VSBLTY Does Retail Analytics Partnership With Sensormatic, Johnson Controls May 21, 2021 by Super User Smaller tech companies with very specific capabilities to offer will likely get more traction in the market if they are partnered and integrated with more established technologies, so I like this partnership just announced between Sensormatic Solutions and Philly-based computer vision start-up VSBLTY. Swiss-based Sensormatic is part of Johnson Controls, a global player in smart …
South African Retailer Kits Out Flagship With More Than 65 Smart Screens May 21, 2021 by Super User This is a flagship store of Edgars, a department store chain in South Africa, which was upgraded with more than 65 digital signage screens around the retail footprint. The main feature is an array of sync’d LCD screens by the escalators. It would be quite common, these days, to see that big wall clad side …
Upcoming Webinars Look At Drive-Thru’s Evolution, And Digital Display In Chain Retail May 20, 2021 by Super User A pair of upcoming webinars look at QSR technology and deploying big retail networks. The drive-thru one is run by the custom display firm GDS, and is Wed. May 26th. I am moderating/refereeing this one. It has a bunch of super-smart people on it so my job will be easy. 2020 will be forever known …
Watch This Great Animation Showing How LED On Film Goes In Shop Windows May 20, 2021 by Super User One of the reasons that LED display manufacturers have turned to bundled products and fixed sizes is that they say the pro AV ecosystem, as a whole, is still somewhat unfamiliar with the technology and how it goes together. So they struggle to sell something they don’t totally understand – given all the references to …
Zombie Tiger Stalks Corner Of Picadilly Circus, As Anamorphic Visual On DOOH Display May 20, 2021 by Super User The majority of the anamorphic 3D creative visuals we’ve highlighted in recent months have some from China and South Korea, but here’s a new one from London’s Picadilly Circus. It is a promo on a wraparound LED board, operated by Ocean Outdoor in the famed tourist district, for the new Netflix film Army of the …
Wicket Software Gets Patent For AI-driven Access Controls To Venues May 20, 2021 by Super User I assume or at least hope that software companies who develop access control systems that mash up computer vision, sensors and screens – for retail and other kinds of venues – will have had a look over the patents out there before getting too deep into product development. Here’s one reason: The Philly-area software firm …
Pilot Project Puts Bee Hotels Up By Montreal Digital Billboards May 20, 2021 by Super User It is World Bee Day, and to mark it and generate some buzz (sorry) about the critical importance of bees to food supplies, the Canadian media company Pattison is working with the almond milk company Silk on an out of home program that includes putting up bee hotels at select highway billboards around Montreal. The …
Burger King Using AI For Dynamic Recommendations On Ordering Touchscreens May 20, 2021 by Super User The tech blog VentureBeat has an interesting post up about how major QSR chains are following the lead of McDonald’s by applying artificial intelligence for driving sales and customer experience. It notes that Burger King worked with Intel and an AI company to come up with a recommendation engine for touchscreen ordering. “It can predict,” …
Seoul Starbucks Reserve Drives Experience With Ambient, Data-Triggered LED Feature Wall May 19, 2021 by Super User This is a Starbucks Reserve location in Seoul, in the same office tower as the coffee company’s Korean headquarters. It has a 2.5mm LED video wall on an arched feature wall. The video shows it running an animated watercolor depicting a coffee planation. Opened a couple of months ago, Starbucks says: The interior of the …
Seenspire, Embed Launch Automated Content Feed Partnership May 19, 2021 by Super User The Belgian subscription content firm Seenspire has announced a partnership that provides users of UK-based CMS software firm embed signage with unlimited access to automated content. Seenspire describes itself as “the first streaming service to provide unlimited access to digital signage content in a single subscription” and with this tie-up, users of embed can simply …
