80 Million Experiential Pixels Now Lit Up At Dubai Outdoor Retail Complex October 28, 2016 by Super User The Society For Experiential Graphic Design has its annual xLab conference on even as I type this, but I’m back at HQ and missing the event (but not missing flying out of NYC on a Friday evening … ugh). I did, however, take in a pre-conference event while still in the city Thursday afternoon – …
New York Digital Signage Week (Ok, Days For Me) October 27, 2016 by Super User Halfway through a whirlwind trip in and out of New York for a few events associated with what’s been dubbed New York Digital Signage Week. It’s a compilation of events and cocktail parties and open houses, some that have been on for years, and others that have developed around this DS week theme. I did …
Have The Cojones To Admit And Share Mistakes October 26, 2016 by Mitch Leathers Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler Digital Signage I don´t like “feel good” business stories when I’m reading social media. I don’t want to read something that starts out with “Before you die … live” or “What I learned from my hard-working dad …” Put that stuff up, and you’re unfollowed by me pretty quickly. It’s …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Leo Coates, The Coates Group October 26, 2016 by Super User In this episode, I’m having a chat with Leo Coates of The Coates Group, an end-to-end digital signage solutions provider that’s heavily focused on the quick service restaurant sector. The Australian company already has a footprint in 35 countries – everything from rollouts to trials. Now Coates has opened up an office and innovation centre …
NYC Morning Blitz – What To See? October 25, 2016 by Super User I’m in and out of New York really quickly this week for NEC, LG and an SEGD tour, but a meeting fell through and now I have a few hours on Thursday morning – when it will apparently be raining (pfffft) – to duck into a few places between fixed commitments and an evening dash …
The Dark Art Of Projection Mapping Now Starts With A $5 Phone App October 25, 2016 by Super User There was a time, not long ago, when projection mapping was an intensely complicated, labour-intensive art form only high technical, deeply experienced pros could pull off. Now it’s a $5 app for iOS or Android. Well, sorta. The prosumer projector firm Optoma has just announced Projection Mapper, what it has dubbed “the first mobile app …
Brazil’s OOZO TV Mashes Up Social Media And Raspberry Pi For Digital Signage Solution October 25, 2016 by Super User Sao Paulo, Brazil-based start-up OOZO TV is marketing a digital signage solution built around social media and ultra low-cost Raspberry Pi 3-driven media players. The company is touting what it calls a hyperlocal custom content solution that draws much of its content from real-time feeds from social media networks like Instagram. There are three pricing plans – from …
Meeting Room Signs Growth Is Kinda Crazy October 25, 2016 by Super User About 18 months ago I put up a post about the handful of options I could find out there for putting little digital displays outside meeting room and conference room drawers. Traffic just kept building on that one post, and I ultimately decided last fall to develop a dedicated micro-site and directory that listed all the various options …
Five Reasons Why All PC Sticks Aren’t Created Equal October 24, 2016 by Joe Rabah Guest Post: Jami McGraw, Seneca Perhaps the biggest attraction of shrinking a regular PC down to a tiny, candy bar-sized stick can be summed up in one word: clutter. A computer on an HDMI stick can plug into a port on the back of a desktop display or digital signage screen, and disappear. It’s clutter-free, …
Still Three Months Out, ISE Says 2017 Show Is Biggest Ever October 24, 2016 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is still three months, but the organization behind it is already touting how this will be the biggest ISE yet, with a jump in show-floor space, and the number of exhibitors and halls. The trade show, in Amsterdam, will see 135 first time exhibitors and more than 3,000 square metres of additional show-floor …
