What The Rapid Adoption Rate For 4K UHD Means For Digital Signage November 11, 2016 by Super User The marketplace, at least in the US and by extension Canada, is going 4K UHD at a rate far quicker than the advent years ago of HDTV. The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced holiday season shipments of 4K UHD televisions in the United States are expected to reach 4.5 million units, bringing the total for the …
Back At HQ – New York Round-Up November 11, 2016 by Super User Back at World HQ after a few days in New York doing various things, and finding myself, unplanned, in the middle of the US election. Though the real story was in Washington – and in certain ways the countrysides of Ohio, Pennyslvania and Wisconsin – there was a pile of media and people in Times …
Maybe Big Indoor LED Canvases Don’t Need To Have Crazy-Fine Pixel Pitches? November 9, 2016 by Super User I’m in New York for the InfoComm Connections conference today, and I suspect it will be a very interesting day to be in the city, given the events of last night. I had a chance Tuesday to do a big walk around to look at a bunch of installations, and the things that struck me are …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Brad Parler, Blinds.com November 9, 2016 by Super User A couple of years ago, an old industry friend, Raffi Vartian, said I really needed to see something. He sent me a link to a video, I watched it, and sent back a note saying, “That’s FREAKING brilliant!” The video was for a corporate communications project at the Blinds.com offices in Houston, Texas, and it showed staff-facing messaging being …
Cineplex Digital Media Rolling Out Digital OOH Display Network in Canada’s Ivanhoe Cambridge Malls November 7, 2016 by Super User Cineplex Digital Media has announced it won an RFP process to install, maintain and operate a digital OOH display network at 21 Ivanhoé Cambridge shopping centres across Canada. The network involves nearly 230 digital displays at Ivanhoé Cambridge mall properties across Canada. The display solution is a combination of double-sided 86-inch “Floor Media” displays, as well as displays on …
Even Raspberry Pis Have Low Cost Knockoffs; Meet The $15 Orange Pi November 7, 2016 by Super User Hat Tip to Jason Cremins of SignageLive for noticing this on TechCrunch … The Raspberry Pi micro PC started as a program aimed at teaching UK schoolkids about computing, but has also taken off in the business market, including in digital signage, because it offers the prospect of a serviceable computer for $35-$45. Even $45 seems crazily …
Spanish Travel Guide Projection Maps Country’s Cuisine At Launch Party November 4, 2016 by Super User We’ve seen lots of great example of projection mapping on grand scales – on buildings and monuments – but nowhere nears as many that go indoors and use small, much more intimate settings to play with visuals. Here’s a great one, though, from the 2016 launch party this summer of the latest version of Repsol, …
Rush Call For Speakers – NYC – Nov. 9th November 3, 2016 by Super User UPDATE — SORTED OUT! THANKS!!! I’m moderating a panel at an Infocomm Connections digital signage event next week in New York, and a couple of speakers have had to drop off last minute because of other commitments. So I’m looking for a couple of people to step in. The subject is The Big Digital Canvas, …
Tech Manufacturing Giant Foxconn Merging Augmented Reality And Digital Signage November 3, 2016 by Super User Via Nikkei Asian Review Monster Asian technology manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn Technology Group, has announced its funding of a newly-formed startup aimed at bringing augmented reality into digital signage. Foxconn Executive Vice President Lu Fang-ming did an augmented reality presentation, showing his image dynamically integrated into real-time graphics, at a demo Wednesday …
Soofa’s Color Epaper Information Stations Start Deploying On Boston Sidewalks November 3, 2016 by Super User Here’s one of the first sightings in the wild of a 32-inch color epaper display being used for public information. An MIT Media Lab spinoff called Soofa has started installing public information displays in Boston, running off nothing but solar power and updated using a 3G M2M wireless connection. Developed by Soofa, and running on …
