Sanwa Unveils PRJ016 Projector.

Sanwa is proud to announce recently the release of their latest pico projector, the PRJ016. This device is a companion device and connects to an Apple iPhone in order to display content. The projector comes with 35 ANSI lumens, a VGA (640 x 480) resolution, and can create images measuring up to 80”, diagonally. The projector’s battery can be used to help charge the phone’s battery as well. The battery length is estimated at about 2 hours. Sanwa is available now in Japan and retails for just over $300.

Stoneroos lanceert tv gids voor tweede scherm.

Softwareontwikkelaar Stoneroos lanceert iFanzy, de televisiegids voor het tweede scherm. In één oogopslag zijn in de gids alle actieve tweedescherm-apps te zien. Geen moeilijke url’s intoetsen, maar vanuit de app direct en live toegang tot extra informatie met de mogelijkheid om instant tijdens het tv-kijken interactief bij het programma betrokken te raken, zoals het meespelen met spelshows, berichten lezen of meepraten op Twitter of het volgen van live statistieken bij sportwedstrijden. Bij films worden bovendien uitgebreide details via IMDb verstrekt. Zoals je van een electronische TV-gids kan verwachten, kent ook iFanzy een overzicht met programmainformatie (ruim 150 zenders) tot zeven dagen vooruit, een zoekfunctie op programmatitel en een persoonlijk instelbaar dashboard met favoriete zenders. Daarnaast, als leuke bijkomstigheid, is iFanzy gratis (zonder login of registratie) te downloaden voor iPad- en Android-tablets. De iFanzy TV Gids is vanzelfsprekend niet de enige via internet beschikbare EPG, maar vooralsnog wel de enige die verrijkt is met second screen-informatie.

FOSTERS LAUNCH INTERACTIVE DIGITAL OUT OF HOME.

Bron; GrandVisual

TRUKFIT Mannequin Mapping.

Pearl Media launched 3D projection on mannequins for Lil Wayne’s TRUKFIT apparel collection. The mannequins were showcased on the show floor at the MAGIC Marketplace convention in Las Vegas and were featured as part of a performance by Lil Wayne for TRUKFIT’s latest collection at 1 Oak Night Club on August 20th. Leveraging 3D projection mapping technology and using mannequins as the surface for the projection provided a new, innovative way to showcase entire clothing lines. The mannequin’s outfits could change in seconds, as in this case on the show floor but could also be done in a window display. Not only does the technology create a spectacle that attracts consumers to view the clothing line, it revolutionizes the traditional window-shopping experience and creates a lasting impression for the consumer. With this technology, retailers have the ability to showcase more products, more options and more combinations of clothing than ever before, while streamlining operations.

Digital Signage prijzen in Duitsland.

invidis zeichnet Marktführer aus Erstmals erhielten die Besten der Branche einen Preis für ihre Verdienste im vergangenen Jahr. Ermittelt und ausgezeichnet wurden sie durch die invidis consulting GmbH Geschäftsführer Florian Rotberg ehrte die Gewinner am Mittwoch, zu Beginn der “6. OVAB Digital Signage Conference Munich”. Urkunden erhielten in fünf Kategorien die jeweils drei Erstplatzierten des invidis Digital Signage-Rankings 2012. Dabei gab es auch Überraschungen. So überrundete etwa der Displayhersteller Samsung seinen langjährigen Konkurrenten NEC. In der Kategorie Software dagegen blieb alles beim Alten: Marktführer ist weiterhin mit Abstand Scala. Die Gewinner des invidis Digital Signage Award 2012: Displays 1 – Samsung Electronics GmbH 2 – NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH 3 – LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH Software 1 – Scala BV 2 – Grassfish Marketing Technologies GmbH 3 – mdt Medientechnik GmbH Dirk Schäfer nimmt für Samsung den Preis entgegen. Das Unternehmen belegt in der Kategorie Displays den ersten Platz. "Der Abstand zu NEC ist deutlich und der erste Platz für uns ein Ansporn fürs kommende Jahr", sagte Schäfer. "Wir haben uns breit aufgestellt und entwickeln unser Portfolio kontinuierlich weiter."

De dokterkiosk.

