According to Q-SYS’ VP of Marketing-Americas, Patrick Heyn, the new studio is a trifecta that lowers costs, simplifies production and expands creative possibilities beyond available commercial spaces rented for previous productions.

The Tech Decision for a New Production Studio

“Live webinars became central to our business when in-person events paused during the pandemic. Producing video content at a rented studio space was expensive and required extensive planning and staffing,” Heyn says. “Webinar engagement has exceeded our expectations and with our plans to produce much more video content; we realized if we brought the capabilities in-house we could break even in under two years and gain greater control and accessibility. Now that the studio is up and running, we’re using it even more than expected as it provides even greater value and enables us to develop new marketing content faster and at a lower overall cost.”

Contributing to the rapid success is the use of cutting-edge technologies led by the giant DVLED screen. Per a statement, the credit also goes to the flexibility of the Q-SYS platform; and recognition by employees and partners that the space serves a variety of needs. Previous webinars produced in a rented commercial studio delivered good results and helped attract a more engaged remote audience. However, it required up to 10 people to operate all the cameras, sound, lighting, displays and other components.

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Enhancing the Q-SYS Production Studio with LG

To streamline in-house productions, the team used the Q-SYS platform to control and automate dozens of peripherals and functional routines. This included the huge LG DVLED display. Now, as few as three people, plus on-camera hosts, can operate the entire studio.

“One of the major value props of our platform and ecosystem is its ability to seamlessly integrate with and support many types of technologies to enable experiences. Our new studio stands as a living testament to its power, value and simplicity,”  Heyn remarks.

The perfect complement to the Q-SYS Platform and Ecosystem, he adds, is the 1.5mm pixel pitch LG DVLED display. Its brightness, sharpness and high contrast ratio allows Q-SYS to deliver a crisp, vibrant HD background for every in-house production.

Q-SYS also uses the studio as a tool to host professionally produced virtual events, typically attracting thousands of attendees per event. Furthermore, now that live events have returned and more people are attending trade shows; the team plans to synergize virtual and in-person outreach. They will do so by holding online events before and during each physical event. With this, they aim to maximize engagement and accessibility for dealers, industry pros and end users worldwide.

A Production Studio Built to Last

“We need our training and dealer education sessions to deliver a deeply engaging experience for viewers. And we know that a higher production value can be the key to keeping their attention,” Heyn says. “We use the incredible LG display as a cutting-edge canvas from which to tell our technology story. It lets us complement our spirited hosts with custom visualizations that serve to draw the audience in. All of these pieces working together has resulted in an incredible 96% attendance rate for one-hour webinars as well as a 50% attendance in breakout groups after the main presentation.”

The idea to incorporate a sizeable DVLED display directly on the stage came from previous video projects. Still, the Q-SYS team didn’t have direct hands-on experience choosing or installing such a display. LG thus stepped in to help with multiple technicians aiding product selection, on-site installation and integration. Following the inaugural uses of the studio and the videowall; several Q-SYS regional offices expressed interest in incorporating LG DVLED displays.

“While some technologies today seem to be built for planned obsolescence,” adds Dan Baker, business development manager at LG Business Solutions USA, This studio shows that Q-SYS flipped that by creating a remarkable technology space with planned longevity. This is a great example of how content creators and event producers can use our latest DVLED products to increase engagement, information retention and excitement for live presentations and webinars.”

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Brien Woodaman, AV technician and digital signage service manager at UConn, explains that the university began standardizing its digital signage systems in 2016. At the time, each department used its own homegrown solution. This led to inconsistencies in service offerings, scalability, hosting and performance. “There was a lot of confusion, so there was a push to standardize,” he says.

A Standardized System

To address the issues, UConn deployed Carousel 7, Carousel Digital Signage’s on-premise platform, to deliver content in a more streamlined fashion. This provided the standardization the university was seeking. It also addressed the need for a user-friendly UI. “The people interfacing with the digital signage systems weren’t graphic designers or technicians; they were office admins, faculty, or staff from different departments,” Woodaman adds. “We needed something that was simple and easy to use, and that’s why we chose Carousel.”

