Projects: The Wow Wall At NYC Saks May 28, 2015 by Super User Here’s a great reference case for how graphics, fixturing and displays can be pulled together to drive a lot more impact in retail than a screen on its own can typically do. NYC jeweller David Yurman sells a collection at Saks Fifth Avenue, and has had built a custom-fabricated display as a showcase. The 10-foot high David Yurman “WOW …
Projects: Airport Services Operator Using Digital Signage To Drive Services May 28, 2015 by Super User Cutter Aviation is the world’s oldest continually family-owned Fixed Base Operator (think airport within an airport) and aviation service company, with ops at eight major airports in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas. The company does a range of services for aircraft owners coming in and going out of these sites, as well as …
Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Jim Marascio, 11 Giraffes May 28, 2015 by Super User Here’s one in what I hope will be a series of posts for attendees, and separately for exhibitors, talking about why they go to InfoComm and what they’re looking for when there. This one is from Jim Marascio, the CTO and VP Ops at Charlotte, NC-based solutions provider 11 Giraffes. 1 – How many years …
E Ink Showing Its New Prism Display Next Week At SID May 28, 2015 by Super User E Ink will be showing its very cool Prism architectural display tech next week at the SID Display Week in Silicon Valley. Launched at CES a few months ago, Prism is color changing electronic ink technology that architects and designers can use to transform spaces and surroundings. It’s not really digital signage in any conventional sense, …
Live Data Visualizations As Hypnotic Signage May 28, 2015 by Super User On the way to San Francisco’s airport after a day with a client 2-3 weeks ago I stopped in at Google for a quick update meeting on what the tech giant is up to with Chrome and Chromeboxes for digital signage. In the lobby of the building I was in – one of the main …
Video: Using McDonald’s New Self-Ordering Kiosk To Get A Very Big Mac May 28, 2015 by Super User Here’s a somewhat warped look at the Create Your Taste digital ordering kiosks that McDonald’s is testing in some U.S. outlets. A guy named Moshe Tamssot decided to push the ordering system to its limits – and eat enough to feed a Sudanese village – by pounding the touchscreen + sign on every optional item …
Research: Almost Third Of Screen Time Now In Portrait Mode May 27, 2015 by Super User Analyst Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report was pushed out today, and it is, as always, a fascinating look at what consumers are doing online and the trends both in North America and globally. The report comes from the Silicon Valley investment shop Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. It’s an essential read if you are in the …
Research: 17.2 M Digital Signs By 2019 (Updated) May 27, 2015 by Super User A boutique market research firm in Sweden, focused on the Internet of Things and Machine to Machine connectivity businesses, has pushed out a report suggesting global shipments of networked digital signage displays grew by 21.7 percent last year. Berg Insight suggests that high growth will continue for the next several years, ticking along at a compound annual …
IAdea Releasing Pair Of Solid State 4K Signage Players May 27, 2015 by Super User Taiwan’s IAdea is releasing a commercial-grade, video wall-ready 4K digital signage player that supports H.265 video decoding, the emerging standard that can cut monster 4K video file sizes in half. The XMP-7300 is a solid-state and fan-less, and housed in a ruggedized quarter-inch thickness aluminum enclosure. A version of the unit is being made to comply with the Open …
InfoComm Puts Press On For Its Signage Solutions Summit May 27, 2015 by Super User The InfoComm people have started a full court press to drive registrations for its Solutions Summit: Digital Signage conference in mid-June, running at the same time as the massive annual pro AV trade show. I am one of the people speaking at the thing, so that should be more than enough for you to drop everything and …