Atlanta-based SoloHealth, a consumer-driven health care technology company, and Sam's Club announced that the SoloHealth Station kiosk will begin to roll out this week to more than 500 Sam's Club locations nationwide, making Sam's Club the first warehouse club retailer to install the kiosks, according to a news release. The SoloHealth Station is currently available in select retail locations across the U.S. and is expected to be in more than 2,500 retail locations by mid-2013, company executives said. The self-service kiosks are bilingual and free to consumers, the news release said. The SoloHealth Station provides health screenings for vision, blood pressure, weight and body mass index, a symptom-checker as well as an overall health assessment for free. SoloHealth also helps connect consumers to local professionals through their databases, helping people enter the most appropriate and accurate point in the health care system, the news release said. A health care consumer engagement platform, the SoloHealth Station offers personalized, targeted and interactive opportunities for consumers, advertisers and retailers by placing kiosks in high-traffic retail locations and offering integration across a multi-platform ecosystem complete with digital signage, Internet, mobile and social media. The multiple-platform approach gives brand partners, consumers and medical professionals the ease of interaction from many touch points allowing for greater effectiveness and efficiencies, the release said.

Inside the arena of the future: The Barclays Center.

The Barclays Center sports venue opens in Brooklyn later this week – a new home for the relocated NBA Nets and piles of concerts. The building itself looks very different than most big arenas rising these days, and seems more in line with the new generation of soccer stadiums opening in different countries. One of the signature elements is a canopy in a loose oval (there will be a better geometric name for that, but beats me) with what looks like a very tight 6 mm pixel pitch LED board lining its inside. The thing is known as the Oculus, which is basically an architectural term for Rain Hole. Oculus sounds much better, though. Very different, and really nice. The images I have seen seem to show around the top rim information on New York/Brooklyn subway and rail lines, as while the building is on the other side of the river from Manhattan, it is apparently accessible by multiple lines. I’d love to read the strategy behind this, and wonder if the inner wall design is a counter to any zoning issues around light from the board flooding windows in surrounding residential blocks, or affecting traffic. Inside, there are 700 HD screens and another 100 digital menu boards, all running off the Cisco StadiumVision platform. Cisco, being Cisco, has missed the basics and not made any visuals available. Knuckleheads. It looks like Daktronics got the LED board work, and there is 8,000 square metres of it.

Zoenen voor de Golf.

Volkswagen-campagne zet bij lancering van de Golf VII in op emoties en interactieve giant posters van blowUP media in Berlijn Interactieve giant poster om te zoenen: op een oppervlak van in totaal bijna 1000 m2 presenteren blowUP media en Volkswagen van 10 september t/m 4 oktober op de Postdamer Platz in Berlijn de nieuwste Golf. Hierbij spelen interactieve elementen een bijzondere rol. De complete zuidingang van het S-Bahnstation is afgedekt en voorzien van campagnemotieven. Geïntegreerd in het gigantische reclameoppervlak aan de binnengevel bevindt zich een digitaal LED-screen van meer dan 40 m2. Aan de buitenkant bevinden zich acht touchscreens met ingebouwde camera's, waarmee passanten zoenend op de foto kunnen. Het idee: het resultaat kan meteen op het grote board aan de andere kant worden bekeken. De gebruikte techniek van het grote LED-scherm en de touchscreens maken een tot dusverre unieke vorm van interactie met de doelgroep mogelijk, waardoor deze op een emotionele manier wordt aangesproken. "Onze reclame moet mensen raken - met authentieke, menselijke, sympathieke en duidelijke boodschappen. Op die manier willen we het positieve imago van het merk Volkswagen verder versterken", aldus Giovanni Perosino, projectleider Marketingcommunicatie Volkswagen. De creatieve ontwikkeling van de eerste campagnefase van de Golf VII was voor de productie een spannende uitdaging en lag in handen van DDB Tribal Berlin. Voor de uitvoering waren behalve blowUP media ook het bureau Mediacom en het gespecialiseerde bureau Magic Poster verantwoordelijk. Katrin A. Robertson, Group Managing Director van blowUP media: "Voor het oplossen van deze opgave was meer nodig dan alleen onze expertise op het gebied van giant posters. Voor de speciale techniek en complexe integratie van interactieve elementen hebben we alles uit de kast gehaald. Maar het was de moeite waard. We zijn ervan overtuigd dat de combinatie van traditioneel postermedium en digitale techniek op deze centrale locatie in Berlijn een bijzondere, blijvende aandacht voor de nieuwe Golf kan genereren." Het combineren van digitale en traditionele reclameconcepten en de samenwerking met andere media maakt duidelijk: het bedrijf blowUP media, dat deel uitmaakt van de Stöer Groep, is de nummer één op het gebied van interactieve oplossingen.