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The initial Carousel 7 deployment involved 300 media players. Since then, UConn has kept expanding from there through its transition to Carousel Cloud, which began in 2021. Presently, there are approximately 700 displays receiving content from Carousel Cloud across the main campus, as well as six regional locations. Woodaman estimates that by the end of the summer, this number will increase to 800.

The university uses a combination of BrightSign and Apple TV players, as well as the webOS functionality that is built into its LG smart displays. Woodaman explains that UConn also deployed Jamf Now. This is a cloud-based MDM solution that manages all Apple TV devices on campus. Thanks to Carousel’s partnership with Jamf, Woodaman extended these management capabilities to the digital signage system. “I created a sub-group that manages the Apple TVs that are running signage,” he states. “When a new device is purchased, I just add that to the Jamf sub-group and push out the configuration, and it loads right into Carousel Cloud.”

Displaying Content on Carousel Cloud

The content displayed across UConn varies depending on where the signage is situated. For instance, the screens outside of classrooms display scheduling information. Meanwhile, department-specific displays run announcements related to scholarships, internships and different work opportunities. Student groups also have access to some displays so that they may post advertising about upcoming events or even roommate seeking ads.

Carousel Cloud software also provides options to use built-in templates for digital signage or upload pre-made content. Additionally, the Carousel Cloud system integrates with the university’s mass notification system so that in the event of an emergency, the screens immediately switch to displaying alerts.

Intuitive Experience

Furthermore, a portal on UConn’s website manages content created by students. It features a submission form asking users to provide information about file sizes and aspect ratios. It also requires information on buildings where they wish the content to appear and for how long. These completed forms generate tickets in the help desk system. From there, Woodaman’s team reviews these requests to ensure that they follow the university’s style guide. Individual departments that publish and manage their own content use Carousel Cloud’s scheduling feature to distribute messaging.

Woodaman notes that the shift to Carousel Cloud has resulted in a more intuitive, responsive user experience. He points out that updates are issued regularly, enabling users to take advantage of new features. The cloud solution also facilitates administration and management on the fly. “If I’m not in the office at my computer, it’s easy for me to pull out my phone and navigate the mobile version to check on players, update content, and add users,” he reveals. “It makes for a faster experience.”

Cohesive Look

The new shift also makes for more consistent branding. During the transition to Carousel Cloud, Woodaman worked with Carousel’s creative services team to develop three standard channel options with templates that incorporate the visual elements associated with the UConn brand. “Previously, it was kind of a free-for-all when it came to how people wanted their channels to look,” he said.

Even though different departments need to distribute their own messaging, there was a need for some visual consistency. Woodaman adds, “We wanted to make sure that it was more cohesive, and that you still knew that you were at UConn when looking at the displays. The channel templates are super helpful in keeping everything consistent, and people who don’t have graphic design skills can easily create content and publish it.”

Looking Ahead

Looking forward, Woodaman says UConn is considering the deployment of outdoor signage for wayfinding, as well as at bus stops to display schedules. “We’re planning for steady growth as more and more people on campus use the system,” he says. In addition to everyday, informative signage, there are opportunities to take it further using video walls and marquee wrap displays. “We have a few fun projects that we’re currently conceptualizing.”

UConn’s AV services group is now part of the university’s IT department, which facilitates rollouts such as these, Woodaman explains. “Because we all work under the same umbrella, it’s easier to gain access to IT resources and to collaborate with the server group and the security team,” he remarks. And, once again, moving to the cloud has increased efficiency. “With Carousel Cloud, once it’s set up and the initial paths are created, there’s virtually no ongoing maintenance thanks to its IT-friendly operation. Everything is seamless.”

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The FusionMAX 21:9 Pro LED and PanoLCD series displays feature an ultra-wide, 105″ diagonal view and are a key component in the enhanced Microsoft Teams Rooms Front Row experience for next-generation videoconferencing. Combining the displays with the proper seating and camera placement results in an experience that places both in-room and remote meeting participants face-to-face, life-sized, and at eye level.

“This is as close as you can get to being in the same room with a colleague who’s sitting halfway around the world,” says Shay Giuili, CEO and founder of Primeview Global. “Team members in different offices can interact just as they would in person.”

