In-Person D=SIGN Digital Signage Conference Set For InfoComm In October … Plus A Sixteen:Nine Mixer! July 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation and the trade association AVIXA have paired up again to run an industry-focused conference at InfoComm 2021 in late October in Orlando. The D=SIGN digital signage conference is a pair of half-day programs on Oct. 26-27 at the Orange County Convention Center – done in-person unlike the virtual version done last …
NJ Realty Corp. Uses Projection Mapping To Create Experience In HQ Lobby July 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes There’s been lots of activity in pro AV circles, using large format LED to deliver an experience for tenants and visitors in commercial building lobbies. But in the right conditions, projection is an effective (and probably cost effective) alternative. This is the lobby of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation in Jersey City, NJ, as tricked out by …
LG Canada Exec’s Little Kids Help Fill COVID-depleted Shelves At Toronto-area Food Bank July 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes If you are active in digital signage in Canada, there’s a good chance you know Mike Della Mora, the sales director for LG’s business solutions in Canada. I knew Mike is a great guy, but he and his wife Lindsey are clearly great parents, as well. Their little kids were written up in a Toronto-area …
Samsung’s 2021 The Wall Has Even Teenier LEDs; Uses Lots Of AI And Wireless Docking July 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes Samsung has announced a new generation of its microLED display dubbed The Wall – with the main changes being even teenier LEDs, 8K support, AI-based processing and adoption of wireless docking. Says Samsung in PR today: A new Micro AI Processor instantly analyses and optimizes every frame of video to deliver the best picture quality …
Giant Anamorphic Wave First Seen In Seoul Washes Into NYC’s Times Square July 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes The anamorphic illusions that have been popping more and more on LED boards in Asian megacities are now showing up in arguably the world capital of big displays – New York’s Times Square. This is a wave-based illusion – dubbed The WHALE – that’s running on the board I call the LED Board That Ate …
Commercial Block Retrofitted With LED-Embedded Glass Facade; Looks Good Even From Inside July 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a small commercial building in Tangshan, a city that looks like it is maybe an hour east of Beijing, with an 83 sq. meter LED on glass display on its main facade. This is interesting because it is LED in glass, and not the mesh LED products that can look great from the …
UK Petition Wants Gov’t To Rethink OKs For Digital OOH Advertising In Public Spaces July 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes There’s a small movement in the UK pushing for government action there to stop what’s described as the inexorable spread of digital advertising screens, “polluting our towns, roads, neighbourhoods, parks and countryside.” The movement, and I describe it that way realizing it could be one person, building up names on a Change.org petition, calling for …
Manchester’s Airport Opens T2; Passengers Welcomed With Giant Display July 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes Manchester, England’s airport opened its new Terminal 2 today, and it is filled with the kinds of operational digital signage typical at airports, but there’s also a very nice 81-square meter media wall in a common passengers area. I can’t tell from the pix if it is LED or LCD. I assume LED, but the …
imageHOLDERS, Ultraleap Partner On Touchless Kiosk Solutions July 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes After almost 18 months of a global pandemic I’d suggest the bulk of the population – save for the puzzling people who insist it’s a hoax or that their freedoms are threatened – has a routine down for touching things and then seeking out some hand sanitizer. We also know, broadly, that COVID is much …
Micromobility Start-up Taps Broadsign To Drive Media Side Of Its Business July 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes Admittedly, I had to look up micromobility when I got a press announcement regarding a tie-up between the ad-focused CMS software shop Broadsign and a company called Swiftmile, billed as “the pioneer in micromobility charging infrastructure and technology.” The deal sees Broadsign’s platform driving the digital posters at specialized charging hubs around downtown Miami that …