Skyscreens

Suzhou Skyscreen, China
kijk op; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5cfIwnIB80&feature=share&list=ULC5cfIwnIB80
Las vegas - casino walk

Carbon Nanotubes Used to Build TFT for Flexible Displays.

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Nanotechnology has become a base technology in the development of new types of flexible displays. Japanese researchers from School of Engineering, Nagoya University, and researchers of Bando Chemical Industries Ltd have build carbon nanotube (CNT)-based Thin-Film Transistors(TFT) for flexible displays with 112cm2/Vs carrier mobility. Printing in relief is due to technology called flexographic printing which uses a rubber plate or a flexible plate made of photo-curing resin. Using the property of photo-curing and the porous surface of the roll the researchers apply water-based ink to the plate. The precision is lower, but compared with screen printing and ink-jet printing this technology has a much higher precision. The advantages using CNT-TFT includes a high throughput, manufacturing process can be done under normal temperature and pressure, low cost and compatibility with roll-to-roll methods

Volvo takes DOOH out for a spin.

Scandinavian carmaker Volvo drove down the digital out-of-home route for a campaign to help launch its new Volvo V40 earlier this year. The campaign included interactive digital signage screens that allowed consumers to personalize their own V40 model and then see their creations showcased on screens at rail stations across the U.K., according to U.K.-based digital production company Grand Visual. The interactive element ran on JCDecaux touchscreen six-sheets and engaged participants by having them design an indivdulaized V40. Users were able to select the color, alloys, interior and driving mode before the screen revealed their personalized V40 model along with a personality profile based on their choices. The final screen prompted users to enter an email address for the chance to win "the perfect test drive in Sweden," Grand Visual said on its wesbite. Completed entries from the interactive six-sheets are then debuted on JCDecaux's D6 rail network where participants can see their name alongside their individually designed V40 car. The "Individuality" concept was created by EHS4D and produced by Grand Visual with dynamic content delivery via OpenLoop.

Sharp's IGZO low-power, high-res display technology

Bron; www.engadget.com Alongside the slew of 90-inch TVs, Sharp also used this year's IFA to show off something a little less glamorous. Its IGZO technology (that's indium gallium zinc oxide, kids) was developed in conjunction with the Semiconductor Energy Laboratory. According to Sharp, the displays "have a significantly higher translucency [compared to traditional LCD TFT displays]. This improvement means that smaller or fewer LEDs are needed for the backlighting." The result is less power consumption for high-res displays and higher sensitivity on touchscreens, with far less noise to contend with. The company plans to create three panel sizes to start: 10-inch (2560 x 1600), seven-inch (1280 x 800) and 32-inch (3840 x 2160). Sharp was also demoing a prototype seven-inch tablet (which you can see in the gallery below) alongside the displays. The representative we spoke with wouldn't reveal anything about specific products the company plans to produce using the technology, but did tell us that we can expect to see some IGZO products in 2013.

NEC delivers best of two worlds.

NEC Display Solutions Europe has announced the launch of the NEC SpectraView® 552, the first member of the highly acclaimed SpectraView® Series to provide creative professionals with life-size colour accurate images. The SpectraView® 552 is a high-end 55-inch LCD monitor that supports applications requiring accurate colour reproduction with an unparalleled feature set, a 10-bit look-up-table supporting the dsRGB colour space and is completed by an abundance of interfaces. Demanding professionals in the creative design, textile, virtual imaging or real-time modelling market segments will be delighted with the SpectraView® 552, as the image can offer 1:1 sizing for textile garments, digital posters and virtual modelling or digital prototypes, with full colour confidence. With a native resolution of 1920x1080, the display comes ready configured for dsRGB, which means instant colour accuracy with content created to the dsRGB standard (necessary dsRGB ICC profile is available from the NEC website). Furthermore, with a contrast ratio of 4000:1 and a brightness of 400cd (maximum brightness 700) cd/m2, this display is ready to live up to even the most colour sensitive eye. One of the unique features is the ability to hardware colour calibrate with its internal 10-bit Lookup Table (LUT). Accessed via DVI-D or DisplayPort Availability and warranty The NEC SpectraView® 552 is expected to be available in September 2012. Each unit includes a power cord, VGA, DVI-D and DisplayPort cable and user manual on CD-ROM. The SpectraView® Profiler PD software is also provided on CD-ROM. NEC Display Solutions Europe offers a three-year pan-European service warranty including the backlight.