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Primeview’s FusionMAX 21:9 and PanoLCD Videowall Bundles

The company is launching the new initiative with two display series: The FusionMAX 21:9 Pro LED models are the newest entries in the line-up of all-in-one LED videowall bundles. It features easily deployable panels and are available in 1.2mm and 1.5mm pixel pitch LED for up-close viewing in office settings.

The new PanoLCD 21:9 display, offers a cost-effective way to upgrade executive videoconferences by placing online participants on a 105″ display at the same height, size, and level as their in-person counterparts, just as they would appear at in-person meetings around a conference table.

“Adapting with the speed of technology, PanoLCD and FusionMAX 21:9 cover a range of popular applications for enterprise and education using Teams,” says Yossef Jackson, CTO of Primeview Global. “With intelligent engineering, we can now capture the in-person or remote user in ways never imagined. These displays bring application versatility to suit a wide variety of needs.”

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The installation rivaled the natural splendor of San Diego, with its panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and Coronado Island. The 150-panel, 20 x 17 feet dvLED videowall sits in the lobby of the 655 W. Broadway commerce building. It leverages a 2.5mm pixel pitch to showcase impressive, high-definition natural scenes and artistic visualizations.

Per a statement, Avison Young’s 23-floor building at 655 W. Broadway represents the best of downtown San Diego commerce. Along its west side, the building reflects the constant fluidity of San Diego’s bay area. Whereas, its eastside engages with the city’s downtown grid. Meanwhile, a mostly transparent glass exterior invites pedestrians to see and explore further.

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Addressing The Challenge

The main challenge was transforming the lobby from a standard entryway into a powerful, emotionally resonant centerpiece that made people stop and take a second look. Thus, the company brought in M1 Interactive to design and install a vibrant videowall. It also needed to be consistent with the building’s state-of-the-art technology. For this project, the Sharp/NEC dvLED technology was indeed a clear choice for the Avison Young building.

“The dvLED wall drives home the message that this is a state-of-the-art building with amenities and capabilities that won’t be found anywhere else,” says Brian Dressel, president of M1 Interactive. “Sharp/NEC delivered commercial-grade products that fit the needs of our project with great reliability and stellar customer support.”

Providing a scalable, seamless, crystal-clear solution that could accurately render brilliant colors and last for decades, Sharp/NEC’s FA025i2 indoor dvLED modules are thin and lightweight, which allows for installation in difficult-to-access areas. M1 Interactive designed and installed the dvLED videowall with the assistance of general contractor, Gilliland Construction Management.

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The Tech Decision

Even before global corporate culture shifted to remote work in early 2020, The Beach Company had determined that its new headquarters would leverage the latest commercial AV technologies to improve communications, support modern collaboration and present a forward-thinking atmosphere to visitors and staff.

The Beach Company conducts a lot of meetings, partner visits and virtual collaborations, so they contracted local technology integrator experts The Office People to design and install a network of displays for virtual collaboration with plug-and-play simplicity, bring your own device (BYOD) convenience and future-readiness.

The Solution

According to Jeff Hazelwood, The Beach Company’s manager of technology and information security, the finished space makes an important state-of-the-art statement to visitors, presenting a vision that matches the city’s beauty.

“We designed our AV experience at The Jasper with several goals in mind,” Hazelwood says. “It needed to be easy-to-use, with a familiar user experience from room-to-room, in addition to being future proof. Plus, we really went for the ‘wow’ factor. Thanks to the experts at The Office People, we have created a display on the inside that is as equally stunning as the views of beautiful Charleston just outside our windows.”

The full installation included a 130-inch all-in-one direct-view LED (DVLED) display, a 98-inch 4K LCD display, a 3×3 paneled LCD video wall composed of nine 55-inch 4K screens, multiple 65-inch conference room displays and a 65-inch OLED wallpaper display that is a mere 3.85mm thick, all from LG.

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With the building sitting about a block from the Ashley River and the office occupying the fifth and sixth floors, The Beach Company’s largest digital display is actually so vibrant and bright that it is clearly visible from boats passing by.

