Edmonton Library System Blends LED And LCD For Big Wall In Flagship Branch October 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes I am highly skeptical of the assertion that this is the “biggest digital wall in North America” – unless there are some qualifiers in there – but this installation in a public library in Edmonton, Alberta is nonetheless impressive. The Edmonton Public Library’s flagship Stanley A. Milner Library had a recent re-design that included a …
LED Mesh Displays In Windows Turn Iconic Madrid Bank Building Into Media Facade October 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a flagship Caixabank branch in Madrid, in Plaza Colón, that uses much of the facade of a Norman Foster-designed building as a screen. The digital aspect used see-through mesh LED displays in the windows, and there is a LOT of full-wall LED inside the branch, all running custom experiential content that does not …
High School Student Hacks Entire School District’s Screens, Then Rickrolls Viewers October 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes Here’s a cautionary tale for anyone running an enterprise-level digital signage network: an Illinois high school student managed to take over the digital signage and other IPTV-connected screens across a full school district back in April. But instead of running naughty videos, he rickrolled them. A post on WhiteHood Hacker details: On April 30th, 2021, …
Video Wall-Filled Bus “War Room” Sitting Unused In New York: Report October 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes Photo: NY Post The public transport authority for the city of New York opened a flashy, video wall-driven command and control center in Brooklyn a a couple of years ago, but those big screens have few or no viewers because the bus dispatch “war room” is already falling apart, the New York Post is reporting. …
Workspace Design Giant Unispace Acquires Experiential Content Shop Downstream October 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes In another sign that companies specializing in workplace design need digital experience chops, Unispace has acquired the Portland-based experiential design firm Downstream. Unispace, which is based in Sydney, Australia but has offices all over the place, says it has bought a firm that is great at integrating interactive digital and physical experiences in global tech …
Private Investment Firm Buys Majority Stake In BrightSign October 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes The PR kinda low-balls the story here, but BrightSign has new owners. The announcement says the private investment firm Graham Partners “has made a significant investment” in the digital signage hardware firm BrightSign, but the headline on the release says Silicon Valley-based BrightSign has ‘accepted’ majority investment. “The investment,” the announcement suggests, “is expected to …
Bowling Lanes Go Experiential With Projection-Mapped Lanes And Real-Time Ball Tracking October 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is not digital signage, but the tech applied and the underlying software applications are very similar. A company based in Orlando has started delivering a product and service called Unreal Bowling, which uses projection mapping to light up the lanes in bowling alleys with interactive content experiences and breathe new life into a decades-old …
Invidis Releases 2021 Version Of Its Excellent, EU-Focused Digital Signage Yearbook (And It’s Free) October 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes Munich-based digital signage consultancy and publisher Invidis has, for many years, produced an excellent annual report looking at the state of the industry in the European market, and the 2021 version just came out this week. The good news is it is a free download, and there is an English language version along with one …
QSR Chain Uses Transparent LCDs On Grab’n’Go Lockers To Guide Order Pickups October 14, 2021 by Dave Haynes Transparent LCD displays have been around for a decade or more, but aside from those screens in grocery chiller doors, I’ve not seen widespread adoption or many use-cases that looked all that good or effective. But here’s one … This is a flagship location in Austria of True Chicken, a QSR chain that specializes in …
Korean Mega-Mall’s 72-Foot Atrium Video Wall Controlled By Smartphone App In Environmental Campaign October 14, 2021 by Dave Haynes The press release borders on impenetrable, but the accompanying image for news about a short-term video wall creative piece in South Korea makes it worth noting. The 22-metre-tall LED video tower in the central atrium of the Starfield Hanam shopping mall started running an art piece yesterday that is controlled, at least in part, by …