The largest multi-touch wall.

Bron; www.inavateonthenet.net
The largest multitouch interactive wall in the world has been installed in an office in central London, according to developer Engage Production. The videowall - measuring 9.9m x 2.1m and formed from 24x 55" MultiTouch MultiTaction Cell displays - crowns a new business communications facility which also boasts a projection powered 'business sphere' and two Samsung SUR40 multitouch tables. This huge display, that measures three metres high including the base, is able to function as one unit whilst interacting with tablet devices. The ‘Executive Brand Suite’ also houses ‘business sphere’ that projects content, controlled by a presenter via a tablet, on to a curved surface. Engage created the solution using edge-blending server software and three HD projectors. Engage also supplied and integegrated technical equipment for three distinct working areas, which include two Samsung SUR40 multitouch tables, utilising MicroSoft PixelSense, which is the new brand name for Surface. The company also provided the infrastructure, lighting control, DMX, uninterruptable power supplies, CMS server, show controller, and components necessary for integration. Engage retains an ongoing relationship with this client, with on-site support services and plans in place for upgrades and additions to the business suite in 2013.

Samsung 1:1 Square LCD.

Samsung had showcase its 21.6-inch square LCD with LED backlight during the IFA 2012. The direct LED backlight consumes 30% less power than regular LCDs, which I assume are those dinosaurs with CCFL backlights. These 1:1 21.6-inch square LCDs sport a 5.5-mm (0.22-in) bezel-to-bezel thickness and are designed to be connected to one another.

HP Spectre pop-up store @ Leidseplein, Amsterdam.

HP heeft de kleinste pop-up store van Nederland geopend in de abri op het Leidseplein. HP en exploitant JCDecaux hebben de drukke tramhalte ingericht als winkel die geheel gewijd is aan de nieuwste ultrabook van HP, de Spectre.

Old World Meets Digital at Burberry’s Regent Street Flagship.

The storied British apparel brand Burberry has opened a new flagship store in London that puts digital front and center in a blend of old world wool and leather meets cool digital.
There is a very BIG 22-ft wall that visually dominates the space and, nicely, is designed to not only be the Wow Factor element but serve as a backdrop for live events.
There are smaller displays associated with featured apparel displays, and interactive stations – so you drop a handbag down, an RFID reader IDs that piece of kit, and triggers associated media files. There are also apparently tons of interactive mirrors. I like the showmanship of the digital takeover thing where all the displays sync up, though I think this video is pretty heavily cooked in AfterEffects or something and I am not sure that’s what actually goes on.

The store apparently wired up like crazy and has 500 speakers and a hidden stage for small concerts and fashion shows.

Drive Productions 4D maps the Humboldt-Box in Berlin for Airbus project.

Creative production agency Drive has transformed Berlin landmark the Humboldt-Box into a vision of air travel in 2050 and beyond with the use of 4D projection mapping.
The show, which launches the Future by Airbus Smarter Skies campaign illustrates how smarter aircraft operations could cut travel times, reduce emissions and lead to fewer delays.

PR company Good Relations brought Drive in to bring the Smarter Skies campaign to life and demonstrate the benefits of smarter flight in the future.
Since its opening in 2011 the Humboldt Box has never been used for a projection. The entire façade of the building was covered in a bespoke screen, which was tested in Drive’s d3 lab, enabling the entire project to be sequenced and visualised as if on location.

The screen was designed to optimise the projection while also allowing the content to interact with the highly distinctive architectural features.

Using 4D projection mapping technology the story begins with a single paper aeroplane launched from the balcony of the Humboldt-Box.
A maze of 3D blocks depicts the barriers and obstacles created by current national air space boundaries, before a map of the world scattered with pin points and bright pulsing lines of light highlight the world’s busiest routes.
The show then takes passengers forward in time to 2050 to demonstrate a world of flight where obstacles are removed, passenger travelling times are shortened, and where fuel use and emissions are reduced. The show closes with a fleet of Airbus concept planes flying in formation.

