Update: World HQ Has Shifted 2,000 KMs East, But Office Still In Boxes July 6, 2018 by Super User I am back … almost. The big move east went surprisingly smoothly. Trucks showed up on time at both ends. Nothing broken. Nothing lost, as far as we can tell. Internet up and running. Local wine and beer supplies ID’d. We arrived in time for a heat wave to take over a new house that …
The Tech Behind Those Furiously-Spinning LED Holograph-ish Hypervsn Walls July 4, 2018 by Super User I’ve been to a few trade shows now where the fast-spinning LED light sticks – marketed as Hypervsn – attract big crowds and have a lot of people whipping out their phone cameras. The technology definitely creates buzz, so I wanted to know more about the technology and the company behind it. It uses the …
How Tanvas Uses Haptics To Add The Sensation Of Touch To Otherwise Lifeless Displays June 27, 2018 by Super User Imagine if you could feel what you see on a touchscreen. If, for example, you could unzip a zipper by drawing your finger down a screen and experiencing that familiar sensation. That’s the premise behind a Chicago startup called Tanvas, that is using haptics technology to enable users of interactive screens to have genuine touch …
How Projection Mapping Got Small, Affordable And Easy Via SF Startup Lightform June 20, 2018 by Super User One of the most interesting companies I saw recently at InfoComm in Las Vegas was Lightform, a San Francisco start-up that is making the once dark art of projection mapping available to just about everyone. It wasn’t that long ago that projection mapping was all about very ambitious, very complicated, very expensive projects that only …
16:9 HQ Is Heading Way East; Going Off Grid For Awhile June 19, 2018 by Super User World Headquarters is in the process of moving from greater Toronto to greater Halifax, Nova Scotia – not exactly a hub of activity in the digital signage business, but close proximity to our grown kids. We’re going from a city of 8 million people, stupidly inflated real estate prices (we cashed out) and increasingly ugly …
Swiss Company Uses Mash-Up Of Web, Mobile And Signage To Reach Hard-To-Reach Workers June 18, 2018 by Super User Via HospitalityNet A Swiss company called Beekeeper is using a cross-platform blend of web, mobile and digital signage to inform and motivate back of house workers in a variety of industries, such as hospitality. The company recently announced a deal to provide its digital workforce platform for operational communications at SIXTY Hotels, a small luxury lodgings chain. While …
Philippines Mall Projection-Maps 50-Foot Tree Of Life As Shopper Attraction June 15, 2018 by Super User This is a 15-meter fiberglass sculpture used as the projection mapping canvas for a permanent attraction at the Robinsons Place Naga shopping mall, in a Philippines city about 400 kms southeast of Manila. The premium mall’s digital art experience is called “Tree of Life” and was put together by Filipino-American artist and landscape architect Jefre …
New, Unnamed Suitor Means RMG Networks May Not Go Private After All June 15, 2018 by Super User It appears RMG Networks has a new suitor, a couple of months after the signage solutions company’s board chair did a merger agreement to take the public company private, but left the door open for a third-party entity to make a “superior” offer before this deal closes. The terms of that agreement at the start of …
Sound In Digital Signage?: Screenfeed Sees Market For Audio-Driven Sports Packages June 15, 2018 by Super User Screenfeed has done sports updates for as long as its been doing subscription content for digital signage networks, but the Twin Cities company is now offering sports video highlight, interview and commentary packages that are built around audio. The company this week pushed out a notice to customers saying: Score the attention of the sports …
NEC’s Cool Projected Menu Board June 14, 2018 by Super User I liked this nice concept NEC had at its booth last week at InfoComm – a menu wall using projection on a textured, wood surface. This is very different from a row of LCD menus set together in an array. In this case, a laser projector beamed the menu options on a dark wood feature …
