Stretch LCDs, Low-Rez LEDs, Glass And Film Mashed Up For Virtual Water Wall January 7, 2020 by Super User This is a very slick experiential digital piece done for the water treatment company Pentair at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, where the NFL’s Vikings play. The project was developed and delivered by Twin Cities-based Microgigantic, with creative that highlights how Pentair “Brings Water To Life. For Life.” There are layers of custom led lights, …
TCL’s Mini-LED Backlit Display At CES A Glimpse Of Where Pro Displays May Go January 7, 2020 by Super User A lot of the media is attracted to the loopy products that turn up each year at CES – like robots that deliver toilet paper rolls – but if you pay more attention and follow outlets that genuinely cover tech advances, there’s good stuff amidst all the noise. An announcement by the Chinese display maker …
Intuiface, IAdea Partner On Non-Proprietary Meeting Room Signage Solution January 7, 2020 by Super User The French interactive software firm Intuiface has done an interesting tie-up with Taiwanese digital signage hardware manufacturer IAdea, offering a combined solution for end-users and integrators who don’t to get locked into specific meeting room signage platforms. The partnership enables end-users and solutions providers to develop specific meeting room sign user experience and functionality using …
Screenfeed Launching Automated, Localized Alerts For Digital Signage Networks January 6, 2020 by Super User The subscription content firm Screenfeed is launching a new automated alert product that will automatically interrupt regularly-scheduled screen content to make viewers aware of impending emergencies, as they develop. The system can be configured to make, for example, screens in a public school system flash alerts when a tornado threat comes up. It can be …
LG’s CES2020 News Adds 48-Inch OLED TV; Talks More About 8K January 6, 2020 by Super User LG has had its press conference at CES this morning, and while there was lots of cool consumer stuff, it was more about appliances and gaming than about displays – though there was lots of talk about OLED, as you might expect. No real signage-ish stuff to report, however. There is now a 48-inch OLED, …
Cincinnati’s Museum Center Adds 35-Screen Digital Signage Network January 6, 2020 by Super User The Cincinnati Museum Center in guess-what-city has added 35 digital signage displays around the historic Art Deco-era site that face visitors for information and staffers for corporate communications. The unique multi-museum complex is located inside Union Terminal, a converted transit station and National Historical Landmark that has gone through substantial renovations and expansions in recent years. The 35 endpoints …
Samsung Launches More MicroLED, Portrait Mode TV At CES2020 January 6, 2020 by Super User The massive CES consumer gadgets show is on this week in Las Vegas, and there are plenty of poor souls from this industry who are obligated to be there this week – dealing with endless line-ups for everything and supply/demand hotel pricing that sees terrifying places like Circus Circus charging $300+ a night. The argument …
DSE Sets Final, Final (Probably) Deadline For Apex Awards Submissions January 3, 2020 by Super User The Digital Signage Expo team has shifted the deadline one last time for submissions to its annual Apex Awards – with a new and perhaps truly final submissions deadline of January 15th. So if you STILL haven’t got your act together, all hope is not lost. The awards, which are presented by the Digital Signage …
Abu Dhabi Tourism Puts AR On 40-Foot Picadilly Lights LED Board January 3, 2020 by Super User This is what has been celebrated as the Largest Augmented Reality Screen media campaign done to date – an AR piece done for the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism in London’s Picadilly Circus. The AR activation was done for two weeks last month on Ocean Outdoor’s 40-foot Picadilly Lights board in that famed …
Billboard For BBC’s Dracula Uses Simple Lighting Effect To Create Its Wow Moment January 2, 2020 by Super User A reminder that just being digital isn’t going to make a media campaign successful. Being clever matters. This is an analog billboard in the UK for the BBC series Dracula, which I THINK just started as well on Netflix in the US and Canada. It just uses props and directional lighting to create its effect. …