Accompanied by an exclusive soundtrack created for the projection, Drive Productions stacked pairs of Barco HD20 digital projectors, placed 60m from the face of the building to create a 30m x 30m projection.

Flow, interactive art by erin Ko.

People send text messages.
Messages appear in the FLOW.
FLOW is the real time visualization of a collective consciousness.
FLOW is a collaboration; our shared thoughts in a specific place and time manifested.

For a video please go to -->  Vimeo.

More info; erin ko studios

Nieuwe HMD - Sony HMZ-T2 3D display

Bron; www.engadget.com
Sony rolled out its first head-mounted 3D visor last fall, and announced the HMZ-T2 followup recently at IFA 2012. Now in Japan it has revealed few more details about the changes it's made this time around as well as a release date and pricing. Scheduled to hit shelves on October 13th, the HMZ-T2 features all the upgrades we'd heard about: lighter total weight, redesigned head strap for improved comfort, ear buds instead of headphones plus 24p cinema support and a "Clear" panel drive mode for fast moving content. While we still don't have a US price the Japanese damage is 70,000 yen ($894), a 10,000 yen ($127) boost over last year's model which cost $799 in the US. Sony Japan has also put together an "Institute for Immersive Pleasure" Facebook page , and plans to show it off again at the Tokyo Game Show.

Massive Digital Signage Video Wall.

The Alexandria Center for Life Science is a 330,000 square-foot state-of-the-art research facility located at East 29th Street near First Avenue in New York City. The New York facility includes pre-built lab space and a conference centers and is one of seven US-based life science center built by Alexandria Real Estate Equities, a large REIT focused on real estate for the life science industry. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has built facilities in Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. The opening of the New York facility provides the city with its first world-class commercial laboratory space located near renowned academic and medical institutions that include Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYU School of Medicine, and Rockefeller University. The goal of The Alexandria Center for Life Science is to speed the development of promising new life science discoveries “from bench to bedside.” The Center is home to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that include Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pfizer, Amgen, Celgene, and Genentech.

The Alexandria Center for Life Science's lobby entrance includes a 50 foot-wide by 5 foot-high digital signage video wall made up of 34 seamless LCD panels. The video wall concept and content was created by Niles Creative Group, a full-service entertainment and production company based in New York, with installation by AG Light & Sound. Niles Creative Group also created the ground-breaking visual display for the Comcast Experience in Philadelphia. The Alexandria Center's screen content is comprised of abstract, artisticly stylized representations of life science elements. The actual marble wall surrounding the digital signage wall was duplicated for the screen, so that when the display goes into a passive-mode it blends naturally into its surrounding environment. The video wall's content is powered by Dataton's Watchout software, a multi-display, timeline-based content management software, with servers supplied by Show Sage, and show control performed by Medialon.

Read more about digital signage video walls on ScreenMedia Daily

Oslo Central Rail Station.

The largest optically enhanced LCD video wall in Europe has been installed by GDS in Oslo Central Station, the most crowded railway station in Norway.
The new G-Wall installed in Oslo covers an area of nearly 60 square meters, and is made of 100 pieces of 46” LCD TFT bonded displays operating as one single unit. The narrow bezel between the screens provides a seamless view from a long distance and fast reading without interruptions.

The new digital information board allows Jernbaneverket (JBV) to adapt the content to changing circumstances very easily.

“The performances of the video wall installed in September 2011 in National Theatre railway station in Oslo (25 pieces of 46” LCDs) proved that G-Wall has been a very good choice and that’s why we decided to proceed with GDS as a partner for this challenging installation,” said Geir Hagen, engineering manager telecom at JBV.

JBV asked to GDS to deliver a solution that would enable passengers to have clear, complete information and to maintain its quality for many years considering the constraints of such a large format.

On the technical side, the G-Bond lamination process applied to the video wall screens gives the content high contrast and readability in high ambient light areas. The bonding technology improves the safety of the system by reinforcing the frontal surface of the glass and by keeping the pieces together in case of accidental breaks.

The mechanical frame and the bracket system have been designed to allow flexible and modular installations and provide easy access for service and maintenance.

The thermal management of the video wall has been designed to overcome the challenges of such a large system and avoid aging due to possible “railway dust” accumulation.


A 3D visualisation of JCDecaux's proposed tender for Oslo Central Rail Station.

Graffiti With Water-Sensitive LEDs.

