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16:9: Startup Uses Sensors, AI To Drive Real-Time Lineup Dashboards For Sports And Entertainment Venues

A Detroit-based startup called Waittime has developed a data-driven, multi-screen platform aimed at improving the fan experience at sports and entertainment venues, by telling people where the washroom and concession lines are shorter. The company installs sensors in venue concourses, with the data they spit out interpreted using artificial intelligence to determine wait times. […]

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Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:40 AM

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Projects: Cruise Ship Sets Sail With Experiential Video Wall

Cruise ship giant Royal Caribbean International’s Ovation of the Seas took its first voyage in 201g with an experiential video wall on its main esplanade, using nine different pieces of themed, reactive content. The permanent 8’ x 20’ digital art wall reacts to each person passing by, and can be controlled through gestural interactivity. […]

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Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 5:01 PM

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16:9: Six Must-Haves For Any Digital Signage Design

Guest Post: Mike Kilian, MVIX Signage, whether it be analog or digital, is at its foundation a form of advertising. The intention of most signs is to attract people to come closer, capture those same people with the content on display, and send customers, consumers, or the general public on their way with a call to action. […]

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Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 2:08 PM

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16:9 Video: CLEARInk Demos E-Paper With Color, Full-Motion Video

Ever since electronic paper first came out of R&D labs observers have been wondering if the tech could 1) go from black and white to color, and 2) evolve from static to motion graphic images. The first challenge was cleared a few years ago, and now it looks like the second one has also been cleared. […]

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Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 1:11 PM

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16:9: LED Clouds Hang Over Giant Brand’s NYC Lobby

Sansi North America Displays aka SNA Displays sent over images of new LED displays now up and running in the NYC offices of what is coyly referred to as the world’s largest athletic apparel brand. The signature part of the project is 13 LED “clouds” – LED displays suspended lobby ceiling that sync up and sequence visuals. […]

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Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 7:21 AM

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Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Kristin Russell, Arrow Intelligent Systems

Kristin Russell jokes about Arrow being a massive company few people even know about – with $24 billion in annual sales and some 18,000 people walking around with Arrow on their business cards, in 90 countries. She runs Arrow Intelligent Systems, which does everything from design engineering and integration services to global logistics. […]

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Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 12:01 AM

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Projects: Two LED Towers Go Up In Norfolk’s Revitalized Waterside District

Here’s a nice example of a mixed media digital and analog signboard, one of two put up in the revitalized Waterside District in Norfolk, Virginia. The 23-foot-high boards are 10mm pitch units done by SNA Displays. “This was an interesting and rewarding project for us,” says Jason Helton, executive vice president for SNA Displays. […]

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Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 4:03 PM

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16:9: Colorado Company Puts Ad Screens On Ski Hill Chairlift Safety Bars

Via In The Snow The endless quest to put advertising screens in front of theoretically captive audiences has now reached the snowy slopes of ski resorts – with a Colorado company called Alpine Media Technology planning to have LiftDigital screens running on chairlift safety bars by the time some resorts are operating this winter. […]

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Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 8:53 AM

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16:9: Uniqlo Adds Interactive Vending Machines

Japanese fast-fashion apparel retailer Uniqlo is installing a test wave of interactive vending machines in U.S. malls and airport concourses – in a move reminiscent of what Best Buy has done with gadget vending machines in airports. The vending units have a big interactive touch screen on the front and will dispense two SKUs – heat-retaining shirts and lightweight down jackets. […]

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Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 8:26 AM

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Projects: WWT’s Gorgeous St. Louis HQ Lobby Video Mosaic

Spotted on Linkedin this video wall going up in the St. Louis, MO-area head office lobby of WWT, a $9B annual revenue company that does technology & supply chain solutions for organizations around the globe. No details on what or who involved with is. Very nice, though! […]

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Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 4:40 PM

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16:9: New VW Concept Dealership In UK uses digital signage to save floor space

Auto dealerships in larger urban centres are getting necessarily smaller – a simple function of saving on the high cost pf premium retail space. The new Volkswagen store in The Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham, UK is not a whole bunch bigger than a clothing retailer – relying heavily on technology to tell the brand story and help potential buyers make decisions. […]

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Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 4:26 PM

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IntuiLab’s New API Explorer Allows Mere Mortals To Tap Into Web Data And Services

The technical side of IntuiLab’s new API Explorer is way over my head, but the general concept being floated by the French interactive software firm is pretty interesting – a way for software partners and end-user creative people to use web content and services without needing any programming chops. […]

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Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 9:32 AM

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Texas Longhorns Kit Out New Football Locker Room With Screens Over Stalls

Other people can engage in the argument over whether Division 1 college athletes in the United States should be paid, and based on social media posts, it’s already evident the new University of Texas Longhorns football locker room has people griping about money being spent on bells and whistles, instead of paying players or putting funds into academic programs. […]

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Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 5:29 PM

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16:9: Dutch Lingerie Retailer Offers Sensory Experience In Flagships

Scala has circulated a good case study about the work it has been doing with systems integrator partner DOBIT for the European lingerie retailer  Hunkemo?ller, particularly in flagship high street stores like the one in the video. […]

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Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 8:51 AM

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16:9: Amazing: Dubai Mall Turns On World’s Largest OLED Video Wall

The massive Dubai Mall in guess where has just turned on a new OLED video wall that breaks a bunch of records for sheer scale. It is 50 meters wide by 14 meters tall, fronting the aquarium attraction in the mall. The digital canvas is 1.7 billion pixels. […]

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Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 3:51 PM

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