“The Jasper is one of the largest buildings in Charleston, and The Beach Company is very well known, so this is a landmark of sorts for the city,” says Sean Mummert, CEO of The Office People. “If you’re in the harbor, you can actually see the 130-inch all-in-one DVLED display from a boat, and we know that because people have commented to Jeff [Hazelwood] about it. We see DVLED as the only technology that can reliably overpower the full sunlight this room receives throughout the day, and still perform flawlessly for decades.”

Each conference and meeting room in the HQ building is named for a past development project, and any time the displays aren’t being used, they function as digital signage and run content highlighting that project.

While the majority of the meeting rooms host a 65-inch 4K display, the 130-inch DVLED and the 3×3 video wall present much larger digital canvases. These oversized displays have proven excellent tools to enable social distancing, with both rooms sometimes being used to include more people in a single meeting.

The system’s full design offers major benefits, as every digital display is connected through an AV over IP solution with a Barco wireless collaboration system that enables network-wide content distribution and automated digital signage functions.

The system design also enables a true plug-and-play BYOD atmosphere, so no matter who is running a meeting, what brand their personal devices are or what collaboration platform they use, they can connect simply and quickly in any room without instruction or assistance.

In addition to the displays, The Office People also installed new high-end pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras, microphones, speakers, tabletop tablets and a room scheduling/reservation system that uses the 365 Outlook platform.

The Impact

“Each display in The Beach Company’s new headquarters is stunning in its own right, but it’s very hard to imagine a visitor today who won’t be blown away by the LG OLED wallpaper in the CEO’s office,” Mummert says.

“LG calls it ‘wallpaper’ because that’s really the best way to describe it; at less than 4mm thick, it basically becomes one with the wall.  When you’re hosting other CEOs and business leaders, that is a statement of professionalism and forward thinking that a basic TV from a big box store could never provide.”

The Office People’s Director of Technology Joshua Gale also noted that the space is saturated with digital screens, providing the company an excellent messaging platform for any internal communications they may have.

“There is virtually no space in the new HQ that lacks a top-quality digital display, making the digital signage application a crucial tool to maximize the network’s value and share news and updates with employees,” Gale says.

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That now includes collaboration display firm Avocor with the release of the AVW-6555 Windows collaboration display certified for Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Azure IoT. The display feaures an advanced interactive display and IoT sensor technology to provide analysis of meeting space utilization and enhance collaboration.

According to Avocor, the display is the first Windows collaboration display certified for Teams.

The display will be available globally in the third quarter for $6,999.

Users need only connect a computer with Teams installed via a Type-C single cable solution to enjoy video and audio conferencing on the display. Users can also control the integrated camera and far-field mic array and charge their laptop via a hardwired Ethernet connection.

Using a laptop unlocks the bring-your-own-meeting feature and allows third-party videoconferencing and collaboration apps like Zoom, Google Meet, GoToMeeting, Slack and others to be used on the display.

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Users can also use Microsoft Teams Rooms solutions like the Logitech Tap or Lenovo Hub 500.

According to Avocor, the touch display is more precise than many other interactive displays. A fine-tipped stylus and eraser are also included for more accuracy. That precision is down to the pixel thanks to the display’s native 4K resolution optically bonded glass-surface display.

Customers can also make use of the display’s built-in IoT sensors via Avocor’s Aquarius Workplace Intelligence, the company’s Azure-based subscription service that can help enterprises manage and utilize collected data to plan future room investments. It pulls data from Avocor’s displays and Microsoft 365 meeting data to give customers insights into meeting room utilization that can help inform decisions on room hardware and ROI.

In a statement, Avocor CEO Scott Hix said both companies share a goal of providing technology to customers to help them be productive from wherever they are working.

“As Microsoft Teams is well-established and continues rapid adoption, we’re seeing a market demand for collaboration technology that can support it,” Hix said. “Being certified as a Teams device means that we’re enabling seamless communication from a device standpoint, by developing simple and easy-to-set-up solutions that reduce time spent on troubleshooting. From a collaboration standpoint, Avocor is accelerating teamwork and bringing teams together to get more done in the Microsoft ecosystem they already know and use.”

This story originally appeared on our sister website Commercial Integrator. 

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The Tech Decision

The design of the school reflects its overall commitment to collaborative learning.