French artist Antonin Fourneau has tinkered his way to creating a unique piece of art that encourages public participation with an unusual medium. His Water Light Graffiti project is a wall of LED lights that illuminate when exposed to moisture, allowing people to create visuals with water guns, spray mist and even body moisture.



Working from the Parisian Digitalarti lab, Fourneau unveiled his project to the public in the French city of Poitiers where the public and local art collectives gathered July 22nd to 24th for demonstrations and some fun

Sharp introduceert ’s werelds grootste LED TV

Met de introductie van de 3D 90-inch AQUOS LED TV breidt Sharp haar reeks televisies met grote schermen verder uit. Deze 90-inch AQUOS is met een hoogte van 1,20 meter en een breedte van meer dan 2 meter de grootste LED TV ter wereld.
Het gewicht bedraagt slechts 64 kilogram (zonder de voet) en het toestel is minder dan 12 centimeter diep, waardoor het eenvoudig aan de muur kan worden bevestigd. Dankzij de Direct LED-achtergrondverlichting heeft het toestel een Europese energielabel A+ gekregen.

Het AQUOS NET+ platform maakt verder directe toegang mogelijk tot apps, zoals YouTube, Twitter en de mediabibliotheken van televisiezenders. Deze televisie beschikt tevens over een ingebouwde triple HD-tuner (DVB-T/DVB-C/DVB-S2) en een mediaspeler waarmee bekende foto-, video- en muziekbestanden eenvoudig vanaf een USB-stick of rechtstreeks via een thuisnetwerk kunnen worden weergegeven.
De 90-inch (229 cm) AQUOS LED-TV is vanaf de zomer van 2013 verkrijgbaar op de Benelux-markt.

CBS Outdoor met Augmented Reality.

De komende vier weken zal CBS Outdoor als eerste buitenreclame-exploitant al haar straatabri’s, stationsabri’s en stationsspreads voorzien van Augmented Reality. Adverteerders die in deze weken een campagne hebben geboekt, krijgen vrijblijvend de kans om kennis te maken met deze nieuwe toepassing, waarbij een reclame-uiting tot leven komt in de virtuele wereld op de smartphone of tablet en zorgt voor een optimale merkbeleving.

In de eerste week van september zijn de campagnes voorzien van Aurasma, met wereldwijd al miljoenen gebruikers. Hiervoor is CBS Outdoor een exclusieve samenwerking aangegaan met Dutch Rose Media. Ruim driekwart van de campagnes bij CBS Outdoor zijn deze week verrijkt met Aurasma

Bron; www.sign.nl


Aurasma Lite
Door de app ‘Aurasma Lite’ te downloaden en te gebruiken op de smartphone of tablet komt een reclame-uiting tot leven. “De mogelijkheden van Augmented Reality en buitenreclame zijn eindeloos en is het begin van ‘the internet of things’, waarbij internet los komt van de computer en onderdeel wordt van de wereld om ons heen. Je kan video’s en plaatjes toevoegen aan je poster, je kan gebruik maken van de locatie waar mensen staan en je kan zelfs gebruik maken van de identiteit van mensen en de actualiteit”, aldus Natasja Paulssen, Creative Director van Dutch Rose Media.

Grote verwachtingen
CBS Outdoor heeft veel positieve reacties van klanten ontvangen en verwacht dat deze nieuwe technologie in de toekomst groots gaat uitpakken. Vooral omdat CBS Outdoor exclusieve contracten heeft met ‘wachttijd’ locaties als de NS en Schiphol; ideale locaties om maximaal gebruik te maken van deze technologie.

Tennessee Titans Debut World’s Largest End Zone Video Screens.

Everything’s still bigger in Texas when it comes to NFL video boards, but Tennessee Titans owners believe their new setup, installed summer of 2012 by ANC Sports, will be at least as impressive - if not even more so - than the record-setting scoreboard at Cowboys Stadium.

The new video boards - one in each end zone - stand 157 feet wide and 54 feet high, just under the Cowboys’ boards that measure 160 feet wide by 72 high. Each display will feature 8,478 square feet of LED signage, becoming the largest end zone video screens in the world. The boards feature ANC’s VisionSOFT operating system, which translates to uncompressed content.

The video boards feature 16-millimeter surface mount pixel display to offer the sharpest display possible close to a 1080p picture. The technology has been available for about five years and used at indoor arenas and stadiums and only now is being introduced to outdoor stadiums. They are the first 16mm SMD LED displays in the NFL and provide Titans fans with pure pixel-to-pixel high-definition visuals.

