The diary of a Ukrainian schoolgirl is to be promoted in London with a holographic display that uses "8K, Ultra-HD 3D technology". The promotion, which is a partnership between publishing company Bloomsbury, the Disturbed Media Group and Ingage Media, is said to be a publishing-industry first. According to The Bookseller…
Displays
Transparent OLED makes K-pop store a ‘physical metaverse’
A K-pop themed retail store has been compared to "a physical metaverse where real and virtual worlds coexist". That's according to LG Display, which provided 33 transparent OLED panels for the KWANGYA@SEOUL store. LG says the transparent OLED creates a "dreamy atmosphere" in combination with K-pop content from SM Entertainment…
Busy Mike Blackman accepts award as Hypervsn hologram
Mike Blackman, managing director of Integrated System Events, has picked up an award in Barcelona as a 3D hologram. Blackman, who was prebooked to speak at a conference 7,000km away in Oman, appeared using Hypervsn Full Body Live Streaming. The Hypervsn solution is an advance on pre-recorded videos which don't…
Walmart’s Sam Walton returns to work as museum hologram
StoryFile and Proto have teamed up to create a life-sized hologram of Walmart founder Sam Walton that can move and answer people's questions. Walmart’s Heritage Group unveiled the hologram of Walton, who died in 1992, at the Southeastern Museums Conference in Bentonville, Arkansas. When asked what he would tell shoppers…
Europe’s largest indoor LED cube installed in hockey arena
Samsung has supplied Europe's largest indoor LED cube to the Swiss Life Arena in Zurich, Switzerland. The giant LED cube forms part of an upgrade which also includes digital signage, monitors, and software. The arena, which is the home of the ZSC Lions team, now meets National Hockey League (NHL) standards,…
Schools drive record-breaking global sales of IFPDs
Global sales of interactive flat panel displays have enjoyed record growth during 2022, driven by demand from schools. Sales were up 15% year on year in the second quarter, and up 20% in the third quarter of the year, according to research by Futuresource Consulting. Some 700,000 interactive flat panel…
Law firm equipped with 29 touchless communication kiosks
The pandemic has accelerated the democratisation of hybrid work and maintaining social cohesion in that context can be very challenging. Especially in fast-growing companies like Arendt, which has more than 1,000 employees in Luxembourg. The law firm was seeking an interactive solution to create an innovative and casual channel of…
How PRG made LED more eco-friendly for a Coldplay tour
I have worked with PRG (Production Resource Group) and its PRG Projects division for over 30 years and am incredibly proud of what we’ve continued to build – an innovative live events company that turns creative dreams into technical realities. Our team is responsible for ideating and building solutions for…
Giant LED screen is centrepiece of World Cup TV studio
Content provider PLAZAMEDIA has chosen a 33m x 3.5m curved U-shaped Alfalite LED wall for its new hybrid studio in Ismaning near Munich in Germany. The new XR LED studio has been built in good time for viewers at home and in the studio tuning in to catch all the…
Art museum reopens with a ‘bold focus’ on digital displays
Originally opened by the late Queen in 1983, Glasgow’s celebrated Burrell Collection museum was recently reopened by King Charles in one of his first engagements as monarch, following a six-year long, £68m refurbishment. With a bold focus on digital presence and interpretation, LCD screens from Leyard Europe were paramount in…