When a student walks into the main building of the downtown campus, the Dr. Phillip’s Academic Commons (DPAC), they’re greeted by several 55-inch Sony BRAVIA 4K HDR professional displays – one in each of the breakout rooms.

Students using these spaces can plug into the displays via an HDMI pass-through and share content with the rest of their study group as they work.

Over 120 Sony BRAVIA displays are installed within the four UCF buildings in downtown Orlando for signage, study rooms, conference rooms, and classrooms.

A short time after installation, UCF brought a use-case desire to modify the way the display’s sleep mode and screensaver operates to Sony’s attention.

What the school wanted was a display that was plug and play. In other words, they wanted the display to automatically detect when an HDMI input signal was detected and “wake up” from Sleep or Screen-saver mode, and automatically switch to the active HDMI input.

Likewise, the display would automatically power down or revert to running a customized screensaver when the HDMI signal was disconnected, until another device plugged into its HDMI interface and woke it up again.

Sony presented two options. The displays could be set to Wake on Signal and run in “Pro Mode”, which would automatically wake the display when it detected a signal on its HDMI. Or, they could use the BRAVIA Meeting Free, which is an embedded app that is also enabled within the Pro Settings menu of the display.

The BRAVIA Meeting Free app allows the user to customize the home screen and provides the ability to have an active Standby screen when the display is not in use.

While the above two options met UCF’s use-case, they wanted to take the functionality one step further.

In order to promote events at the school, and for a better overall look in the building’s interior, UCF wanted to run school informational and promotional slides as the Standby screen while displays were inactive.

The Solution

To accomplish this, Sony’s engineers created a simple HTML application that installs images or videos that replace the default BRAVIA Meeting Free Standby screen image.

Within UCF’s downtown campus, there are 22 55-inch BRAVIA 4K Professional displays (FW-55BZ35F) and 20 65-inch BRAVIA 4K Professional displays (FW-65BZ35F) for digital signage as well as in group meeting rooms.

Additional displays in multi-screen active learning classrooms provide added visibility for teaching materials. Sony’s 75-inch and 85-inch BRAVIA 4K Professional displays are also used in UCF conference rooms in conjunction with a Crestron Mercury system.

This solution met UCF’s desired use-case and they chose to deploy the BRAVIA Meeting Free application across all of the displays in the DPAC.

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The ease of students sharing their work and the ability to have dynamic visuals running while the displays were inactive was exactly the vision UCF desired for the area.

According to Merritt, two key tenants of the school’s modern downtown campus are to discover new ways of doing business as well as new designs for multimedia.

“We’re always looking for new ways to support the activities that our faculty and students want to do,” he says.

“One of the things I’m looking forward to is seeing how a dynamic display impacts the ideas that our students come up with on how to use these things in the first place. I think we as technology people often make assumptions about how non-tech people are going to use devices and systems that we’ve put into place.

“A lot of times we see them using them in ways we didn’t anticipate. I’m very excited to see what people will do with these systems once they look like living, active displays, instead of just the big black monoliths that were hanging on the walls. I’m looking forward to being surprised,” he says.

The Impact

The current slides running when the displays are inactive, Pritchett calls “proof of concept,” but he foresees including information for students on where to get help, how to schedule the breakout rooms, and videos that highlight services available to students on the new campus.

Because the displays are very easy to use and all the inputs are within reach, there’s much less worry about them being broken. Students plug in their laptop to the HDMI that automatically selects the source and it shows their laptop on the TV.

This eliminates the need for the IR remote control, which would potentially get lost and require a call for support.

UCF also took advantage of BRAVIA’s Power Scheduler enabling the displays to be turned off at night, and on in the morning, which conserves energy and extends the life of the units. It also saves on time since no one must physically go to each display to turn them on and off.

“The BRAVIA Meeting Free app really automates the support and usage of these displays to a much greater degree than just using the screen saver app,” said Merritt.

UCF has standardized on Sony displays and projectors for nearly all the school’s multimedia projects.

“Before we started using the BRAVIA Meeting Free application these displays were just black screens in these spaces,” says Don Merritt, Director, Office of Instructional Resources, UCF.

