Twin Experiential LED Video Walls Light Up Lobby Of Chicago’s Aon Center January 4, 2018 by Super User The Aon Center, one of Chicago’s tallest and most recognizable buildings, has followed the lead of some other major commercial office properties in turning a feature in the lobby to a giant LED digital wall. Part of a recent renovation of its lobby and atrium included a pair of 42-foot-wide by 10-foot-tall direct view LED …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Dan Garner On How Xibo Makes Money From Free, Open Source Software January 3, 2018 by Super User By far the busiest post on the Sixteen:Nine blog is one that lists the many options out there for free, kinda sorta free, or free to start with digital signage CMS software. One of the oldest – and among the few that are legitimately free – is Xibo, an open source digital signage solution that …
LG To Show 8K OLED At CES; Samsung Rumored To Show Micro LED TV January 2, 2018 by Super User Numerous tech blogs are reporting that LG will be showing an 8K OLED display this year at CES. The 88-inch display has a resolution of 7680×4320, which is 33 million+ pixels. “The successful development of the world’s first 8K OLED display is a milestone for the 8K era and underscores the exciting potential of OLED,” …
Women Of Digital Signage Formed As Industry Networking Group January 2, 2018 by Super User One quick look around an industry event is all you need to conclude the digital signage industry is like almost all tech-based industries – lopsidedly male in overall headcounts, and particularly at executive levels. I don’t think the gender seesaw will get balanced in my working lifetime, but it is s l o o …
Canada’s National Arts Centre Switches On North America’s Largest Transparent LED Wall January 1, 2018 by Super User Last night, on a very frigid New Year’s Eve, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada officially switched on a three-storey signature LED display called the Kipnes Lantern. It is the largest transparent LED screen in North America and fills the windows of the newly rejuvenated building in the capital city. It is using Vancouver-based …
Pro AV 2017 – A Year In Review December 31, 2017 by David Kaszycki GUEST POST: ALAN BRAWN, BRAWN CONSULTING When most of us think about evolution, we think in terms of slow change over decades or even centuries. When we see change in front of our very eyes, that’s something else. Some might even call it disruption. This would be an apt description of what has gone on …
Shanghai Mall Marketed With Multi-Sensory Digital Campaign In City’s Subway System December 29, 2017 by Super User This a multi-sensory pop-up media campaign in the Shanghai subway system, marketing a shopping mall called The MIXC. Put together by JCDecaux, the set-up is a house-like display that blends back-lit graphics with windows that look into flat panel displays, and scent marketing tech. Says Decaux: Through the first window, people could see a screen …
Hogwarts Castle Gets Projection-Mapped For Christmas December 28, 2017 by Super User This is the Christmas projection mapping show running on the exterior of the Hogwarts Castle, which is the main feature (I think) of the Harry Potter attraction at the Universal Studios theme park in Orlando. It’s a seven-minute show that’s interesting, particularly, for the technical challenge of mapping digital visuals on a canvas that is …
A Totally Unfiltered, Public Digital Messaging System – What Could Go Wrong??? December 28, 2017 by Super User There is much hand-wringing underway in Toronto after a new subway station opened with a $500,000 art installation that let anyone walk up to a kiosk and put up a brief eight-character message on a set of suspended lights. The installation at the city’s just-opened new Pioneer Village station serves as functional lighting but the …
No Podcast This Week December 27, 2017 by Super User It’s too cold to talk, plus we’re busy with, ummm, other matters this week with family, friends, etc.. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. New chat already in the can for next Wednesday. The story behind the Open Source CMS software Xibo.
