Hat Tip Craig Keefner at kioskindustry.org for flagging this … LG’s mobile retail wing is starting to use voice recognition technology from an Israeli startup to act as digital assistant at its mobile phone service provider stores in South Korea. […]
Much of the attention around the use of transparent displays to show people at life-size dimension, in remote locations, has been focused on sectors like events and entertainment, but a Florida university has identified a very different use-case: healthcare education. […]
Diversified, one of the largest U.S.-based AV integrators, on Monday announced its first acquisition since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, buying Connecticut-based HB Communications. Although founded and headquartered in New Jersey, the acquisition of HB Communications gives Diversified a stronger foothold in the Northeast and grows the company’s team in the region. […]
Sony wasn’t an overly active or noticed player in digital signage for a bunch of years, but the company has been steadily trying to boost both its profile and its partnership programs in the last 18 months or so. […]
The track and field events are now up and literally running at the new National Stadium in Tokyo for the Olympics, allowing viewers to see a lot of large format LED displays. But there are no ticketed spectators, so very few people other than athletes, coaches and officials are seeing more than 600 digital signage displays that are all over the venue. […]
Audiovisual professionals are all well aware of the immersive qualities of LED technology – especially particularly large installations. However, they are not just being used in commercial installations, theatres, stadiums or homes. […]
Give Kids the World Village is now even more magical, thanks to the addition of its brand-new Serendipity themed pirate ship stage featuring an exterior LED screen. Give Kids The World is an 89-acre, whimsical nonprofit resort that provides critically ill children and their families from around the world with magical weeklong wish vacations at no cost. […]
Several industry contacts have been telling me, going back months, about a very cool project in Dallas that they were part of … but didn’t have permission to officially promote. That’s changed, and the formal word is out about a new-ish downtown Dallas destination venue that’s been dubbed the AT&T Discovery District. […]
It’s behind a pay wall so you can’t just click through and read it, but Display Daily’s Bob Raikes has a very interesting post up that goes into considerable technical detail about Sony’s big, beautiful Crystal LED microLED video walls. It’s helpful because it drives home the broader message about microLED video walls marketed by Sony and more recently by Samsung, LG and others. […]
Samsung Electronics has launched the 2021 model of its modular display The Wall. The model has new AI processing technology, 120Hz frame rates, and various installation options, along with innovating and expanding display technologies allowing businesses much more flexibility when showcasing content. […]
Union Station, the main rail hub in Washington, DC, has been spruced up with a series of displays across the building’s three level – with a mix of travel, safety and weather information, supported by ads. The network is bankrolled by the media company New Tradition and was project managed by the LA consulting firm Consumer Experience Group . It uses tech from Samsung and TSItouch. […]
Admittedly, I had to look up micromobility when I got a press announcement regarding a tie-up between the ad-focused CMS software shop Broadsign and a company called Swiftmile, billed as “the pioneer in micromobility charging infrastructure and technology. […]
Customers are beginning to return to brick-and-mortar retail stores after more than a year of social distancing and web purchasing. Embracing this new reality, local businesses are making innovative changes to provide the best in-store digital experience while maintaining the convenience of on-line shopping. Panico Salon in Ridgewood, N.J. […]
This is a nice, sleek digital endcap developed by the packaging and fixture giant WestRock for a US chain drug operator (not sure which one). […]
It was maybe 10 years ago, perhaps longer, when a few companies started marketing solutions for airports, retail and elsewhere that involved a looped rear-projection of a person on a sheet of plexiglas overlaid with a projection film. The idea was that this virtual person – albeit a short-ish and very flat person – could endlessly welcome people or give instructions. […]
