UK Mediaco Ocean Outdoor Launches DeepScreen Creative Service Based On Anamorphic Illusion Billboard Spots August 10, 2021 by Dave Haynes The interest and apparent demand for big LED billboard ads that used anamorphic illusion creative techniques has grown to a level that a major UK out of home media company has developed a whole service around it. Ocean Outdoor has started marketing a new service called DeepScreen, with a set of templates that can speed …
Prague’s SignageOS Bolsters Americas Presence By Bringing On Industry Vet Arnett August 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes I don’t usually do posts about new hires because analytics suggest not a lot of people care, other than the people hired and their new masters. But I’ll note this one, as it reflects a European company bringing on a familiar face to more effectively project itself into the US and Canadian markets. Prague-based SignageOS …
The Digital Storefront At An NYC Zara Is Getting A LOT Of Online Buzz, But You Should Know It’s Not Real August 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes This video keeps making the rounds lately on Linkedin and no matter how many technical people jump in with comments explaining how it is just CGI and not really happening at a NYC Zara store, many more people keep gushing on about how amazing it is. You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. …
Tokyo Olympics Used Projection Mapping In Novel Ways, But The Most Stunning Visual Wasn’t Quite Real August 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes If you watched any of the Olympics in Tokyo on broadcast TV or online you would have seen some stunning visual effects. The one that hit me was the projection mapping introductions for the highest profile track events – the 100 metre sprints for women and men. The stadium was darkened and the full length …
LG Using AI-driven Voice Assistants In Mobile Service Provider Stores In Korea August 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip Craig Keefner at kioskindustry.org for flagging this … LG’s mobile retail wing is starting to use voice recognition technology from an Israeli startup to act as digital assistant at its mobile phone service provider stores in South Korea. Kardome announced it will install its voice activation technology in 2,000 LG Uplus store kiosks …
Tech Details Emerging On That Flashy New Immersive Media District In London August 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes That big, tech-filled “Outernet” entertainment and immersive media district is due to open in London late this year, and some details are coming available about who is behind the big visual display elements . The German firm Ventuz Technology AG has pushed out press information talking about how it is providing the real-time graphics content …
More Consolidation: PE-backed Workplace Solutions Firm Aura Buys UK Integrator Reflex August 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes More consolidation news, this time from the UK, where the workplace tech firm Aura has acquired the Reading-based full-service audio-visual integrator Reflex. Aura is a private equity-based company put together from a pair of companies, and is focused on workplace solutions for mid to large-size enterprise companies. Reflex has been around for almost 40 years …
Twin 58-Floor Office Towers In China Are Godzilla-Size LED Billboards At Night August 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes When people in New York City raised a major stink about a barge on the river acting as a floating LED billboard, my first thought was that if they were upset with that, they will go thermonuclear when a media company tries to emulate what’s happening in China. Entire office buildings and central business district …
Chris Riebschlager On How Dimensional Innovations Approaches Big Experiential Visuals August 4, 2021 by Dave Haynes There have been numerous traditional sign companies that have, through the years, developed a sense of their ground shifting, and responded by adding a digital component to their business. A lot of the time, it hasn’t worked out so hot, because it’s just too far outside what a company knows and does. But sometimes it …
PORTL’s Transparent Displays Being Used By University’s Health Educators To Demonstrate Disorders August 3, 2021 by Dave Haynes Much of the attention around the use of transparent displays to show people at life-size dimension, in remote locations, has been focused on sectors like events and entertainment, but a Florida university has identified a very different use-case: healthcare education. The University of Central Florida is using LA-based PORTL’s tricked-out transparent flat panels to show …