Angry Birds Battle on 138-inch Planar Video Wall.

Popular smartphone game becomes larger-than-life on a 46-inch 3x3 Planar Clarity Matrix Video Wall with Touch.
We’ve seen a lot of wacky and fun uses of digital signage over the years, but this one may top them all.

MODE Systems and Mind Over Data in Memphis, Tenn., have created what they tout as the largest Angry Birds game.

The game can be played on a 46-inch 3x3 Planar Clarity Matrix Video Wall with Touch, which creates an impressive 138-inch diagonal screen.

1:1 ratio LED square display.

Samsung Electronics has announced a 1:1 ratio LED square display and a transparent display, which will both be showcased at the IFA event in Berlin, 31 August – 5 September.


The 1:1 aspect ratio unit is a direct LED-lit LCD panel, with a 5.5mm bezel-to-bezel measurement and the capability to daisychain up to 100 units together to make a single image. The company is aiming the 21.6” square display at commercial markets for digital signage and video wall applications. The company also suggests that the units could be arranged into 3D configurations such as cubes or steps, although there are no details as yet on the mounting or bracket requirements for such ideas.

BrightSign expands European footprint.

The Eybl Word Store Vösendorf is modelled on the ‘bird’s nest’ Olympic Stadium in Beijing

Digital signage specialist BrightSign is expanding its European market share, with a recent major contract win seeing it modernise the flagship store of a major Austrian sports retailer.

Intersport Eybl is the biggest sports retailer in Austria, boasting 14 store and 10 megastores across the country. Employing 1400 staff and enjoying 1.7m customers in its loyalty programme, the firm covers a wide range of sports under its slogan ‘Lebe deinen Sport. (Live your sport).

The firm opened its 14,000sq m Eybl Word Store Vösendorf, located just outside Vienna, opened in January this year with the aim of becoming one of the most modern sports gear stores in the world. The store itself is modelled on the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, featuring the unmistakable next-shaped façade made of 30cm wide, 10mm thick anodised aluminium profiles.

BrightSign’s contribution to the new store came in the shape of 28 digital media players, which made up four video walls. Each screen is controlled by BrightSign HD210 digital display controllers and play full HD content, with individual displays in each wall synchronised via BrightSign’s ethernet connection.

The firm says the HD210 network looping model offers a ‘robust’ media-handling platform for video and image playback, with full HD 1080p video playback, looping media and playlist creation and publishing through the included BrightAuthor software. While the screens support video, images and text, the networking capability enables live text, Twitter feeds, networked databases and RSS content feeds.

The growth of digital signage has continued in recent times and this is further evidence how companies are looking to the technology as a way of adding new dimensions to their own business.

Telepresence Robot.

Double Robotics has announced that they will begin shipping a telepresence robot called Double in December 2012 for a pre-order price of only $1.999,00 The display, camera and audio functions of the Double at either end of the telepresence link are provided by two Apple iPads (must be purchased separately). While similar devices have been exhibited previously, the Double breaks new ground with its pricing. At a price of about $2k, plus the price of 2 iPads, this telepresence system should allow the market to decide whether telepresence has its place in home, business or commercial settings. So far, it looks as if the market may be ready to take the plunge as the first production run of the Double has sold out.

As illustrated below, the Double telepresence system mates an iPad with a pair of wheels and a variable height column in a Segway-like device. The wheeled section is equipped with a pair of retractable kick stands to provide for a more stable platform when at rest.

Coca-Cola And Telstra Roll Out 3,000 Digital Signs In Australia.

Telstra, the big Aussie telecoms company, has done a deal with Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA), the beverage company’s bottler down under, to put some 3,000 digital sign units in bars and restaurants to drive purchases, using the carrot of free WiFi.

Buying a Coca-Cola product gets customers a code they can use to connect through to Telstra’s Next G network. The service also has targeted messaging and enables access to the bottlers online portal for unique content and offers.

CCA had already been using Telstra’s machine-to-machine technology to monitor the state and supplies of vending machines..

Telstra says a “limited number of units have already been deployed and have been responsible for increased revenues of up to 50 per cent in some instances with the offer of free Wi-Fi acting as a driver to encourage patrons to spend more time in the venue.”