“With DPAC’s glass walls, they were visible from the outside. The ‘big black rectangle’ hanging on the wall didn’t present an interesting look as you walk into the impressive lobby of DPAC.

“We’ve used other manufacturers in other spaces, but this is the first time we found a way to improve the visual engagement with the displays when they weren’t being used.”

Merritt reports they’ve seen students taking study breaks now in these rooms, connecting their Nintendo Switch consoles and playing games.

“Previously, some of the displays would show the status, like HDMI-2, on the screen, and it just didn’t look good,” said Scott Pritchett, Manager of Multimedia Services, UCF.

“Now, as soon as I enter in the morning, the active screens really enhance the overall look of the building.”

Merritt and Pritchett say they’ve received a good deal of positive feedback on how the BRAVIA displays add to the attractiveness of the lobby area.

The support the school’s received from Sony has been noteworthy, said Merritt.

“We’re trying something new and interesting with our displays in what’s a new and interesting downtown campus. We all appreciated how willing Sony’s BRAVIA Professional Display group was to work with us all along the way. They’ve shown us new ways of using the displays that are even more beneficial than we first thought – and with no additional hardware, just the displays themselves.”

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The Tech Decision

In order to entertain an influx of visitors, Sheremetyevo recently undertook an enormous modernization project that involved the demolition of the airport’s original Terminal 1 and the construction of an entirely new transportation hub, Terminal B, in its place.

For the new Terminal B’s digital signage, Sheremetyevo didn’t just want pragmatic options and solutions that would simply provide information. Instead, Terminal B’s digital signage solutions needed to be bold and grab passengers’ attention, provide a taste of Russian culture and complement the terminal’s avant-garde architectural design.

For all the above, Sheremetyevo turned to LG Business Solutions. LG helped Sheremetyevo consolidate and simplify the workflow for Terminal B’s construction.

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“Sheremetyevo Airport wanted to build a brand-new terminal with an innovative digital signage concept in a relatively short period of time. We worked closely with the airport to comprehensively help them address their needs, from pre-sales support to installation and troubleshooting,” says Grigory Astafiev, Key Account Manager, LG Electronics Russia.

LG only had one and a half months to install hundreds of digital signage products, and they were more than ready for the challenge, swiftly installing and troubleshooting each piece of digital signage in time to greet Terminal B’s first passengers.

The Solution

Sheremetyevo Airport required a piece of digital signage that could serve as the focal point within Terminal B as well as a landmark not only for the airport, but for Moscow as well. LG recommended the installation of a massive four-sided direct-view LED signage totem display, strategically placed to be seen by everyone heading up to Sheremetyevo’s departures hall.

Designed in the avant-garde style of early 20th Century Russian constructivists, the new Terminal B features bold architectural stylings with stark colors and sharp angles.

The digital signage within the terminal’s halls needed to be as eye-catching as the structure in which they reside and provide passengers with a unique Russian cultural experience as they wait to depart.

Building on the constructivist design philosophy, Terminal B has two digital art sculptures inspired by the Proun drawings and paintings of El Lissitzky, a Russian avant-garde artist.

Titled “Circle and Cube,” this installation creatively integrates art and cutting-edge technology.

Multiple LED units were set within custom frames to create circular LED screens as well as square LED screens mounted in cube form to offer passengers a uniquely Russian synchronized media experience unlike any other digital signage anywhere else in the world.

By far the largest single piece of digital signage in Terminal B, the LED signage totem rises two stories up from its base and the escalator next to it allows passengers to take in its enormous scale up close.

Made up of LG’s high-brightness LAS series digital signage displays, the LED signage totem stands out from the rest of the terminal’s architecture to display intricate animated clock towers, Russian cultural showcases, and advertisements for travelers approaching in all directions.

The LED signage totem was a demanding challenge to install and set up. A custom frame with an incorporated air-cooling system first had to be constructed.

Each individual LED unit had to bear extremely stringent manufacturing and installation tolerances to ensure that there would be no visible gaps between them to form a seamless four-sided screen that presents passengers with ultrabright high resolution visuals with true colors.

“From the very beginning, Terminal B was designed to be the most technologically innovative transportation hub in Russia.

