technologies are somewhat intertwined – so that voice interaction at screens can be supported by custom creative generated within Sodaclick’s platform. Sodaclick Voice uses …
Only Connect: The Digital Signage Industry (And I) Return To ISE May 12, 2022 by James Matthews-Paul Guest Post: James Matthews-Paul, Silver Curve Is there anything new under the sun? For ISE, there’s a new location, certainly, in Barcelona, but whether or not this is reflected at the show in technology terms is a point of debate. Worth is not always priced in novelty or youth, however, a fact that is certainly …
Videos: Here’s Some More Glimpses From The ISE 2022 Floor May 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes I’m not in Barcelona this week, and resorting to social media and trade publications to get a sense of what’s happening and new at ISE 2022. There are lots of videos circulating and I have selected a few here that are 1) stable and at least a bit polished and 2) give a sense of …
Longtime Intel Digital Signage Lead Jose Avalos Launches IT Service Spin-Out May 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes It’s not really digital signage, but long-timers in this industry might be curious about what Jose Avalos is up to, now that he has left his long-running gig as the main guy at Intel on the digital signage file. Avalos is now Co-Founder, CEO & Chief Revenue Officer of an Intel spinoff called AustinGIS – …
Clear Channel Building Out Truly Buzzy DOOH Bus Stop Network In UK May 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes This seems pretty fantastic – DOOH and OOH street furniture bus stops topped by patches of green that attract pollinating bees. A new five-year Living Roof partnership in the UK between The Wildlife Trusts and global media company Clear Channel puts mini-gardens on the top of covered bus stops to attract and nourish beneficial insects, …
Trison Kills It With Custom Creative At ISE 2022 Stand May 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes I have seen so many trade show booths that had amazing displays and so-so content that is remains refreshing and encouraging when I come across an exhibitor that put the necessary budget into making the displays look good with fresh, purpose-designed creative. This is a corner of the Spanish integrator Trison’s stand at Integrated Systems …
SiliconCore Launches New LED Driver Tech It Suggests Will Help Shape Future Of Premium Video Walls May 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes While much of the AV world is focused on what’s on show at Integrated Systems Europe, there’s another display industry show on in Silicon Valley that caters to the crowd that thinks up, designs, tests and sometimes releases new display technologies. Display Week 2022 – run annually by the Society for Information Display – is …
ISE 2022: Here’s A Round-Up Of Videos From The Show Floor May 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes I’m not there so I can’t do much more than relay news and observations from Integrated Systems Europe in Barcelona – a big pro AV trade show Sixteen:Nine has in its must-attend rotation year to year … in more normal times. The general sense I get from reading and watching videos is that the show …
Barco’s ClickShare Tech Gets Digital Signage-Enabled Via Signagelive Partnership May 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes As consumer and workplace devices have grown increasingly smart and reliably connected, it’s been natural for people on the technology side of digital signage to wonder if they could also function as media players. Barco’s ClickShare product line was introduced a few years ago as a means of enabling easy, almost seamless sharing from laptops …
Peerless-AV Broadens Custom LED Mounting Capabilities Via Acquisition Of ADF Visual Display Products May 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes Chicago-based display technology manufacturer Peerless-AV has broadened its display mounting capabilities into custom LED work, through the acquisition of the southern California firm ADF Visual Display Products. ADF has specialized in engineering and then building some of the more high profile and challenging direct view LED deployment jobs out there. The company has been acting …
