Saurabh Gupta On Ultraleap’s Push To Bring Touchless Interaction To DOOH And Digital Signage November 24, 2021 by Dave Haynes If you have been in the industry for a while, you’ll maybe remember all the excitement around using gesture technology to control screens. That was followed by the letdown of how crappy and feeble these gesture-driven touchless working examples turned out to be. Like just about everything, the technology and the ideas have got a …
Denver Airport Upgrades Make Digital Signage Central To Check-In Process November 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes Jeremy Klammer of the cannabis-focused digital signage firm GreenScreens sent me a bunch of photos of the upgrades now active in the Great Hall at Denver’s sprawling airport – with a focus on how digital signage is now central to the check-in experience. The area where travelers do self-service check-in and bag drop for United …
Check Out The Emerald – A Different, Architectural Take On Center-Hung LED Ad Displays November 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes Four-sided LED displays suspended from ceilings are common in sports venues and seen here and there in the common areas of public spaces, but I haven’t seen one done like this ad display in the Dutch city of Utrecht. The London-based media company blowUP Media calls its display The Emerald and it is a visual …
Why Edit A Menu Board With Software When You Can Use Painter’s Tape? November 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes Charles Lewis of the specialty display company Palmer Digital Group has an amazing post up on Linkedin showing what can happen when a local QSR operator invests in digital displays in the drive-thru lane, but appears to have fallen down in training, supporting technology or maybe the clout of the SLA with a services provider. …
Qwick Media Launches Interactive Hardware-Software Toolset Focused On Local Tourism November 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes The greater Vancouver interactive hardware-software shop Qwick Media has developed a digital toolset focused on the destination tourism sector – a simple cloud and browser-driven platform intended for customers like golf and ski resorts to organize and market the various properties, amenities and services available in the immediate area. The company has been doing self-service …
E Ink, Display Giant TPV Partner On New 25 Inch Color E-Paper Display November 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes Digital paper giant E Ink has partnered with display manufacturing giant TPV Technology to bring to market a 25.3 inch color Spectra display to market, aimed at the transportation and smart retail markets. The arrangement follows on an earlier deal to jointly launch and market a 7.3-inch eTable sign using the same digital paper technology. …
PORTL Closes $12M Fundraising Round To Grow Demand For Its Virtual Presence Products November 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes The company that has really pushed the possibilities for transparent LCD and marketed a quasi-hologram-ish virtual presence product called PORTL has just announced a healthy fundraising round. LA-based PORTL Inc. has announced the close of its $12M Series A round, led by TRUE Capital Management and funded by everyone from well-known tech investor Tim Draper to …
Canada Goose Relies Heavily On Digital To Drive Experience In New Footwear Stores November 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Canadian apparel brand Canada Goose – best known for its pricey, goose down-stuffed winter parkas – has now expanded into high-performance winter footwear and added new experiential components to select stores. For the recent global launch, “Canada Goose wanted to deliver immersive, and engaging integrated brand experiences that would emotionally connect with customers bringing …
Italy’s Expo2020 Pavilion In Dubai Includes Four-Meter LED Human Body November 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting four-meter tall LED display sculpture that uses 82 LED cabinets to create a towering representation of the human body, for an an exhibit in the Italy Pavilion at the Expo 2020 in Dubai. Warning – artspeak ahead: The Bracco Group has mounted a large-scale multimedia installation, focusing on the union between …
Mvix Adds Real-Time Alerts From FEMA Warning System November 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes The DC-area CMS software firm Mvix has signed an agreement with FEMA, the US agency that deals with the aftermath of things like hurricanes and floods, to tap into the government’s public alerts and warning system to auto-trigger messages to screens. The arrangement allows emergency information to be disseminated and instantly displayed on networks running …