“We worked closely with LG to implement many interesting new ideas, including, modern advertising technologies and cutting-edge media design,” says Andrey Grushko, Deputy General Manager, Sheremetyevo Advertising Company.

The Impact

Sheremetyevo, impressed by the quality of the LG Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS) already installed in its other terminals, worked closely with LG to make sure that passengers would be within sight of LG digital signage every moment they are in Terminal B.

For those arriving at Terminal B, passengers are guided to the correct baggage carousel by unique, freestanding displays composed of 49-inch webOS signage mounted on top of 86-inch 4K UHD signage displays.

Designed for maximum visibility, the UHD screens display colorful airport information and advertising videos at ultra-high resolution while the webOS signage informs passengers of where to pick up their luggage.

LG’s trademark 88-inch Ultra Stretch displays, playing Russian cultural vignettes, adorn the columns in Terminal B’s baggage claim area. Able to fit on the columns thanks to their unique 32:9 display ratio, the sleek Ultra Stretch displays give Terminal B a visual enhancement.

When departing, passengers are guided to the proper check-in counter by 49-inch webOS signage displays hanging above each ticket agent. Capable of self-playing content without the need to install a media player, webOS signage simplifies operations while also delivering the right information at the right time.

LED advertising screens, offering wide viewing angles and up to 1,000 nits of brightness, mark the path through immigration and duty-free. These displays provided Sheremetyevo with amazing flexibility in deploying digital signage, with advertising screens of all sizes slotting perfectly into where they were needed regardless of space constraints.

LG FIDS are strategically placed throughout Terminal B. Both LED and webOS FIDS are designed for durability and 24/7 operation to make sure that passengers don’t miss their flights.

Especially striking is the 42-square meter FIDS that greets passengers in the departures hall.

Made of multiple bezel-less LED units grouped together, this FIDS’ massive scale allows Sheremetyevo to display a large amount of flight information at once, minimizing the amount of time passengers must wait to see their flight’s status.

“This airport digital signage project was the biggest and most impressive installation of digital signage in the Russian transportation industry. Reliable product quality was very critical.

“For this, LG was the best partner we could have had, thanks to its global reputation as a leader in the digital signage industry,” said Ludmila Ignatova, General Manager, Tegrus (LG system integrator partner).

Despite the extremely short timeframe for installation and troubleshooting, each and every piece of LG digital signage within Terminal B has been operating beautifully from the get-go. LG’s FIDS operated reliably, providing passengers with flight information. Sheremetyevo was more than pleased with the results.

“The equipment we received perfectly meets our needs, and we are very pleased to have worked with LG. Every day, we can see the ‘wow’ factor the LG digital signage displays provide our passengers,” says Kirill Kulikov, Head of IT infrastructure, Sheremetyevo International Airport.

Terminal B’s usage of digital signage as works of art also immediately captured the attention of passengers. The enormous LED signage totem and two “Circle and Cube” installations became talking points and even trended on social media.

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Tech Acute reports more on this new product:

At almost four times the scale of anything else on the market, the Looking Glass 8K Immersive Display stands in at 32-inches. This is substantially larger than all the predecessors of this type of device. It also has a sleek full glass body, making it look even sharper than displays with larger notches.

The display itself is a 60Hz, three-dimensional display with over a billion-count color gamut and 33.2 million pixels. This makes it the largest holographic display on the market with the highest framerate of any previous holographic display.

More features of the Looking Glass Factory 8K immersive display:

• aimed at enterprise market
• multiple users can control it
• VR or AR device-compatible
• plug-and-play functionality
• can be used for three-dimensional presentations such as in medical or architecture settings

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Potential drawback: price

The 50-degree cone of vision makes the screen appear fully holographic, but the company does not claim it is. Looking Glass Factory does claim that it is a great option for enterprise markets and that the field of vision will work in group-viewing scenarios.

Pre-orders for the device are available now. The price is estimated to cost over $6,000.

This article premiered on our sister site, Commercial Integrator.

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Information Evolution

Way back in the olden days, things changed at a slower pace than they do today. Think back, if you’re old enough, to pre-mobile-phone days – you had to make an arrangement with someone to meet at a certain place at a certain time, and then show up before you could make any changes to the plan.

