Giant Digital Cat Looms Over Exit To World’s Busiest Subway Station July 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes Here’s another wraparound LED board on a building corner that’s using creative that does an anamorphic illusion – this time in Tokyo. Called Cross Shinjuku Vision, the P6 DOOH ad board is on a rounded corner of a new building above the east exit of Shinjuku Station, which handles 3.5 million people PER DAY (you are …
Globe-shaped MSG Sphere project marks milestone in Las Vegas July 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes There is a “topping out” ceremony planned for today at the construction site of the Madison Square Garden Sphere, the $1.8 billion entertainment and media venue going up in behind the Venetian and Sands Expo in Las Vegas. The globe-shaped venue is expected to be open by 2023 and it will feature what is touted …
March 21-23 Could Be Date Window For DSE Reboot Next Year In Las Vegas July 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes Nothing has been announced, but if the company that is doing a re-launch of Digital Signage Expo next year does indeed pair the event with one it already operates, the DSE re-boot would be in late March in Las Vegas. Questex, which bought the assets of DSE, has not made a formal announcement of its …
More Supply Chain Woes – Costs For Shipping By Sea Container Up More Than 500% July 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes There has been lots of discussion the last few months about the industry impacts of shortages of everything from semi-conductors to glass and even wood pallets for shipping, but now we’re learning there’s another, very different supply chain problem – shipping costs. The painfully high costs of air freight see most manufacturers using the much …
Pro AV Industry Took $45B Hit In 2020, But Business Starting To Rebound : AVIXA July 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes The global pro AV industry – likely to no one’s surprise – took a massive financial hit in 2020 due to the pandemic, with overall industry revenues dropping by $45 billion. The new 2021 AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA) produced by the industry association AVIXA says after peaking at $259 billion in 2019, pro AV industry …
World’s Most Beautiful (Arguably) Store Re-Opens With Precious Little Digital Display, And That Makes Sense June 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes What’s being described as the world’s most beautiful department store (they’ve clearly never been in the Kohl’s in Amherst, NY) has opened – or more accurately re-opened – in Paris, and what’s interesting to me is how much or how little digital display gets put in when design leads and budget is no serious obstacle. …
Screenfeed Adds Subscription Content Focused On Tokyo Games June 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes The summer Olympics are happening very soon in Tokyo and the subscription content shop Screenfeed has developed a specialized feed tuned to the massive sporting event. I am not sure if I am allowed to use the word Olympics, so if you never hear from me again, the brand police have taken me away. Tell …
Samsung Launches Its 24″ All-In-One Kiosk And Supporting Software Partner Ecosystem June 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes
John Steinhauer Of Barco On Creating Memorable Visual Experiences In Big Spaces June 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes Technology advances have made it feasible and relatively easy to fill large spaces, inside or outside, with big digital visuals that fill a defined space like a building lobby or other physical structure – with the idea of creating experiences that are memorable and have some sort of desired impact. You are currently viewing a …
Employee Experience Platform HubEngage Adds Digital Signage Capabilities June 29, 2021 by Dave Haynes Numerous digital signage software and solutions companies are pushing hard into the workplace as a vertical, so it should not be terribly surprising that software companies focused on other kinds of workplace messaging are pushing into digital signage. Companies like Zoom, for example, have added digital signage capabilities to its popular video meeting platform. Now …
