DSF Toronto’s Breakfast Event Pulls Some 60 Attendees For Digital In Dining June 6, 2019 by Super User The Toronto chapter of the Digital Signage Federation had its second breakfast event this morning, focused on Digital In Dining. Here’s the word from organizer and fellow DSF board member Kelly Smith: We had a fantastic attendance (more than 60 people in the room), and the feedback I received afterwards was overwhelmingly positive. The topic, …
Atlanta’s High Street Collective Launches Living Retail Lab (And It Has A Bar!) June 6, 2019 by Super User The retail innovation consultancy HighStreet Collective has launched what it calls a Living Retail Lab, a unique project inside a city market in High Street’s hometown of Atlanta. The boutique consultancy has also formalized a partnership with NEC, to use that company’s retail-centric intelligence analytics platform, called ALP, at the lab. Instead of a pure lab …
Deloitte’s IoT Dashboard Video Wall Logs What’s Happening In Toronto Offices June 6, 2019 by Super User Following up on that post about seeing a big BMO LED wall while on a layover, I also popped by the lobby of consulting giant Deloitte’s main Toronto office to see a video wall in its reception area that a friend said was interesting. The wall on the mezzanine level, where visitors check in, shows …
Giant Curved LED Wall Fills Toronto BMO Branch June 6, 2019 by Super User I forgot when I had a 12-hour (planned) layover in Toronto a few weeks ago that I took a little time to check out some digital signage installs I had heard about, but not seen. Looking for a photo reminded me. This is a branch of the Bank of Montreal, street-level at the Manulife Centre …
Mall Campaign Uses Video, Mobile Analytics To Optimize Messages, Boost Foot Traffic To Stores June 5, 2019 by Super User This is an effective video from Cineplex Digital Media that shows how using video and mobile analytics, as well as machine learning tech, helped increase foot traffic into the outlets of a couple of beauty brands operating at Toronto’s big, busy and ritzy Yorkdale mall. The video explains it all, but briefly, a two-week test …
LG Re-Announces Big Orlando Airport Video Wall (Worth Seeing!) June 5, 2019 by Super User LG is a bit cheekily re-announcing and re-marketing the vast videowall installation at Orlando’s airport that uses some 700 of its smart display screens. It pushed out a press release this morning encouraging AV pros coming in to Orlando International Airport next week for InfoComm 2019 to have a look. The screens have been there for …
Broadsign CEO Burr Smith Provides Thinking And Back-Story Behind Recent M&A Moves June 5, 2019 by Super User I’m kinda breaking my own podcast rule here by interviewing someone for a second time, but Burr Smith has been a busy guy lately – buying companies and fighting patent trolls. I spoke with the CEO and owner of Broadsign a couple of years ago, but it was more than time for an update chat …
SEGD Toronto Plans June 27th Micro-Conference About Digital Design June 4, 2019 by Super User The Toronto chapter of theSociety for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) is running a micro-conference in that city on June 27th – talking about digital applications in physical spaces. The speakers: Alexandre Simionescu Principal at Float4, Montreal Bryan Meszaros CEO & Founder of Open Eye Global / SEGD President, New York Laurence Roberts Principal / Creative Director / Head …
Planar Revives Line Transparent OLED Line; Showing At InfoComm June 4, 2019 by Super User Planar has resumed marketing a transparent OLED, about five years after first launching a product and then pulling it because of supply issues from the original manufacturer/supplier. The new LookThru Transparent OLED Display, says Planar in a press release, builds on the frameless glass design of the original version, enabling customers to overlay digital content and imagery …
Tests Validate Using Digital Signage To Calm Stress Medical Lab Visitors June 4, 2019 by Super User I don’t know if the test sample is large enough to be meaningful, but it its nonetheless interesting that calming art images and music on a medical lab digital signage system made blood sampling a better experience for patients at the Health Innovation Centre of Southern Denmark. Seven citizens who were clear they do not like …