Going back even further, before there were ATMs, people used to physically go into the bank on Friday and withdraw enough money to last them through the weekend.

And even further back, we had to use a big, thick book called the “yellow pages” if we wanted to find a business’s phone number and address (or call information). It was a quieter, less hurried time.

Today we can change arrangements on the fly, use a card or phone to pay for everything with just a tap (Cash? What’s that?), and get detailed information on any venue we want from just about anywhere we happen to be (provided we have signal).

Thanks to digital signage content, life has become much more dynamic and information-rich, and people have become more agile at negotiating information spaces, both online and off.

Static posters, plaques and signs are quickly becoming a thing of the past.

Sure, back in the old days, these gave a sense of permanence and stability, and worked because things didn’t change all that often.

But today, things are constantly on the move – a meeting might change rooms because of higher audience volume than expected (or lower); an organization might embrace hotdesking or other in-house innovations so no one has a permanent office; the university cafeteria needs to show options like vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free meals (not to mention allergy information).

Digital signage content lets you keep up with the changes, making sure that everyone is getting accurate, up-to-the-minute details.

Smarter Venues

Digital signs are often thought of as just electronic bulletin boards, but the technology has evolved to offer venues a full range of communications and space management solutions.

In addition to showing messages and ads on screens, facility mangers can also use a single, centralize system to deliver wayfinding and directories, interactive experiences, event schedules, data visualizations and alert notifications.

Interactive Experiences

You may think wayfinding doesn’t need to be dynamic – buildings are where they are, and rooms don’t change names very often. But putting your maps and directories on touchscreens lets you offer an amazing amount of information to your visitors using just a single kiosk.

Plus, letting people sort by different options like name, department, rooms or events lets them sift through the information in their own way, at their own pace, and personalizes the search for a more consumer-like experience.

You can also leverage the mobile devices people already have with them with your digital signage content. Put a QR code on your wayfinding screen to let them access maps and other info on their phone, or let them enter their phone number to get turn-by-turn directions sent to their mobile.

If you have a large campus, you can integrate shuttle mapping for accurate, up-to-the-moment transport schedules and tracking. Good interactive wayfinding can also free up human receptionists, either replacing them entirely or giving them more time to personalize the help they offer visitors.

Real-Time Data

Combining real-time data with visual communications for things like queuing, donor boards, menu boards and energy dashboards can help modernize all parts of your facility. These can either be interactive, or simply shown on screens mounted in hallways, elevator banks and other high-traffic areas.

Showing queuing data can reduce perceived wait times for people in line. Menu boards can change at a moment’s notice to adjust to daily stock and specials, and touchscreens can let people explore nutritional information and order when they’re ready.

Donor boards can thank patrons and encourage giving. Energy dashboards can be tied to building systems to encourage conservation.

Showing current power usage stats on screens with a day’s-end goal to encourage people to turn off lights in unused rooms is far more interesting and engaging than a flyer taped to the wall in every room that says, “Please turn off the lights.”

Events Management

Every venue has meetings and events, and every modern facility already has a centralized scheduling system. It’s easy to pull that data onto screens. In fact, event schedules are the number one thing that organizations show on digital signs.

Most content management systems let you pull in data for different rooms and times, and you can format and display those schedules anywhere – static screens, touchscreens with event data tied to wayfinding maps, and individual screens mounted outside every door and shared workspaces.

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Room signs are becoming more and more common for centralized space management. Some are static, some are interactive, some show just schedules and some show digital signage playlists.

Some interactive models even let you book rooms at the sign, and can show AV resources in the room. There are even lightweight, wireless models that can be put on cubicles or carried to different spaces throughout the day.

Regardless of the type of room sign, they help people find their events quickly, know whether a room is busy or available at a glance, and let them see what’s coming up next.

Safety & Alerts f0r Digital Signage Content

Safety and emergency preparedness are a core priority for any facility manager. Whether it’s keeping workers safe on the production line or warning everyone on campus about severe weather, digital signage content can provide a centralized safety support system.

To bolster workplace safety, digital signs mounted in staff areas can show days without injury, and reminders about compliance with codes, regulations, policies and standards. And again, you can include QR codes for employees to get more information online.

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