There’s nothing about this installation that’s going to set hearts racing, but it’s a vivid example of how direct view LED is starting to supplant LCD when it comes to video walls. […]
Massive LED billboards are by no means found only, these days, in world capitals and insane places like Las Vegas. This is a an 1,855 square metre LED wrapped around a building in the south China city of Shantou, up the coastline from Hong Kong (if that helps). […]
This is an interesting take on using digital signage to deal with lengthy dwell times in a fast casual restaurant setting: an interactive display patrons can monkey with while their custom pizza bakes in the nearby oven. When Zablong Pizza opened in Charlotte, NC earlier this year, the operators wanted an interactive experience from the time people walked in. […]
Boston’s city hall plaza has what is being touted as the first e-paper wayfinding sign in the United States – a 32-inch electronic paper display that is daylight-readable and powered by solar. The ruggedized sign, mounted in a totem on the plaza, is aimed at providing visitors with information on local events and help residents and visitors locate nearby landmarks. […]
Digital Signage Expo is planning an informal tour and mixer on the Queen Mary cruise liner, which has been a part of the Long Beach, CA waterfront for many years as a working museum hotel and restaurant. The August 10th event will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on the ship. […]
This is a massive new interactive video wall at the newly renovated Milestones of Flight Hall at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. It’s a 16- by 12-foot interactive media wall that prompts visitors to explore, collect, and save their favourite objects from the museum’s collection, using the museum mobile app. […]
Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit Concerns about subway riders being dangerously distracted by their need to do whatever the hell they do with the red-hot Pokemon Go augmented reality mobile app has compelled MTA New York City Transit to start running safety messages on its On The Go Travel Station kiosk network. […]
This week I am speaking with Randy Pagnan, the RP in RP Visual Solutions, an Anaheim, California company that’s in the business of designing and manufacturing the special structures that hold signature digital signage projects in place. […]
The US denim jeans brand True Religion has opened a new small footprint, digital-heavy store concept on London’s Carnaby Street. […]
The research firm IHS has pushed out new data suggesting the global market for digital signage and professional displays is now growing at a compound annual growth rate of 8.3 percent, with 4.4 million units moved last year and 7.7 million expected to move by 2020. […]
This is about as low-rent as I’ve seen for digital signs in a retail environment, save for TVs and DVDs/VCRs just plopped on tables or shelves. These are digital photo frame black-taped into coroplast frames, running endlessly repeating product promo loops (with tinny audio) in the cleaning supplies aisle at my local Canadian Tire. […]
This looks kind of amazing – 12 football fields worth of digital visuals on LED and projection in the new Meraas City Walk market in Dubai. Overall, the Meraas project involves more than 30 LED installations in 21 different formats and nearly 30 high-res projectors totalling over 80 million pixels. It’s easily one of the most ambitious digital installs done to date, globally. […]
James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC The James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, SC is using a combination of digital signage players and screens, synced with audio and mood lighting, to run a sensory-driven solution in treatment rooms that are designed to defuse the anxiety of the kids and ease the worries of their families. […]
This is well done – an immersion zone on London’s Waterloo Station promoting the Ghostbusters remake. The campaign broke today in the rail station, launched by Sony Pictures and run via ad-concession owner JCDecaux today. […]
This is a nice example how a blend of digital display, analog print and necessary functionality can all blend together into an effective digital OOH ad piece. Monster Media has a campaign in bustling Atlanta Hartsfield Airport for Royal Caribbean International, the cruise ship company. […]
