Raydiant Adds 1,000+ Digital Menu Board Template Gallery To Third-Party App Marketplace November 4, 2021 by Dave Haynes It wasn’t all that long ago that digital signage nerds would be happy to go into a QSR and see the operation had opted in on using digital menu boards, but we’re now at a point that it’s more of a surprise when digital menus are not being used. Lowered hardware costs, greatly-raised reliability and …
That Familiar Curved LED Screen In Toronto’s Financial District Just Got A Facelift November 3, 2021 by Dave Haynes People who work in or regularly pass through Toronto’s financial district will be familiar with the curved LED display that has been parked at a corner of the Bank of Montreal’s office tower for, I’m thinking, at least 15 years. It was one of the earlier LED signs in the city. It’s been upgraded in …
AVIXA Puts Much Of Last Week’s InfoComm Panels And Presentations Up As Video On Demand November 3, 2021 by Dave Haynes AVIXA has now made much of the educational material from last week’s InfoComm trade show available for on-demand viewing – though they are behind a modestly-priced pay wall. Says AVIXA: If you couldn’t catch the livestreams last week, we’ve got you covered. Purchase the virtual package today and travel back in time to watch the …
Uniguest’s M&A Flurry Continuing; Adds Volara’s Interactive Voice Platform To Solution Set November 3, 2021 by Dave Haynes Nashville-based Uniguest is continuing its acquisitive ways – with the “digital engagement technology” firm announcing of Volara, an NYC firm specializing in voice-based engagement software. Already managing more than 20,000 voice assistant solutions at over 400 locations, says the announcement, Volara now launches Uniguest’s voice technology division, positioning the company to bring voice-based contactless engagement …
Marathon Oil Uses Fine Pitch LED Sculpture As Visual Feature In New HQ Lobby November 3, 2021 by Dave Haynes Houston-based energy firm Marathon Oil’s new headquarters has fine-pitch LED in the building lobby, but it is not the sort of vast video wall that’s increasingly common as a design feature. Instead, it’s a much smaller, but active sculpture. The design firm Sensory Interactive worked with SNA Displays on a pair of flag-like LED monoliths …
John McCauley Relates How Velocity – An IT Managed Services – Found Its Way Into Running And Selling Digital OOH Networks November 3, 2021 by Dave Haynes More and more traditional integrators and IT services companies are finding their way into the digital signage industry, but I can’t recall seeing one of them getting seriously into the media side of business … until now. A well-established IT managed services company based near Toledo, Ohio – called Velocity – is not only providing …
Samsung’s New The Wall Promo Video Does Killer Job Explaining Tech With Visuals November 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes Manufacturers who send me written PR material that goes on and on, and on, about the technical specs of their display product too often seem to forget that what they sell is a visual product. They want to tell me in written material, instead of show me in pix or, better, in video! So it …
30-Meter LED Billboard Lights Up INSIDE A Munich Rail Hub November 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes Here’s more evidence of the mainstreaming of LED displays – in this case a scenario that has been using LED for a few years, but not often at this scale. This is a highway billboard-sized narrow pitch LED display at a main access point into the mass transport services below or near the Karlplatz, a …
The First, Likely Inevitable COVID Case Surfaces In Wake Of Last Week’s InfoComm Show November 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes There was a small shit-storm whorling away on social media in the weeks and days before last week’s InfoComm trade show in Orlando, focused on the health safety and overall business merits of the event in the midst of a pandemic. And that little storm is continuing as reports emerge of people who went to …
Toronto Commuter Transport Network Expanding Use Of Real-Time Digital Signage Across Hubs November 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes People who need to regularly get around and across the Toronto area will be familiar with that busy city’s mass transport system, which involves commuter rail and buses and hooks in, where it can, with the city’s subway system. There has been digital signage for years inside stations, but now Metrolinx, the umbrella organization that …
