If you spend any time looking at commercial projection technology as an option for a visual display project, you’ve probably noticed the projection units can be roughly the same size as the HVAC system on the side of a building, or on the roof. […]
The Brooklyn-based tech startup Looking Glass has been showing its take on holographic displays for the last few years, but one of the key barriers to adoption was the size of the first units. A couple of years ago, the company was showing off a 9-inch and and 16-inch version of a thick glass display that was basically LCDs combined with a series of filters/films fixed in a block of lucite. […]
There is not a lot of cause in this space for referencing research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, but we live in curious times. A letter in the much-respected publication outlines the results of testing the lifespan of the novel coronavirus on a variety of surfaces – a hot button issue, for some, in this industry, because of worries about transmitting the pathogen by using a touchscreen. […]
This is a 29 foot wide by 7 foot high direct view LED video wall in the waiting area of a parking garage of a luxury condo complex in the South Beach section of Miami Beach. Yeah, the area where you wait for an Uber, Lyft or taxi. The video wall is one component of a $300 million facelift at the complex. […]
LG has partnered with Peerless-AV and Ping HD on a portable digital signage bundle aimed at businesses that need to communicate changes and new guidelines as they re-open. There are high-bright window and standard versions of the bundle that encompasses an LG “smart” display running WebOs, Ping’s EngagePHD CMS software, and a Peerless-AV SmartMount Flat Panel Cart. […]
Timing can be everything, and Samsung has landed on a new signage bundle that might be coming along at just the right set of moments. The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered bars and restaurants everywhere, and as they start to re-open, physical distancing guidelines may push a lot more dining and drinking activity to new and expanded outdoor patio areas. […]
It is reasonable to suggest that LG’s transparent OLED displays are products that generate a lot of excitement from potential users, but disillusionment when they find out how much the screens cost (hint – LOTS!). The things are gorgeous, but working out valid use-cases and getting a return on the investment has been elusive. […]
The new, Westfield-owned Mall of the Netherlands – which is positioned to be in easy reach of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague – is using a big direct view LED, camera sensors and some relatively simple AR to encourage social distancing among shoppers. […]
Here’s another variation on the idea of a hybrid display/sanitizer, the difference with this one being the addition of an IR body temperature reader for sensing fevers and dispensers for face masks and gloves. The station is from Crimson AV, the Chicago-based mounts and displays company. The dispenser holds a gallon of gel. […]
The role of touchscreens in the midst of a pandemic is a hot topic these days, and a particular challenge for technology companies that deliver interactive solutions built around touch. I’m guiding/moderating/refereeing a 90-minute webinar on Monday that features the CEOs of four companies directly involved in touch. […]
I’m not sure if my friends over at Toronto solutions provider BIG Digital have come up with anything all that new in terms of building access controls and signage for these nutty times, but the company has done a nice job of packaging up a set a solutions beyond marketing a “thing. […]
Philips has started marketing its Android-equipped smart displays as the hub for access controls at retail and other types of venues that need to “gate” foot traffic because of COVID-19. Philips Professional Display Solutions, the company says in new PR, has worked with partners globally to create a solution that helps retailers follow government guidelines and control store traffic. […]
There has been a proliferation of hybrid/hand sanitizer kiosks coming on the market in the last few weeks, most of them looking almost exactly the same. Six months ago, these things were interesting but almost novelty products – something a media company might use, or a retailer looking to attract some shoppers to a screen, where promos are running. […]
Guest Post: Sanjay Manandhar, ISM Connect Sanjay Manandhar Even before Covid-19, limiting touch on public displays was a good hygiene practice. In digital signage, whenever “interactivity” is mentioned most think of touch interactivity, but few think of social media interactivity or other forms of interaction with the viewing public. […]
Costa Rican digital signage solutions company IdeaMedia was looking, like a lot of companies, at a bumpy future brought on by the COVID-19, so like a lot of small companies thrown into an unplanned lockdown, it pivoted. “We are trying to not only to remain alive, but also try to financially survive this pandemic,” says company owner Adrian Carmona in an email to Sixteen:Nine. […]
