It’s a new year and a new decade, so we can expect new wayfinding technology. Every year, the Concept3D team has seen wayfinding become more digitized and connected, so we set out to anticipate the trends that will be important to our clients and the wayfinding industry as a whole. […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 6, 2020 — Express Image Digital, the leader in digital wayfinding software that brings the power of improved customer experience with an integrated platform to help visitors navigate around campus, today announced its interactive Wayfinding Plus platform was selected by a large academic healthcare campus, with 4+ million square feet, in greater Los Angeles area. […]
The key to the success of large venues such as casinos, hotels and stadiums is delivering a customer experience that makes people feel like more than just a number walking through the door. […]
Another wayfinding/mapping option has emerged in the marketplace – this one a collaboration between software developers in Spain and Pakistan. I had a note from Nabeel Salem, a Pakistani developer who has been doing software and game development for the last 10 years. Earlier in the year, a developer gig came up for building an interactive wayfinding solution for a shopping mall. […]
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (Sept. 24, 2019) – Infax, Inc. […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 19, 2019 — Express Image Digital, the leader in digital wayfinding software, through an omni-channel technology platform, today announce the additions of Thomas Patchin, Chief Revenue Officer, Cher Manowski, Chief Experience Officer and Lorenzo Lee, Chief Technology Officer into these newly created positions based on the dynamic growth of the company. Ms. […]
Toronto’s Jibestream, one of the early entrants in the shopping mall and campus mapping/wayfinding space, has been acquired by a Silicon Valley company known for its indoor positioning analytics. […]
Atlanta-based CMS software company Visix is going to showcase new a new voice-activated wayfinding application in a couple of weeks at its InfoComm 2019 booth in Orlando. “This is the next step in audience interaction,” says Jill Perardi, creative services manager for Visix. “People have embraced Voice User Interface technologies like Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant, and are eager for more. […]
Wayfinding is one of those core technologies that make consumer lives better and easier – helping people locate where they want and need to go in places like shopping malls, airports, health care facilities and higher ed campuses. […]
Metrics on digital signage projects aren’t always that easy to find – sometimes, I think, because the results are shrug-worthy – but here’s an example of interactive directories going into a mega-mall and making a tangible difference in how people find their way around. […]
Guest Post: Jill Perardi, Visix Jill Perardi When it comes to wayfinding options, interactive signage is the most flexible and powerful way to go. But each location is different and presents unique challenges. Before buying anything, think it all out and come up with a good plan to help make the process as smooth as possible: 1. […]
Mappedin – Booth #1370 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? The Mappedin booth will display a 3D, interactive map of the tradeshow floor. Attendees will be able to use our software to look up and navigate to their own booth, or any of the other booths at the expo. […]
If you’ve been at ISE in Amsterdam the last couple of years, and particularly the 2017 version, you will likely have noticed digital directional signs that are a bit of a hybrid of a street sign post and a wayfinding system. It’s a system I thought was really interesting, but wondered if there were real buyers out there for what is called iGirouette. […]
Here’s a slightly different take on shopping mall wayfinding: smaller screens set at angles, instead of the jumbo vertical screens you mostly see in malls these days. This is at the Mall of America in Minneapolis – which I believe remains the largest shopping mall in the U.S. – and there are six of these, in total, which tells me this is a test. […]
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. […]
