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16:9: Daniel Black Of Glass-Media On The Resurgence Of Window And Retail Projection

Projection on window film is one of those things that I thought had come and gone from digital signage, with too many technical challenges to make the idea really workable. But projection is having a comeback, and arguably the company doing the most with it for retail and campaign-based marketing is a scrappy little startup in Dallas, called Glass-Media. […]

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Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 12:14 AM

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16:9: 1,312 Dining Positions Projection-Mapped For Amway Celebration Dinner

Hat Tip AV Magazine The multi-level marketing company Amway celebrated 60 years in business with a massive dinner for 1,300 in Las Vegas, using projection-mapping at each diner’s seating position. […]

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Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 9:45 AM

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16:9: Machine Hallucinating In NYC

Experiential spaces seems to be an emerging new business, driven by lowered technology costs, easier tools and brilliant creative minds who are pushing the boundaries on digital creative. While in New York this week I had a free hour to run over to Chelsea Market to visit the converted boiler room that is now called Artechouse, a digital/experiential gallery. […]

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Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 12:01 AM

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Video Projection and Fireworks Close the Circle of Light Festival

The project was created by order of the company LBL Communications Group. Magic Innovations’ work as part of the Circle of Light Festival’s closing ceremony in Moscow took place on a rowing canal. The object of the projection is a specially created structure, partially located on the water, measuring 150 meters by 48 meters. […]

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Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:57 AM

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16:9: New Research Suggests Projector Market Booming

I don’t follow the projector market very carefully, but have assumed that business is, at best, poking along because of the increasing large scale of LCD displays and the rise of super fine-pitch LED. But new research suggests the front projector market is doing just fine, thank you very much. […]

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Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 8:41 AM

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Panasonic Projection Technology Helps Disney Bring Inter-Galactic Adventures to Life at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

NEWARK, NJ. (August 29, 2019) – Panasonic System Solutions Company of North America today announced that Disney leveraged its leading projection technology in the development of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the newest themed land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida and Disneyland® Resort in California. […]

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Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 11:18 AM

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16:9: In The Right Conditions, Switchable Glass And Laser Projectors Have Possibilities

I’ve seen switchable glass demo’d by NEC for rear projection window displays at a couple of trade shows this year, and while I thought it was interesting, the visual impact was a little muted. It had that age-old problem of not being bright enough to be effective in many scenarios. […]

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Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 9:09 AM

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Are projected holograms a fad? (DSConnection)

Holographic projection imagery – is it a fad, or is it here to stay? This week’s question is answered by members of the DSE Advisory Board ADVERTISING & BRAND COUNCIL “In many ways, the popularity of holographic display systems is a fad. […]

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Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 3:55 PM

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Apollo 11 Moonshot Projection-Mapped On Washington Monument

We are in the midst of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon – something I am old enough to remember following on an antenna-fed black and white TV in a Wisconsin campground. […]

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Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 6:36 AM

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Faux Fireworks On Digital Canvases Complement Real Kabooms On July 4th

I’d way rather see the real thing, like here, but putting digital fireworks on giant canvases like projection and LED is still an interesting way to celebrate a national holiday. The LA-based design studio StandardVision has produced and published a pair of videos from earlier this month that show July 4th efforts in Los Angeles and Chicago. […]

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Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:09 AM

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Spanish Football Club Celebrates Its Past With Projection-Filled Museum At Home Stadium

The Spanish La Liga football team Athletic Bilbao celebrates more than a century of top-level competition in a museum on the grounds of San Mamés stadium, where it plays home games. The museum in Bilbao has been equipped with more than 30 Christie laser projectors, using short throw lenses, to tell the club’s story through the years. […]

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Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 10:32 AM

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Holograms With A Business Model – Ronnie Lee Explains His Virtual DJ Start-up

When DSE was on a few weeks ago in Las Vegas, I wandered down to the other end of the convention center to get a glimpse of the legendarily crazy Nightclub and Bar Show – where endless booths pour free drink samples. […]

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Tue, May 28, 2019 at 11:26 PM

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16:9: LED Mesh Screens Have Come A Long Way, But …

There were numerous overseas vendors at ISE – and I expect to see more at Infocomm in a couple of months – showing mesh-screen LED displays. They have come a long way in a relatively short time, and when running, the pixel pitch of these things can be good enough to deliver crisp, rich and definitely  bright visuals. […]

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Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 9:34 AM

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16:9: Eye Candy With An Actual Business Model

One of the experiences repeated over and over again each year at Digital Signage Expo is checking in with industry vets and asking if they saw anything I needed to see. As outlined in other posts, going to numerous trade shows in a matter of weeks means it is hard, by DSE time, to find much that wasn’t already launched or showcased at NRF, ISE and so on. […]

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Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 8:14 AM

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Cancun Party Hotel Adds Huge Projection Mapping Show

Via Multimedia AV I’m sure there is a large percentage of 20+ and even 30+ people who would look at what happens at the Melody Maker resort hotel in Cancun, and conclude they must go there. Then there are people like me who would conclude they must avoid that place, or anywhere near it, at all costs. […]

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Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 9:59 AM

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